Gifted and Talented Updates and Further Information
Gifted and Talented Updated & Program News
WINTER 2024 - Program News
- Young Learners - Central School
- Young Learners - Forest Avenue and Linden Avenue Schools - Grade 1
- Young Learners - Forest Avenue and Linden Avenue Schools - Grade 2
- Ridgewood Avenue School
- Glen Ridge Middle School
SUMMER 2023 - Program News
For students at GRHS, all students who were eligible for G&T in 7th grade are automatically grandfathered into the Grade 8 program. Students who were not eligible in 7th grade must qualify for entry into the Gifted and Talented program. For the 8th graders, as a 7th-grade MAP score is unavailable, students will utilize NJSLA scores as part of the qualification rubric.
G&T entry letters will be mailed to parents of students who qualify during the month of August at the building level.
Young Learner and G&T programs will begin the first full week of school (September 11th).
Our G&T teachers are:
- Young Learners (FAS/LAS) - Danielle Chesney
- Young Learners (CS) - Mary Lynn Savio
- G&T (RAS) - Lis Ellersick
- G&T (GRHS) - Yan Wang
Three appeals dates have been set. Please ensure that your packet arrives on/before the date (September 22nd, October 20th, & December 22nd). The G&T Committee Appeals meeting is scheduled for roughly 1 week after each deadline and parents will receive notice of status within a week after the appeals meeting date. Appeals information can be found using the link to the left.
SPRING 2023 - Program News
- Young Learners - Central School - Grade 1: Young Learners Grade 1
- Young Learners - Central School - Grade 2: Young Learners Grade 2
WINTER 2023 - Program News
- Young Learners - Central School - Grade 1: Young Learners Grade 1
- Young Learners - Central School - Grade 2: Young Learners Grade 2
- Young Learners - Forest Avenue and Linden Avenue Schools - Grade 1
- Young Learners - Forest Avenue and Linden Avenue Schools - Grade 2
- Glen Ridge Middle School
SUMMER 2022 - Program News
As the CogAT evaluation has replaced the previous district-administered, group cognitive measures across the school district, the Gifted and Talented Committee has recommended the change be made to utilize the CogAT for qualification for the Gifted and Talented programs at the Ridgewood Avenue School and GRHS.
G&T entry letters will be mailed to parents of students who qualify the week of August 10th.
Young Learner and G&T programs will begin the first full week of school (September 12th).
Our G&T teachers are:
- Young Learners (FAS/LAS) - Danielle Chesney
- Young Learners (CS) - Mary Lynn Savio
- G&T (RAS) - Lis Ellersick
- G&T (GRHS) - Yan Wang
Three appeals dates have been set. Please ensure that your packet arrives on/before the date (September 23rd, October 4th, & December 23rd). The G&T Committee Appeals meeting is scheduled for roughly 1 week after each deadline and parents will receive notice of status within a week after the appeals meeting date. Appeals information can be found using the link to the left.
SPRING 2022 - Program News
- Young Learners - Central School - Spring Newsletter 2022
- Young Learners - Forest Avenue and Linden Avenue Schools - Spring Newsletter 2022: Young Learners Forest and Linden
- Gifted & Talented - Grades 3-6 - Spring Newsletter 2022
- Gifted & Talented - Grades 7-8 - Spring Newsletter 2022
WINTER - Program News
- Young Learners - Central School - Winter Newsletter 2021
- Young Learners - Forest Avenue and Linden Avenue Schools - Winter Newsletter 2021
- Gifted & Talented - Grades 3-6 - Winter Newsletter 2021
- Gifted & Talented - Grades 7-8 - Winter Newsletter 2021
FALL 2021 - Program News
- Letters have been mailed to parents of children who qualified for Gifted and Talented programs at Ridgewood Avenue and GRHS - Grades 7 & 8 (in early August). Letters for students at the Central, Linden Avenue, and Forest Avenue Schools were mailed the week of 8/23/2021.
- Students entering grades 7 - 8 who were eligible last year will remain eligible for the G&T program this school year.
- Entry criteria for the G&T programs are available on the website (/Page/8420)
- Students who did not take one of the measures required for entry into the program will need to complete the appeals process (/Page/7549) to gain entry into the program.
- Gifted & Talented programs are scheduled to begin on September 13, 2021.
- G&T Teachers: GRHS (7th &8th grades) - Yan Wang, Ridgewood Avenue School - Lisbeth Ellersick, Linden Avenue School - Danielle Chesney, Central School - MaryLynn Savio, Forest Avenue School - Danielle Chesney
SPRING 2021 - Program News
- Young Learners - Grades 1-2 - Spring Newsletter 2021
- Gifted & Talented - Grades 3-6 - Spring Newsletter 2021
- Gifted & Talented - Grades 7-8 - Spring Newsletter 2021
Winter 2021 - Program News
- Due to the closures and concerns with the utilization of class time to focus on academic content, the group-administered cognitive assessment CoGAT (for students in K - 2) has been delayed to Spring 2021.