A Gifted & Talented program is offered for PCS students in grades 1-8, and delivered by four designated teachers. All identified students are served within the regular classroom with the support of a gifted intervention specialist. Enrichment activities include Gifted Academies, Destination Imagination, and Science Olympiad. For more information, follow up on the G&T page on this website.
A broad array of Advanced Placement courses are offered at Piqua High School, in which the coursework is more rigorous. Students may take national tests to earn college credit, depending on their resulting scores. Our AP offerings include: English Literature and Composition, English Language and Composition, Statistics, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Governmen and Politics, Macroeconomics, World History, Spanish, Music Theory, and Studio Art.
Many Piqua High School students (9-12) participate in the Post Secondary Enrollment Option, earning high school/college credit simultaneously. Information meetings regarding participation in the program are held in late winter each year. For additional information, please contact the high school guidance counselors' office.
In providing Special Education, PCS has adopted and implemented written procedures, approved by the Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children, ensuring a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) is made available to all children with disabilities, ages three through twenty-one. A referral process is in place to determine whether or not a child has a suspected disability. Appropriate initial multi-factored evaluations are conducted and necessary reevaluations are completed in a timely manner. If you suspect your child may have a disability, please contact the administrator of your child's school.
An Intervention Assistance Team (IAT), consisting of teachers and an administrator, is formed at your child's school to discuss areas of strengths and weakness, identify specific concerns, and develop an intervention plan to address student needs. The IAT will suggest interventions for the classroom teacher(s). After a period of time they meet again to determine if the interventions have been successful in helping the child. As the parent, you are a part of the IAT and will be directly involved in the process. If the problem is not resolved with the IAT's help, the team is trained to continue the intervention process and make a determination for a next step.
