Dear Uphaus Families,
It is time to nominate Kindergarten students for Gifted and Talented!
Our school is pleased to announce that referrals for gifted and talented students are being accepted from September 19 to October 7. Interested parents and guardians should contact the Campus GT Advocate, Gina Apostolou at 512 414 5520 (gina.apostolou@austinsid.org) for additional information regarding the GT referral process. GT screening and testing requires parent/guardian permission by the campus deadline. A variety of measures are used for screening and testing including assessments for Emerging English students. For more information about the Austin ISD gifted program, please visit the Austin ISD website at tinyurl.com/AISDadvanced or call the school. Nominations for Gifted and Talented are for students currently in the Kindergarten grade only.
If you will nominate your Kindergarten-aged child, please
- notify your child’s classroom teacher
- complete the nomination form and return it to your child’s teacher Parent Referral Form - Forma de Nomicacion para Padres.pdf
- complete and SIGN the Checklist for Parent/Guardian and return it to your child's teacher Grades K-2_GT Observation Checklist for Parents_Guardians.pdf Grades K-2_GT Observation Checklist for Parents_Guardians_Spanish.pdf Grades K-2_GT Observation Checklist for Parents_Guardians_Vietnamese.pdf (Please ensure to sign the form, we cannot test students whose forms are not signed.)
GT Nomination - Nominacion para GT.pdf
For more information, please visit: https://www.austinisd.org/advanced-academics/gifted/screening
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dOrqLEIU2bAhZnEOdSHIFKMcAaDBGetP/view
