Students in grades 4-12 can be referred to the Gifted and Talented Program by a teacher or parent  in one or more of the following areas - Creativity, Leadership, General Intellectual ability, visual art, music, drama or dance.  Referral can be made by a teacher or parent or Standardized Achievement Test score in specific academic areas including Math, Reading, Social Studies, Science, or Language Arts.  Once a referral is made, the GT Resource Teacher at the school must collect three pieces of evidence from each referred area, such as teacher checklists, continuous progress data, diagnostic data, student work samples, etc., in order for formal identification to be made.  

After the appropriate evidence has been collected, permission to serve is requested from the parent or guardian.  Once permission to serve has been received, the GT Resource Teacher, classroom teachers and administrative representative will meet to develop a Student Service Plan that will determine how services will be delivered.  This will be shared with parents. After the Service Plan has been developed, Gifted and Talented Services outlined in the Student Service Plan will begin.