Gifted+Program

Dr. Nell Petry petryn@piqua.org serves as the district coordinator for gifted services. Please feel free to contact her with questions regarding gifted education in Piqua City Schools.

Currently, PCS has three Gifted Intervention Specialists to meet the needs of our gifted students. Each teacher's name is listed below along with building assignment and contact information.


 * Mrs. Becky Renegar renegarr@piqua.org serves Favorite Hill Elementary, High Street Elementary and Springcreek Elementary
 * Ms. Susan Person persons@piqua.org serves Bennett Intermediate School and Washington Intermediate School
 * Mrs. Elizabeth Wagner wagnere@piqua.org serves Wilder Intermediate School, Piqua Junior High School, and Piqua High School

Piqua City Schools is proud to offer programming for students across the district.

At the primary level, Mrs. Renegar works with all first grade classes through the Primary Education Thinking Skills (PETS) program. In this program, students are taught various skills and strategies for developing and strengthening their abilities to think and solve problems. Mrs. Renegar also works with small groups of students identified as gifted in Reading or Superior Cognitive Abilities.

In the intermediate buildings, students in grades four through six work with Ms. Person (Washington and Bennett) and Mrs. Wagner (Wilder). These students meet regularly to enrich and extend their reading and critical thinking abilities.

At Piqua Junior High, Mrs. Wagner meets with students who are identified as Superior Cognitive during sixth period intervention. These students are participating in activities to strengthen and deepen their knowledge of social studies and economics. This year, students will compete in a stock market competition offered through Wright State University.

At Piqua High School, students have access to advanced coursework, Advanced Placement courses, and Post Secondary Educational Options (PSEOP) where they are able to attend college classes in place of high school coursework.