Celina ISD provides many opportunities for further talent development:

• Academic Pentathlon
• Academic Decathlon
• National Junior Honor Society
• National Honor Society
• Student Council
• UIL Competitions
• Theatre Productions
• All City Middle School Honors Music Groups
• Pre-Advanced Placement
• Advanced Placement
• Community Service Opportunities
• GT Humanities (High School)

• Teachers and parents may refer a student to the GT program for evaluation during the designated windows.

• Gifted & Talented teachers on each campus will coordinate and administer testing. Testing will be completed by the end of November (Fall identification) and April (Spring identification). 

• Services for newly identified students will begin at the start of the following Fall and Spring semesters. 

• Transfer students who were identified GT in their previous districts may begin upon enrollment in school and approval of the GT campus committee.

• A committee composed of a campus administrator, counselor, and GT teacher will review the assessment results and determine placement based on the district GT matrix. Qualifying students must meet 2 out of 3 CogAT criteria as superior or exceptional and 2 out of 3 MAP criteria as superior or exceptional.  The District Selection Committees adopt a holistic review process to student data, evaluating both quantitative testing data and qualitative data gathered from parents and teachers. We consider district norms for Gifted and Talented Placement. 

• All parents who requested testing will receive either an acceptance or DNQ (did not qualify) letter.

• Parents of qualifying students must return the acceptance letter signed to the school campus Gifted & Talented teacher.

Celina ISD uses multiple measures to evaluate students for eligibility into the Gifted and Talented program. A combination of data is used, both qualitative and quantitative. 

• 1st-12th grades -Opens the first Monday of October, Window open for 3 weeks 

• Kindergarten -Opens the first Monday of January, Window open for 3 weeks

• Teacher Only (1st-12th)  Opens the first Monday of February, Window open for 2 weeks

• For students previously identified as GT by our district – no retesting required.  Once GT, always GT unless furloughed or requested to be exited.

Students may only be tested once per calendar year. (not school year) For example: A kinder student that was tested in Spring cannot be retested in the Fall of 1st grade)