The PROBE program for gifted students at Cross Keys Middle School is designed to stretch the intellect, broaden awareness of career opportunities, acquaint students with cultural events in visual and performing arts, and provide opportunities to develop leadership skills. PROBE enables students to apply problem solving techniques in a variety of areas. These interests are further expanded when the outside world becomes their classroom through professional speakers and off-campus study.

 

Units, Activities, and Contests:

  • Community Service Projects
  • Career Investigations
  • Law-Related Education
  • St. Louis School Partnership programs
  • Missouri Mathematics League contest
  • Bridge Building
  • College investigations
  • Stock Market Game
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee
  • Propaganda/Advertising
  • Mini-Marsville
  • Oceanography
  • National Language Arts Olympiad
  • Town Hall Meeting

 

Guest Speakers have included the following:

  • Edward Jones Stockbroker
  • McDonnell Douglas Engineer
  • Lawyer
  • Drug Enforcement Administration Agent
  • Architect
  • Pharmacist
  • Archeologist NASA/MO Space Grant Consortium
  • Repertory Theater Docents
  • Barnes Hospital Careers Speaker
  • Exeter Academy Speaker
  • Reporter for St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • Veterinarian
  • Florissant Police Officer

 

Off-Campus Study includes the following:

  • Repertory Theater
  • St. Louis Art Museum
  • Fox Theater
  • St. Louis Science Center
  • Washington University
  • Historic Hannibal, Missouri
  • Compton-Drew Middle School
  • St. Louis Career Fair
  • Melvin-Price Lock and Dam
  • St. Louis Zoo

 

 

Qualifying for PROBE

The student identification process for participation in PROBE, a gifted program for students who qualify, consists of two parts: 1) screening and referral; and 2) individual evaluation and selection.

The selection process incorporates screening and referral, individual evaluation, mental ability or I.Q., academic ability, creativity, reasoning and problem-solving.

 

The state guidelines for participation in PROBE are as follows:

  • 95% total battery on the SAT
  • 125 or above on WISC-R III I.Q. test
  • 3.5 grade point average on last report card
  • Reading level score of 3 years above grade level
  • 3 or more teacher recommendations

 

The program which is funded through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, requires enrollment to be five percent of the school's population. Final selection for seventh-grade students occurs after first quarter report cards are issued.

 

To visit the District PROBE page click here.