Kate Simkowiak

Gifted LearningLinks

Online Opportunities for your Gifted 6th through 8th Graders

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Center for Talent Development’s Gifted LearningLinks (GLL) online program provides gifted students around the world with courses that are rigorous, furnish individualized attention, and allow for an independent pace.
Academically talented students in grades 6 through 8 can be challenged, inspired and energized by taking a credit-bearing 18-week Honors Electives (HE) course or 9-month Honors (H) course.

Courses include:

  • Playwriting 101 (HE)
  • Medical Microbiology (HE)
  • 3D Graphic Modeling for Games, Illustrations & Animated Short Features (HE)
  • Psychology Honors (H)
  • Neuroscience Honors (H)
  • Latin I Honors Wheelock or Ecce Romani (H)

Honors and Honors Electives courses enroll on a monthly basis. Register by February 1 to start on February 15.

Don’t see a class among the 60+ we offer that interests your child? Our Independent Study pairs students with an online mentor for 9 weeks. Together they create a tailored course based on a student proposal. Extracurricular Clubs such as Robotics and Architecture are formed and organized by students under the direction of a faculty advisor and run 18 weeks, starting February 15.

Visit the website for all of the current Gifted LearningLinks courses.

Questions? Don’t hesitate to contact us at gll@northwestern.edu.

Challenging Online Classes for Gifted High School Students

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Center for Talent Development’s Gifted LearningLinks allows students to study online any time, any place, any pace.

Academically talented students in grades nine through twelve have the opportunity to enroll in credit-bearing Honors Electives courses, Honors courses and Advanced Placement® courses. Students work at their own pace, guided by a master teacher who provides personal and individualized feedback as they work through rigorous curriculum.

Our single-credit Honors Elective courses are 18 weeks long and are special interest courses that may not be available in students’ schools, such as Effective Essay Writing: Writing for Test Preparation, College Applications & Beyond, The Influence of Art & Architecture, Introduction to Epidemiology and more.

Our Honors courses are one and two semesters for credit and designed for motivated students seeking challenge and rigor. We offer courses in English & Writing, Humanities & Social Sciences, Science, Technology and World Languages.

AP® courses are one and two semesters and prepare students for the AP® exams.  We offer over twenty AP® courses, including AP® World History, AP® Economics Micro & Macro, AP® Calculus AB and more.

All of these courses can begin any month; register by February 1 and begin class on the 15th.

Looking for other options?  Independent Study pairs students with an online mentor for 9 weeks. Together they create a tailored course based on a student proposal. Extracurricular Clubs such as Robotics and Architecture are formed and organized by students under the direction of a faculty advisor and run 18 weeks, starting February 15.

Please visit our website for more information about our many opportunities for your talented high schooler.