The Byram Hills School District is committed to helping all children become lifelong learners and achieve their potential. With this commitment as a guiding principle, our Advanced Learner Program has been designed to enrich the classroom curriculum by providing opportunities for students to learn using higher order thinking skills, to look at information conceptually, and to engage in more challenging applications of their knowledge.
 

In Byram Hills, advanced learners are identified as students who demonstrate significant capabilities in many of the following areas:

• originality
• creativity
• interest
• motivation
• task commitment
• independence
• maturity
• leadership
• interpersonal skills
• above average intelligence