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Gifted and Talented

GT/Vanguard

Meyerland PVA serves our gifted and talented students through our Vanguard Neighborhood program (Pre-AP/GT classes).  Our Vanguard Neighborhood program provides a learning continuum that is differentiated from the general school program in depth, complexity, and pacing. To learn more about HISD's Gifted and Talented services, please visit their website.

Gifted and Talented (GT) and PreAP (PAP) 

The Texas State Plan for The Education of Gifted/Talented Students mandates that districts meet the needs of gifted/talented students by modifying the depth, complexity, and pacing of the curriculum and instruction ordinarily provided by the school.  In grades 6-8, all G/T students shall receive instruction daily by a G/T trained teacher implementing differentiation through acceleration, adding depth and complexity, higher level thinking skills and developing independent research skills in the four (4) foundation curricular areas (English Language Arts/Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies), emphasizing advanced level products.   

Students who are identified as Gifted and Talented are served in Pre-AP (PAP) classes.  Students in Pre-AP/GT classes receive instruction that addresses the grade-level learning objectives along with additional skill sets and strategies designed to help students acquire analytical thinking and communication skills necessary for success in Advanced Placement (AP) courses in high school.   

Currently 30% of our student population is made up of GT students.  Students will participate in the Meyerland GT Expo to present products and/or inventions they have worked on and the top three winners will represent Meyerland at the HISD GT Expo in the Spring. 

What is the GT Test?

Students shall be assessed for identification as gifted and talented according to TEC §29.122; TAC §89.1; HISD Board Policy and the Student Assessment section of the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students.

Students in grades K-12 are eligible for assessment and, if identified as G/T, are provided services (TEC 29.122 and 19 TAC §89.1(3)):

  • All students living within HISD and not currently G/T-identified in HISD are eligible for G/T assessment once per school year.
  • All HISD kindergarten and fifth grade students not currently G/T-identified are assessed.
  • Assessment criteria is specified on the HISD G/T Identification Matrix.
  • All assessments are administered during established testing schedules/timelines by trained HISD staff at the student’s current HISD school or a location designated by the Gifted and Talented Department.
  • Assessments from outside sources are not accepted.
     

Final determination of a student’s need for G/T services is made by a committee of at least three local district or campus educators who have received training in the nature and needs of G/T students and who have met and reviewed the individual student data (TAC §89.1(4); State Plan 1.7C).  Upon completion of the Gifted and Talented Admissions Committee meeting, families and staff are informed of student assessment results and HISD G/T qualification by the processing campus.

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