2023-24 ENTERING KINDER GT TESTING APPLICATION

  • DEADLINE: March 30, 2023  3:30 PM

    Entering Kindergarten 2023-24 Gifted & Talented Application

     

    GT Testing Window: Wednesdays, April 12 - May 10, 2023

     

    ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: West University Elementary must be your student's zoned HISD campus in order to test with us. Please verify your address and zoned school before submitting your application: http://houstonisd.org/schoolfinder. Students who applied for, and were tested by HISD for Vanguard/Magnet Entering Kindergarten 2023-2024, are not eligible to be re-tested. Students are allowed to test only once in a 12-month period.

     

    All of the required items listed below must accompany this application and be dropped off at West University Elementary School. Please bring copies of your documentation in a large envelope or folder with your student's name on the front.  If you have not received an email to reserve a GT testing slot by April 7, 2023, please email our GT Coordinator, Ms. Wheelock bwheeloc@houstonisd.org.  

    REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

    • GT Application
    • Birth certificate (Child must be 5 years of age by 9/1/2023)
    • Parent Observation Form (only one accepted)
    • Proof of HISD residency (current utility bill, lease agreement, property tax receipt, or Statement of Residency)
    • Special Services documentation (if applicable) 

    Additionally, if your student has never enrolled in, or obtained services from HISD, complete the following:

    • Register as a new student for testing purposes only: http://houstonisd.org/enroll.  [Enroll for 2022-23 SY, not 2023-24].
      • Click "New Student" on the right side of the page and create an account. 
      • Select "Yes" when asked, "Are you registering your new student for G/T testing purposes ONLY?"
      • Use current grade level. IGNORE IT WHEN IT SAYS YOU ARE NOT ZONED
      • Birth certificate and Proof of Residency will need to be uploaded.

     

    THIS IS NOT AN ENROLLMENT FORM FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR. IT IS JUST FOR GT TESTING.

    Registration for next year will open April 1, 2023.  Details will be posted via the Mustang News.