Secondary Gifted and Talented Screening Now Taking Place at Katy ISD  

KATY [September 12, 2019] –  Gifted and talented (GT) screenings for incoming secondary students are now taking place in the Katy Independent School District.  Students currently in fifth grade who are not identified as part of the elementary Challenge Program have the opportunity to be screened for GT services.  Students who are already being serviced in the elementary Challenge Program do not need to re-screen for the secondary program.

If parents would like to refer their child for secondary GT screening, they must complete a Secondary Parent Checklist in English or Spanish and return it to their student’s elementary campus by September 19, 2019.

“Gifted and talented education programs provide a variety of academic and social options for students who are advanced learners,” said Joan Otten, Katy ISD Director of Gifted, Talented and Advanced Academic Studies.

Secondary gifted program options are available in English, reading, mathematics, science and social studies.  Students will take an ability test as well as an achievement test for any or all of these content areas at their current campus in October and November.  Parents will be notified by mail of the placement decision in January 2020.  Students, who qualify for the GT program, will begin the program in the fall of their sixth-grade year.

Contact the Challenge Program teacher at your child’s elementary school if you have additional questions.