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The Alabama Association for Gifted Children is proud to announce the winning entries from our 2025 Gifted Education Month projects! These outstanding students and educators showcased creativity, advocacy, and a passion for gifted education.

Creativity – elementary level, “Shatter your Anxiety”

This project was inspired by an idea shared during AAGC’s Creativity Night, gifted students participated in a hands-on project focused on emotional expression and mental wellness. Each student created a ceramic piece or paper artwork that represented something that caused them anxiety. Then—through smashing, snipping, or tearing—they physically destroyed their symbolic stressors.The process provided a meaningful outlet for students to express and release anxious feelings in a safe and creative way. The resulting fragments were displayed as part of Cherokee County’s Mental Health Art Show.

Creativity – middle level, “Roller Coaster Escape Room”

Beulah High School 8th grade students, Wade Procise and Nolan Lindsey, took creativity and leadership to the next level by designing and implementing an original escape room experience for a 5th and 6th grade gifted class.Wade and Nolan developed challenging puzzles and immersive scenarios that kept younger students thinking and collaborating. Their detailed plans and hands-on leadership created an unforgettable experience for the participants.Attached are their planning documents and a photo capturing the excitement of the day.

Roller Coaster Escape Room.pdf

Research/Writing – elementary level, “Electricity’s History”

Each student chose a person or significant time in electricity’s history to research and design a CANVA poster. These were displayed for others to see.

https://youtube.com/shorts/PEUET--FKLI?si=eeIUlGLuAlOXdIGA

Research/Writing – middle level (a tie), “Sea Search”

The paper was written by two gifted 8th graders at Austin Junior HIgh School in Decatur as part of the Alabama Regional Future City Competition in January.  The challenge was to design a floating city 100 years in the future.  The essay describes the city the students designed as a result of their research.

SeaSearch City Essay Final.pdf

Research/Writing – middle level (a tie), "The Role of Renewable Energy in Combating Climate Change"

Renewable energy.pdf

Multiculturalism - elementary level, “Life Around the World”

Gifted students from West Smiths Station Elementary and Loachapoka Elementary explored cultures and life around the globe. For their culminating performance task, students took on the role of amusement park Imagineers, designing a new World Showcase exhibit for an international theme park. Each exhibit featured original architectural designs, regional cuisine, cultural entertainment, and a unique amusement park character representing their chosen country. 

Robotics - elementary level, “Dash Dance Party”

Third and fourth grade students at Billingsley Elementary School showcased their creativity and coding skills by using Blockly to program Dash robots. Their project culminated in an entertaining performance as the robots danced in perfect synchrony to The Pink Panther Theme Song. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ikxid9DmY8FpwAeXGqrdZ7vkedtPKAft/view?usp=sharing

Talent Showcase - elementary,  “What if the Macy’s Day Parade was Set in Ancient Egypt/Greece?”

Students from students at F.E. Burleson Elementary School combined research and creativity to participate in a unique float contest. Each class designed and built a float representing their assigned civilization and developed a speech to explain its features and cultural significance. These speeches were recorded and compiled into a video presentation shared with the student body and parents. See vidoes and photos below.

https://youtu.be/G3zGi00Iw0k?si=yRcx8H8xdejUUhPu

https://youtu.be/I_OJM_drtpQ?si=10AOFOg6JGxsL1O8

Art, Math, and Science Fusions - elementary level, “Patterns in Math/C. M. Escher Tessellations”

Students from Dolly Ridge Elementary School created tesselations in class after talking about patterns in math and learning about M.C. Escher. 

Technology - elementary level, “Gifted Advocacy Video Project”

Explore 4 myths about gifted students and why they aren't true. This was created by a student from Hartselle Intermediate School for a gifted advocacy project.