Colorado schools can accelerate highly advanced gifted children age 4 for kindergarten and/or age 5 for first grade through an early access procedure. Early access is not an acceleration pattern recommended for the majority of age 4 or age 5 gifted children who will benefit from preschool gifted programming that responds to the strength area. The purpose of early access is to identify and serve the few highly advanced gifted children who require comprehensive academic acceleration. Children for early access are exceptionally gifted and ready for school earlier than their same-age peers. To meet the needs of highly advanced development, early access to educational services may be considered as a special provision.

To initiate the Early Access process, please do the following: Complete the Early Access Portfolio Application documents and return them to the Student Services Manager (frontdesk@rossmontessori.org).