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School for the Highly Gifted
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About Our School
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Pre-K – 8 | Choice (In-District Charter)
The Grand Prairie School for the Highly Gifted caters to the unique needs of highly gifted students by providing each student with an individualized instructional plan designed to appropriately challenge students academically while nurturing their passion for learning and their responsibility to bring positive change to the world.
How to know Grand Prairie School for the Highly Gifted is right for your child:
- Your child craves an environment where they are encouraged to achieve to their maximum potential, both academically and social-emotionally.
- Your child needs services specific to highly gifted students (based on cognitive scores in the top two percent of the population) in order to grow and thrive.
- Your child would benefit from highly qualified instruction and teachers specifically trained to understand and work with highly gifted learners.
Unique ways your child can learn and grow here:
- Unique, 21st century learning environment
- Self-regulation and independent learning paths available for each student
- Flexible scheduling allowing for passion projects/teams within the school day
- Multi-age learning experiences
- Individualized learning plans
- Entrepreneurship program for middle school
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Contact Us
2990 S. Highway 161, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 (Google Map link)
Phone: 972-343-7864
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Curriculum Offerings
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Curriculum Offerings
Advanced Courses
Pursue Your Passion Day
MY Time (Mindfulness)
TechSmart Coding
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
- Beginning in 6th grade, students take different NFTE courses as an elective that ignite the entrepreneurial mindset with unique learning experiences that serve to empower students through flexible, project-based learning with relevant and engaging real-life experiences.
Extracurricular Opportunities
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Extracurricular Opportunities
- FLL Robotics
- Destination Imagination
- SkillsUSA
- Math Pentathlon
- National Elementary Honor Society
- National Junior Honor Society
Frequently Asked Questions
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What are Pursue Your Passion Days?
Once a week, typically on Wednesdays, students in G1-8 engage in a different academic schedule in the mornings that consist of intervention and targeted time in various subjects. In the afternoon, students participate in a club of their choice. Club choices include competitive clubs such as Destination Imagination or SkillsUSA, and non-competitive clubs such as 3-D or running club.
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What progress monitoring tools do you use to develop the individualized learning plan?
In addition to district provided tools such as Star360 and state assessment data, SHG uses Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) three times a year to measure student proficiency and academic growth. Twice a year, we meet with parents about the results from multiple data points.
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Are students required to retest each year?
No, once accepted, if a student maintains a 95% attendance rate and acceptable discipline record, eligibility requirements for the following year are met.
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What are the requirements?
Students must meet specific criteria for placement into School for the Highly Gifted. Admission to SHG is a three-tiered process: pre-screening, final screening, and achievement assessments. Students must meet pre-screening benchmarks (two scores on an approved aptitude test of 130 or above) in order to proceed to the final screening step then achievement.
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What happens after 8th grade?
In their 8th grade year, students are guided by the school counselor to find a GPISD high school program that meets their needs and passion area.