Introduction This page includes information to those schools which are part of the Ottawa - Carleton Region.  Information here was provided by Meghan. If you are from this area and you know of some more information that would benefit parents of this region, please let us know. Address for the OCDSB: Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, 133 Greenbank Road,Napean, Ontario, K2H 6L3   (613) 721-1820  (613) 820-6968 (fax) Website: OCDSB The OCDSB has a 'quick info' page on the Ministry of Education web site.  Click here to enter it.  Please Click HERE to download a PDF document which details the Gifted High School courses. For a list of all the elementary and secondary schools with a gifted program,first, click on either 'Elementary' or 'Secondary' schools on the side bar menu, and then scroll down and choose 'gifted' from the one pull down menu at this location: click here.  Many of the schools listed have their own web sites. Also on their web site they provide a short info sheet on Programs for the Intellectually Gifted.  Click here to view. While most programs for the gifted start in grade 3 in this region, there is a Primary Gifted program for children who test on the WISC or WPPSI - R over the 99.6 percentile, full scale, or the 99.8 percentile on either verbal or performance.  This program is located at Mutchmor PS in downtown Ottawa.  The Primary Gifted Program may be forced to move to an 800+ student school.  You can read a bit about this here. If you would like more information about the Primary Gifted Program, you can download a PDF document here:  The Ottawa Carleton District School Board Primary Gifted Program. Ottawa ABC chapter has informed us about documentation in the OCDSB which refers to acceleration.  The following excerpts are from the Procedures Page in the OCDSB web site. 'From PR.614.CUR Promotion and Placement of Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 Students comes the following definition: "Placement in grades JK- 8 refers to the optimal location within the learning environment that meets the academic needs of the student. In addition, consideration will be given to the social, physical and emotional needs. Although these needs will usually be met through age appropriate settings, there may be exceptional circumstances which will determine that other settings will better meet the needs of the student." And further into the procedure is the following: "4.2.3 In exceptional circumstances, grade or subject acceleration is an additional option for students exceeding grade level expectations. Such acceleration may be considered where the principal, parents, staff and student (where appropriate) determine that all other options have been explored and that this course of action is in the best interests of the student. This could include placement in a secondary school."