Click the following link to access David City Public Schools’ district policy for High Ability Learners (HAL):  DCPS HAL District Policy

A high ability learner is a student who gives evidence of high performance capability in such areas of intellectual, creative, or artistic capacity or in specific academic fields and who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to develop those capabilities fully. (LB647 adopted 1994).

Multiple measures are utilized during the High Ability Learner identification process for David CIty Public Schools.  Identification is done in the spring for grades 2-11.  Once identified as a HAL student, parents are notified. Newly identified HAL students begin participation in HAL related services the following school year.  In David City Public Schools, once a student is identified as a HAL student, they will continue to be identified as a HAL student as long as they are enrolled in DCPS.  Equal access is provided to students of all backgrounds.

Click the following link to access David City Public Schools’ district flowchart for High Ability Learner (HAL) identification: 

• DCPS grades 2-6 flowchart  

• DCPS grades 7-11 flowchart

High Ability Learner services at DCPS vary according to grade level and individual student abilities and needs, services could include:

• Differentiated instruction within the classroom (all levels)

• Course offerings (High School)

• Quiz Bowl (4-12)

• Mathcon (4-12)

For additional information please contact DCPS HAL Coordinator Stephanie Roemmich at roemmichs@dcscouts.org