Montgomery County Public Schools

Announcements

GT Screening 2022-2023

The Parent Input Form window opens February 13, 2023.  Parent Input Forms are due March 17, 2023.  

The gifted and talented (GT) identification screening process for the 2022-2023 school year includes all students in grade 2 and students in grades 3, 5, and 7 who are new to MCPS or have been identified for rescreening. 

As part of the data collection process, parents/guardians are asked to provide input about their student’s gifted and/or advanced behaviors via an electronic survey called the Parent Input Form.  The week of February 13, 2023, parents will receive a letter in the U.S. Mail and in ParentVUE with step-by-step directions for completing the form online. The form must be completed by March 17, 2023. 

Please note that parents must use their student’s MCPS Google username and password when completing the form.  If you have any questions or need support completing the form, please contact your elementary school GT Liaison or middle school AEIST. For more information about the criteria for gifted and talented designation and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit: https://bit.ly/gt-identification-2023.  If you have questions about the process, you may email AEIquestions@mcpsmd.org. 

If you have questions about the instructional recommendations or enrichment opportunities at your school, please reach out to the school directly.  

Updated 2/10/2023

Enriched Literacy Curriculum (ELC) Selected Schools 2022-2023

To address the needs of academically gifted and advanced students at the local school level, MCPS will expand the ELC to additional schools in 2022–2023. Based on multiple factors including: demographic, socioeconomic, and regional diversity, numbers of students surfaced in universal review, school readiness, and other conditions that lead to successful implementation, MCPS has selected 20 schools for ELC implementation in the 2022-23 school year. These schools represent a range of diversity in demographics, FARMS rates, school type, and regions. ELC expansion will continue in the 2023–2024 school year.

Updated 4/20/22

AEI Highlights

Elementary Programs
Local Enrichment, Enriched Literacy Curriculum, Centers for Enriched Studies

Middle School Programs
 Local Enriched Courses in Math and World Studies, Magnet Programs,

 High School Programs
Magnet Programs

 Twice Exceptional Students and Services
Frequently Asked Questions, Publications and Resources about gifted students with disabilities (e.g. GT/LD)

Policies and Processes
Links to MCPS gifted and talented policies and processes including GT Identification 

Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education (EGATE) School Awards Program- This program honors exceptional elementary, middle, and high schools that offer gifted and telented programs aligned with the objectives and criteria of the Maryland Criteria for Excellence:  Gifted and Talented Program Guidelines and Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 13A.04.07 Gifted and Talented Education.  The following MCPS schools have been named EGATE schools:

• Chevy Chase Elementary School (2016 EGATE School)
• Montgomery Blair High School (2010 EGATE School)

About Accelerated and Enriched Instruction
AEI Vision, Mission and MCPS GT Policies