DCPS High Ability Learner  Program Overview

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).

DCPS High Ability Learner  Identification Process

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

DCPS High Ability Learner Services

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

Child Find is part of the Nebraska Early Development Network and part of an ongoing, state-wide effort to reach and provide information regarding special education services to all families of children in need, birth through age 21.  David City Public Schools is committed to identifying and helping families and children who may be experiencing developmental delays, medical impairments or genetic syndromes.  There are specific referral, screening, and qualification guidelines and we are here to help.  If you have a child that you believe may be handicapped, who is not receiving the appropriate special education services, please contact:

Dr. Chad Denker, Superintendent, 402-367-4590
Kari Daniels, Special Education Director, 402-367-3779