Briefly described is the program of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential program for gifted high school juniors and seniors which opened in 1980. Noted are the admission process, annual cost, course offerings, the work program, and attitudes of faculty and students. (DB)

Interviews with 16 gifted high school juniors explored their self-concepts and their expectations in entering a rigorous, residential academic program, the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. Expectations and self-concepts were found to be primarily "academic,""social," or "balanced." Sex differences were also examined.…

Provides an informative profile of the students, faculty, and curricula of each of the 11 state-supported, residential math and science high schools in the United States. The variety of programming models and extracurricular opportunities offered among the schools is also discussed. (Author/CR)

Condensed from "The High School Journal, Volume 52 (November 1968), 51-61.

This article documents the responses of a state-supported residential high school for gifted students following the 1994 suicides of three students. The school's measures to develop a screening procedure, design a prevention program, disseminate information about adolescent suicide, and host a conference are outlined, as is a separate crisis…

This reprint of an article on Israel's proposed residential high school for students gifted in the arts and sciences is preceded by a commentary that highlights the use of alternative methods of assessment for identifying talented students in the arts and the development of a coherent sequence of art skills. (Contains references.) (CR)