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Elementary Gifted Services

Saint Paul Public Schools offers services for high ability/gifted students at most school sites.  These services may include gifted services, enrichment services services, acceleration, and thinking skill development at the elementary level. Challenge level classes at the middle/junior high level, and Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate classes at the high school level.  The range of services offered may not be the same at all schools.

To find out about services are available, contact your child's teacher or school.  Elementary schools listed below have contact personnel for gifted services. Schools marked with FT have full time Gifted Services Specialist or Enrichment Specialist.  Schools marked with PT have part time specialists. Schools marked with C have a G/T contact or teaching assistant with limited or no student contact.  The contact person is listed next to each school.


Adams Spanish Immersion C Nicole Tschohl
American Indian/All Nations Magnet PTMaureen Mahoney
Ames ElementaryPTDiane Smith
Battle Creek Environmental Magnet  FTLori Erickson

Benjamin E. Mays Magnet
PTVergene Downs
Capitol Hill Gifted and Talented MagnetFTGrace Raymond
Chelsea Heights ElementaryPTJohn Giese
Cherokee Heights Pangea MagnetPTAmy Filo
Como Park ElementaryCTrisha Noble-Olson
Crossroads ElementaryFTBruce McQuade
Dayton's Bluff Achievement PlusCPaul Holm
Eastern Heights ElementaryPTTeresa Kelly
Expo for Excellence MagnetFTGail Pierce
Farnsworth Aerospace MagnetCEllery Carr
Four Seasons Arts PlusPTJan Anderson
Franklin Elementary Music MagnetFT Paula LeCocq
Frost Lake MagnetFTMary Krage
Galtier Science and Mathematics Technology MagnetCJaime Dery
Groveland Park ElementaryFTMichelle Hyatt
Hancock-Hamline University Collaborative MagnetFTGlynis Grostephan
Hayden Heights ElementaryCKay Smith
Highland Park Elementary FTDavid Bollom
Highwood Hills ElementaryFTClara Smith
J. J. Hill Montessori MagnetCHolly Souza
Horace Mann SchoolFTMariana Tennyson
Jackson Preparatory MagnetPTJane Keyes
John A. Johnson Achievement Plus ElementaryCAlyssa Pollack
L' Etoile du Nord (French Immersion)CPatrick Garvey/Linus Beni
Linwood/Monroe A+ ElementaryCShawn Zimmerman
Longfellow Humanities MagnetPTMary Conlin-Warner
Maxfield Magnet SchoolPTKim Hwang
Mississippi Creative Arts MagnetPTTheresa Jackson
Museum MagnetFTKaren Thimmesch
Nokomis Montessori MagnetCLiz Wilson
North End ElementaryPTKristi Sauer
Open SchoolCHans Ott
Phalen Lake ElementaryPTMaggie Smith
Prosperity Heights ElementaryPTMaggie Killeen
Randolph Heights SchoolFTLynn Meixell
Riverview West Side School of ExcellenceCDebbie Lentsch
Roosevelt Elementary West Side School of ExcellenceFTLinda Wainio
Sheridan ElementaryCLiz Honkanen
St. Anthony Park ElementaryC
Stacey Burwell
Bruce Vento ElementaryPTKristi Sauer
Webster Enrichment MagnetCJan Louise Kusske
Paul & Sheila Wellstone ElementaryPTBobbi Jo Rademacher
World Cultures Magnet SchoolFTMary Alice Lyons