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htmlText_0065CECC_1262_853C_419A_8E9B839EB1B6.html = Elective courses extend and enhance the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and NC Essential Standards. A community partnership with Chiesi USA, a pharmaceutical company in Cary, NC enables our school to receive the Lu Interactive Gym playground. This interactive system transforms our school gym into an immersive video game that extends literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies concepts in an engaging way while promoting physical fitness.
The Gifted and Talented/AIG Basics program recognizes that every child has gifts and talents to be discovered and enhanced. Our mission is to challenge all children intellectually, engage them in rich learning experiences, and nurture their individual gifts and talents. Our gardening electives provide students with the opportunity to explore how people, animals and plants connect in our school community. Through our gardening courses, students design innovative garden spaces, study the essentials of plant life and growth, and connect to the greater community by donating their harvest.
Elective courses are multi-age and offered quarterly. Our students can take up to eight electives each year in first through fifth grades and up to five electives in kindergarten. Elective opportunities include World Language, Robotics, Kitchen Chemistry, Art of Animation, Theatre Production, Sculpture, Orchestra, Ballet, Science Olympiad, Architecture, Public Speaking and Debate, and many more. In this robotics elective, students learned about bees and the pollination process. The WeDo software and Lego building materials were used to build, control through trial and error, and program their robot to demonstrate the pollination process of bees.
In the Introduction to Coding elective, students engage in three different coding levels and cover three fundamental coding concepts: sequencing, loops, and events through getting started projects, guided projects, and open projects. Each project encourages students to question what they already know and opportunities to explore new technology topics through the Learn to Code Curriculum, Wonder Workshop building materials, and Dot and Dash robots.
Our kindergarten through third grade students are provided AIG learning opportunities through our Nurturing Program. The instructional curricula to address our K-2 students' academic needs are the Primary Education Thinking Skills (PETS) and Jacob’s Ladder. Both curricula focus on higher-order thinking skills aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy. Our K-2 students can also take AIG electives courses such as Protectors of the Earth (Nature and Ecology), Across the Oceans, Best of the Best, Number Detectives, and many more!
Our vision is for Poe students to become lifelong learners, while growing and excelling in academic achievement, attaining physical and emotional well-being, and exploring artistic expression. This vision is seen in the public art banners created by our fourth and fifth grade students. Our students took the words from our school’s vision, created drawings, and produced banners on a larger scale that represents our vision for our school community.
Choice of elective classes is a keystone of the Gifted & Talented/AIG Basics magnet program. All students have the opportunity to select classes in arts, dance, drama, technology, physical education, music, World Language, and core subjects to create a customized schedule based on interests and academic needs.
Students can learn how to play the violin, viola, and cello through the use of a keyboard instrument. This elective course is designed for students with no previous Strings experience or Strings experience. If a student elects to take an instrumental elective, they will be in the elective for the entire year. Poe is one of four schools within WCPSS that has a partnership with Kidznotes. Kidznotes is a nonprofit organization that provides free music instruction to students. Through this program, students can learn how to play a new musical instrument each year enrolled in the program. The program begins with our kindergarten students and continue through middle school.
Students can learn how to play the piano through the use of a keyboard instrument. This elective course is designed for students with no previous keyboard experience. If a student elects to take an instrumental elective, they will be in the elective for the entire year.
Students can learn how to play the guitar. This elective course is designed for students with no previous guitar experience. If a student elects to take an instrumental elective, they will be in the elective for the entire year.
Students identified as academically or intellectually gifted are clustered for instruction daily in grades 3-5 in their area of identification in language arts, math, or both. Our AIG students are provided with content differentiation, enrichment, and curriculum acceleration opportunities. Students can also receive an additional 90 minutes of AIG instruction by electing to take AIG elective courses.
A major part of our theater production performances deals with the aspect of creating costumes, props, scenery, stage crafts, and makeup. Poe students are introduced to the basic skills of making costumes and creating "makeup" for theater.
As a part of the gifted and talented program, we offer various dance learning opportunities through our dance electives. One area of study in dance is ballet. In ballet, students are introduced to the basic history of ballet, the format of a typical ballet class, and classical and contemporary ballet styles. Poe students develop strength, flexibility, and knowledge of proper body alignment.
Students can also take tap elective courses. In our tap electives, students learn how to recognize and demonstrate basic tap-dancing techniques. The primary focus of the tap course is on rhythmic perception, balance, and coordination. Poe students are also challenged with choreographing their own dance which reinforces mathematical skills obtained in core classes.
At Poe, we strive to provide collaborative learning experiences for our students. Each year we offer multi-grade (K-1, 2-3, and 4-5) theater elective courses to our students. In those courses, students learn about various aspects of the theater. The role of the actor, director, stage director, learning how to apply makeup, coordinating costumes, sets, and props are the main focus of our plays. Our music and art students collaborate with our drama students for the production of our play to be performed for live audiences.
Our goal is to provide an environment where all of our students can thrive. One way to ensure that our students’ social and emotional needs are met is by ensuring that our classrooms and learning spaces are conducive to learning by providing collaborative learning spaces and flexible seating within classrooms. Here you can see one of our classroom set-up with flexible seating.