Mathematics with a gifted difference

The Center for the Advancement of Academically Talented Youth (CTY) at the Johns Hopkins University sponsors a class for exceptionally mathematically able elementary students in the Richmond, Virginia area. The class, with texts, chalk and board, paper and pencil the only tools, operates with less than fifty hours of annual instructional time. This article describes the first two years of the Richmond Young Students Mathematics Class (RYSM Class), including student selection and progress, methodology, curriculum, staffing, and reactions of students and parents to this ongoing program.