Board approves second Comprehensive Gifted Program site at Zuni

Scottsdale Unified School District’s Governing Board voted 5-0 at Tuesday night’s meeting to approve the expansion of the Comprehensive Gifted Program at Zuni Elementary School.

The Comprehensive Gifted Program at Zuni Elementary will have a class ratio of 20 to 1. The entrance requirements are as follows: scoring at or above the 97th percentile on two or three subtests and a combined score at or above 284 percentile points on the Cognitive Abilities Test; scoring at least 90 percent or higher in Total Reading on the Stanford Achievement Test, or like achievement test; scoring at least 90 percent or higher in Total Math on the Stanford Achievement Test or like achievement test; and work at least two grade levels above in reading as per teacher recommendation. If your child does not meet this criteria, the information will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. All applications will be accepted and reviewed by the Gifted Services coordinator.

“I was so happy to see that the SUSD Board unanimously supported the decision to bring the self-contained gifted program to Zuni. This program will open up doors for families of gifted children, and will be a wonderful addition to our campus. Our entire community is looking forward to welcoming the new addition of the gifted program, gifted students and their families to our learning community next year,” said Walter Chantler, principal at Zuni Elementary School.

Zuni Elementary School’s Comprehensive Gifted Program site will open for the 2005-2006 school year for students in third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades.

For more information about the Comprehensive Gifted Program at Zuni and Pima elementary schools, please contact Kim Lansdowne, coordinator of Gifted Services, at 480-484-2833.

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