Roslyn students thrive in Global Issues Problem Solving enrichment program
Over this school year (2025-2026) seven talented students from Roslyn Elementary School in Westmount worked tirelessly and diligently as they engaged in the Global Issues Problem Solving (GIPS) enrichment program run by the English Montreal School Board Gifted and Exceptional Learners Consultant Dr. Camelia Birlean and her team. The seven problem solvers are Alba Miranda Grassi Tropea (Grade 4), Alessia Cheng (Grade 4), Elanore Newcombe (Grade 5), Emeric Davet (Grade 4), Lucas Saverimuthu (Grade 5), and Rowan Simard-Brennan (Grade 6). Working collaboratively in triads or quads, students have actively researched and applied the six-steps of the creative problem-solving process (Dr. Torrance) as they resolved a Future Scene--a hypothetical scenario set 20-30 years in the future--connected to the topics of Invasive Species and Video Games and which culminated in detailed action plan entries assessed and scored by trained evaluators. Their remarkable performances in ...