SBC (School Building Capacity) - Building capacity- the number of students that can be accommodated in permanent, "brick and mortar building."
ASCC (Annual School Campus Capacity) - Current Capacity- building capacity PLUS on-site mobile unit capacity with supplemental program adjustment; total campus capacity for the listed school year.

Curriculum: Gifted & Talented/AG Basics

Unique Features

* Variety of electives and course levels fo exploration of interests, acceleration, and rich, in-depth study of the subject

* Qualified academically gifted students grouped together in classrooms for core subjects according to their indentification

* Opportunities for in-depth visual and performing arts studies

* Foreign Language offered elementary through high school

* Extensive AP course offerings at the high school level

Description

Ligon Magnet Middle School offers the Gifted and Talented Magnet which is founded on the belief that all students have gifts and talents that need to be identified, valued, nurtured, and rewarded. Open to all students at Ligon, the middle school GT program offers an extensive elective program. All students choose three electives per quarter from selections in vocational, languages, visual and performing arts, technological education, physical education, or electives that focus on core subjects in greater depth.

The Academically Gifted Basics (AG Basics) Program is unique for the Wake County Public School System. AG Basics program is based on research showing that academically gifted students have exceptional potential that must recognized, nurtured, challenged, and expanded. The philosophy of the AG Basics program is implemented through curriculum and instructional strategies that provide differentiated services to match students' gifted characteristics. Instruction is accelerated in all four basic subjects: math, language arts, science, and social studies. Students are encouraged and challenged to stretch to new distances in this rigorous and intense program.

Get your "smarts in the arts" at Ligon, where great things happen in the visual and performing arts! The Ligon Arts Program offers excellent instruction in music, visual, and performing arts. Opportunities are provided at all levels. There are electives serving the beginning student as well as opportunities for the most advanced student to study under masterful teachers.

Directions

Follow Dawson Street to South Street. Turn left on South Street to East Street. Turn left on East to Lenoir. Turn right on Lenoir.

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