Extended Learning Program (ELP)
The Extended Learning Program supports the mission of Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD) to cultivate a love of learning in a diverse and inclusive school community committed to educational excellence and integrity. In collaboration with families and community, we hold high expectations for all students. We respond effectively to individual needs, and provide a safe, healthy environment in which every student can learn the academic, problem-solving and social skills required for success in college, career, and life. The district has designed and implemented an Extended Learning Program to meet the cognitive and affective needs of identified gifted students. Through ELP, a continuum of program options provides a beneficial learning environment and curriculum designed to meet the needs of gifted/talented and high ability students..
The Extended Learning Program is designed to serve gifted and high ability students in two service models in elementary and middle schools:
(1) Magnet self-contained ELP (grades K-8), and
(2) Neighborhood ELP (grades 4-8).
Elementary Model: Magnet ELP
Students take a battery of cognitive and achievement assessments in the eligibility process. Students who meet the Magnet ELP eligibility criteria are offered Magnet ELP placement. Elementary Magnet ELP classes are housed at Emerson, 1-6 (dual language Spanish), Hawthorne grades K-6, and Whittier grades K-6. All elementary schools have Neighborhood ELP (NELP), with pull-out services for optimally three hours per week.
Middle School Model:
Students take a battery of cognitive and achievement assessments in the eligibility process. Students who meet the Magnet ELP eligibility criteria are offered Magnet ELP placement. Students who meet the Neighborhood ELP eligibility at their neighborhood school are offered Neighborhood ELP placement.
Middle School Magnet ELP classes are housed at Clayton, Glendale, Hillside Middle Schools, and West High School.
MAGNET EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM ASSESSMENT INFORMATION FOR THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR
Magnet ELP Application Windows -- NOTE: Students in Pre-K through 3rd Grade Must Live in the SLC School District:
For Students Currently in Grades 1-7: CLOSED
For Students Currently in Pre-K4 and Kindergarten: OPEN UNTIL Friday, February 11, 2022
Magnet ELP Assessment Windows:
For Students Currently in Grades 1-7: CLOSED
For Students Currently in Pre-K4 and Kindergarten: Monday, March 7, 2022 through Friday, March 25, 2022
Upcoming Universal Screeners:
No application is needed. All students in the following grades enrolled in a Salt Lake City School District school will be assessed at their neighborhood school as follows:
- All Students in Grades 4 and New-to-District Grade 6: August and September 2022