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Dec 2, 2023 · Houston ISD announced Friday that it plans to open its school choice process application process for the 2024-25 academic year on Jan. 18 and provide results to families on March 26. Under the ...
What does “Vanguard” mean? In accordance with Vanguard standards, the term “Vanguard” is used in HISD synonymously with “gifted and talented.”. HISD has offered Vanguard programs since 1974. Vanguard is used to refer to G/T programs, whereas Gifted and Talented refers to the student.
Note: All qualified applications submitted during Phase 2 will only be offered seats based upon availability in order of application submission. After Phase 2 ends, selection moves to Phase 3 which no longer allows for current HISD students to apply for remaining seats - there is a hard deadline for HISD students. Saturday School Choice Open Fairs
Vanguard Programs are designed to meet the needs of Gifted and Talented (G/T) students in grades K-12 by providing a learning continuum that is differentiated in the depth, complexity, and pacing of the instruction. The Vanguard Program is designed for G/T identified students who excel in general intellectual ability in combination with ...
To qualify and apply for a Vanguard program, students must be designated as GT through testing and other matrix criteria. The deadline to request GT testing this year was Dec. 8, and HISD plans to ...
According to the Texas Education Code, section 29.121, Gifted and Talented means a child who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who: Exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual, creative, or artistic area.
Carnegie Vanguard High School was established in the fall of 2002 as the successor to the highly successful school-within-a-school Vanguard program at Jesse H. Jones Senior High which was created in 1977. Today Carnegie is the only Vanguard high school in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) with 100% of the
