TAGT Summer Enrichment Scholarship

Due Date: 2/29/2024

Every year TAGT awards up to 20 scholarships to identified gifted students in grades K-12 in Texas who are currently participating in a gifted program and who want to enrich their learning experience during the summer months. The maximum summer scholarship award is $400. Students may use these scholarships to attend programs with academic, fine art, or performing arts focus. The deadline for TAGT Summer Enrichment Scholarships is next Thursday, February 29, 2024.  
 
All information in Spanish and English can be found on the TAGT website.  

• Who Are Gifted and Talented Children?  /  ¿Quiénes son los niños dotados y talentosos?
• GT Parenting Resources
• Tips for Parenting the Gifted Child
• Types of Gifted Students 
• Spring 2024 HPAC Meeting Presentation

• Growth Mindset
• Nature and Needs of GT Students 
• Why Smart Kids Worry
• Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted and Talented Children

• Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
• Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted
• National Association of Gifted Children
• Hoagies Gifted Education

Currently enrolled students may be referred for the HORIZONS program any time. Referrals must be received by the last school day in November in order for students to be assessed in early spring. 

Those interested in referring students should review the information on this page, especially:

• Program Overview
• Parent Information
• Testing for HORIZONS Program

Please contact the elementary counselor or secondary director of instruction for your students’ campus for more details.

The referral/parent permission deadline for mid-year 2023 screening is November 30, 2023.

• Transfer Students Gifted and Talented Testing Referrals Flyer
• Notice to Parents of Students New to CFISD

• Current CFISD Testing Referrals Flyer
• Notice to Parents of Current CFISD Students 
• Notice to Parents of Kindergarten Students Enrolled in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD

• Volante de recomendación de evaluación para programa para Dotados y Talentosos para estudiantes transferidos
• Aviso a los padres de estudiantes nuevos a CFISD: Evaluación para el programa para estudiantes dotados y talentosos

• Volante de recomendación de evaluación para programa para estudiantes actuales
• Aviso a los padres de estudiantes actuales de CFISD
• Aviso a los padres de estudiantes actuales de kínder
• Aviso a los padres de estudiantes de kínder inscritos en Cypress-Fairbanks ISD: Evaluación para el programa para estudiantes dotados y talentosos
• Volante de  recomendación de evaluación para programa para estudiantes de kínder