Students identified as gifted are provided support services through the Ohio Department of Education’s Office of Exceptional Children. When providing services for gifted students, the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West follows the state’s guidelines. Students may be identified as gifted in the following areas: superior cognitive ability; mathematics; reading/writing; science; social studies; creative thinking ability; visual and performing arts.

The gifted services staff provides a wide variety of services to its partner school systems, students and parents. Each school district’s services can range from the gifted identification process, to implementing a variety of service models for meeting the needs of gifted students. For further information about the gifted services provided through the Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West, please feel free to call or email.  Our contact information is provided below.

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Contact Us

Brenda Gift, Ed.S.
Supervisor
Challenger Learning Center, Gifted, GED, and Ongoing Education Program
Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West
2275 Collingwood Boulevard
Toledo OH 43620
Telephone: 419.246.3120
E-mail: bgift@esclakeeriewest.org

Mary Mowka, Administrative Assistant
Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West
2275 Collingwood Boulevard
Toledo OH  43620
Telephone: 419.245.3809
Fax: 419.245.6201
E-mail: mmowka@esclakeeriewest.org