High Ability Learners
High-Ability Learning Homepage
Staff
HAL Regulations Governing High-Ability Learners
Resources
- Advanced Placement (AP) Forms
- Websites of Interest
- Procedures for the Identification of High Ability Learners
- Promising Curriculum and Instructional Practices for High Ability Learners
Academic Competitions
ThinkQuest
This is an annual contest that challenges students, from ages 12 to 19 to use the Internet as a collaborative, interactive, teaching and learning tool.
United States Academic Decathlon
Teams for other schools compete against each other to match their intellects with students from other schools. Nebraska contact information for Academic Decathlon is included on this site.
Kids Philosophy Slam
This is the home of the Kids Philosophy Slam. Kids are given a voice and are able to inspire other kids by unlocking their intellectual and creative potential through a unique and powerful philosophical forum.
National Academic League
National Academic League motivates and recognizes academic athletes much like their athletic peers. Using competiveness, team work, critical thinking, scholarship and problem solving, each team demonstrates enthusiasm and pride just as an athletic team.
National Geographic Bee
The National Geographic Bee is an academic contest designed to encourage the study of geography in the nation's classrooms. Each state sends a winner to the national contest every year. Also many teaching materials and lessons are contained on this site.
*Imagine* Links to Academic Competitions (John Hopkins University)
These links to competitions are from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.
Art of Problem Solving
This is another link to academic competitions in all curricular areas.
teAchnology
This is website that contains links to various academic competitions. There are links to curricular areas.
federalreserveeducation.org
This is an academic competition that provides high school students the opportunity to study the US economy through the lens of the US central bank. This is a team competition.
USA Mathematical Talent Search
The USA Mathematical Talent Search is a free mathematics competition open to all United States middle and high school students.
First Lego League
This is a robotics competition for ages 9 through 16. The competition is designed to get students excited about science and technology-and teach them valuable employment and life skills.







