Kids of Promise

About the Program

Category: Children and Youth

Year: 2022

The newly launched “Kids of Promise” after-school program at Henrico County Public Schools’ (HCPS’) Laburnum Elementary School is a pilot talent development enrichment program. The school division’s Department of Teaching, Learning and Innovation (TLI), along with the Henrico Education Foundation (HEF), have partnered to provide additional targeted opportunities for the program. The program seeks to increase the identification of historically underrepresented gifted students, including those from poverty environments and ]culturally diverse families. Kids of Promise creates grade-level student cohorts that participate in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math) and social and emotional education programming. The goals of the Kids of Promise program are to increase the number of students referred and identified as gifted at Laburnum Elementary School and to develop students’ potential through enrichment programming. HCPS believes that talented students exist in every school and seeks to increase opportunities for students to ensure equity and access for families. In coordination with new gifted identification tools and efforts, the Kids of Promise program develops student talents and enriches their academic experiences. We anticipate that the program will increase the number of students referred and identified for gifted programming and support academic achievement measures in the general education classroom.