Please fill out the attached paperwork to give permission for your student to be screened for GT services. The GT Department has one screening window per grading cycle and your students will be screened during the upcoming window.

AISD Required GT Screening Paperwork

Grading Cycle 1 Testing Window: October 3rd-7th

Grading Cycle 2 Testing Window: December 5th-9th

Grading Cycle 3 Testing Window/Kindergarten Screening: February 6th-16th

Grading Cycle 4 Testing Window: End of May *pending STAAR testing dates

In Aledo ISD, students in grades K-5 are served through a weekly pull-out enrichment program while students in grades 6-12 are serviced through Advanced Academics. Kindergarten students are screened in February and begin services in March of their kindergarten year to allow them time to adjust to a school setting.

Although Aledo ISD has a preschool program, students are eligible for GT services the Spring semester of their kindergarten year.

In grades K-5, students receive GT services weekly. The length of GT sessions increases with your child’s grade level and academic stamina. Please reference our GT Schedule above.

Be rest assured your child receives support, challenge, and a wide range of experiences that will maximize learning while enrolled in Aledo ISD.  All teachers have received 30 hours of gifted and talented professional development and will continue to differentiate content to ensure appropriately challenging depth and complexity and employ strategies such as flexible pacing and grouping, tiered instruction, and extension activities. 

Due to the nature of programming and qualification differences throughout different states and districts, students do not automatically transfer into Aledo ISD’s GT program. Upon receiving your students’ paperwork from their previous district, our GT Department will review and reassess your child for gifted services. Referral paperwork must still be completed for all students seeking gifted admittance in Aledo ISD.

Students of active military families who were in GT programs at their previous schools will automatically be accepted into the AISD GT program as required by the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children upon verification of records.