PICAYUNE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Gifted Education Program
Nicholson Elementary Gifted Program
Michelle Carter
mcarter@pcu.k12.ms.us
Roseland Park Elementary Gifted Program
Melissa Summer Jacobsen
sjacobsen@pcu.k12.ms.us
South Side Upper Elementary Gifted Program
Amber Cutrer
acutrer@pcu.k12.ms.us
West Side Elementary Gifted Program
Dana Murphy
dmurphy@pcu.k12.ms.us
706 Goodyear Blvd. | Picayune, MS 39466
(601) 798-3230 | Fax: (601) 798-1742
Mission Statement
The primary outcome for the Picayune School District Gifted Education Program is Metacognition, a process skill requiring mastery of and use of many other process skills. Metacognition is the ability to understand one’s own thinking processes combined with the ability to bring together one’s total learning experiences (cognitive and affective) to bear on a new situation, enabling one to appropriately apply that understanding to and empower the new endeavor, action responsibly to enjoy the self-motivated discovery of new ideas and or solutions.
Gifted Program
Debbie Smith , Director, Gifted Program
dosmith @pcu.k12.ms.us
Stephanie Ussery, Administrative Assistant
sussery@pcu.k12.ms.us
(Records Requests)
Melissa Summer Jacobsen, Gifted Contact
sjacobsen@pcu.k12.ms.us