We are delighted and thankful to ACF to be able to implement the Twice Exceptional Gifted Learner Trajectory in the Fall of 2022! We will be providing an enrichment program for six underserved gifted students in the Coachella Valley. This customized talent development program cultivates academic growth and nurtures the social and emotional needs of gifted learners.

Academic Solutions USA is in the process of developing a website to provide free educational resources online. It will build exponentially, as we have readers email us with their interests that are not yet on the site. Our goal is to help alleviate the stress of the newly required distance learning so that students, parents, and even educators can find tools to help them succeed. We hope you’ll visit our home site to connect to the website starting around August 1, 2020: https://educationstationusa.org/600-2/

Academic Solutions USA is using $5,000 from the Anderson Children's Foundation grant as seed money for 10 gifted students to invest after training by financial advisor, Erica Espinola. Our plan will continue into the 2019/2020 academic year wherein we will add components of emotional support and a service learning project.

Twice-exceptional case study and class preparation: Academic Solutions USA is using the remaining funds to provide support to a twice-exceptional, or 2e, student in the Coachella Valley. 2e students are those who have giftedness concomitant with a disability. We are providing gifted identification through multiple assessments and working with the student to improve his educational environment. We are also working to create at least one 2e classroom in the Coachella Valley, with hopes of expanding these classrooms to all districts in the Valley.