ADVANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Mathematics Education for Gifted Secondary School Students (MEGSSS)
 
The MEGSSS curriculum provides a differentiated and highly accelerated course of study for mathematically gifted students. The curriculum is specified in the district's MEGSSS curriculum guides and includes a formal introduction to college-level logic, probability and number theory, as well as traditional approaches to algebra, geometry and calculus.

Mathematics Education for Gifted Secondary School Students (MEGSSS) is designed for students, grades 6-12, identified as superior in mathematical and verbal reasoning. This program is the only one of its kind in South Carolina and only one of five nationally. MEGSSS students are served at all middle schools and high schools. Selection criteria are based upon prescreening reading and math achievement scores and teacher, administrator or parent nomination. Qualifying or nominated student candidates complete a battery of four subtests that are used for determining potential MEGSSS students.

To qualify for MEGSSS, students must score a composite score of 450 on the MEGSSS battery of tests or the 35th national percentile on the math portion of the PSAT.

Trial placement is available for students who meet the criteria below:

Score a composite of 440 on the MEGSSS battery of tests or the 33rd national percentile on the math portion of the PSAT

Score "Advanced" in math on the PACT.

OR

Be identified as gifted in math using the South Carolina gifted and talented identification criteria found in Regulation R43-220