The Elementary GT service is based on a General Intellectual Abilities model. The elementary GT program, Challenge, is a one-day-per-week pull-out model for identified students in grades 1 through 5. Challenge students leave the regular classroom one day a week to work with the Challenge teacher, who is highly trained in the education of gifted students. The challenge curriculum includes high-interest, advanced content, as well as creative and critical thinking skills, research and technology skills, and the opportunity to pursue topics of individual interest. A broad-based theme connects each year's curriculum units. The Challenge program is provided for identified students at all ​elementary campuses.

This year in Challenge, we will be exploring Geological Forces, Neuroscience, and Oceanography.

Parents of elementary students receive information during the fall semester about screening for the Gifted and Talented (GT) program and are invited to attend an annual parent information session held in the fall. To request GT screening, parents of students in grades 1-4 must submit the Elementary Parent Checklist by the published deadline.

Students in grade 5 who are referred for gifted and talented (GT) screening will be assessed for possible service in the Secondary GT Program. To request screening, parents of 5th-grade students must submit the Secondary Parent Checklist by the published deadline in September. Screening of 5th-grade students will take place from October to December for possible service to begin in the fall of the 6th-grade year.