BVSD offers a TAG e-mail list.  It is a low-medium volume list.  Subscribers receive information about enrichment opportunities , contests, resources, and websites of particular interest to some students.  It is available to any interested parents, teachers, or others.  The postings are not solely for TAG identified students.  Click HERE to subscribe to e-mail list and scroll down to Talented and Gifted or send an e-mail with your request to becky.whittenburg@bvsd.org

 English TAG Parent Handbook, 2009 -2010

Spanish TAG Parent Handbook 2009-2010   Educación para Niños Dotados y Talentosos Manual para los Padres

TAG Brochure 2008-2009

TAG Brochure 2008-2009  Programa para Estudiantes Talentosos y Superdotados  (TAG)

 BVSD Policies, Regulations and Identification  The Boulder Valley School District's requirements

SAT 
                                                                                                 

2009-2010 Test Date	Registration Deadline	(Late Fee Required)
September 12, 2009*	August 7, 2009	August 8 – 21, 2009
October 24, 2009	September 18, 2009	September 19 – October 2, 2009
December 12, 2009	November 6, 2009	November 7 – 20, 2009
February 6, 2010**	January 5, 2010	January 6 – 15, 2010
April 10, 2010	March 5, 2010	March 6 – 19, 2010
June 12, 2010	May 7, 2010	May 8 – 21, 2010

Free Practice Tests 
 
 
 

Each school in the Boulder Valley School District provides opportunities for advanced students to excel. This list, although not comprehensive, suggests some of the many ways in which schools serve gifted students. Contact your local school to discuss their interventions on behalf of their gifted and academically advanced students.

Recognition of individual differences and strengths. 
Advanced Learning Plans (ALPs) or Learning Contracts.
Schools of choice.
Differentiated curriculum and instruction.
Cluster grouping od similar students in the same classes.
Acceleration by subject or grade.
Curriculum compacting such as a 6-week unit in 4 weeks to "buy" 2 weeks to work on alternative learning.
Summer and Saturday programs.
Mentorships and Internships.
Multi-age grouping.
Independent studies and contracts.
Enrichment and competitions such as destination Imagination, Science and Engineering fair, and National History Day.
Pull out for specific classes.
Counseling.
Advanced middle school and high school courses.
International Baccalaureate Program and classes.
Advanced Placement classes.
Affective needs (social-emotional) workshops, groups and classes to address general or specific concerns of gifted children.
Attendance at the next level of schooling for certain classes.
Post Secondary Option (PSO) and Concurrent Enrollment such as high school students also taking classes at CU or FRCC,  middle school students also taking classes at high school or elementary students also taking classes at middle school.
Clubs and extra-curricular activities.

National Merit Search

Each October, high school juniors across the nation participate in the search for National Merit Scholars by taking the PSAT/NMSQT. National Merit seeks out the upper 0.5% of these students to honor as National Merit semi-finalists.

   

2008 BVSD National Merit Semi-finalists
Student	School
Ryan Christiansen	Peak to Peak Charter
Jonathan Gu	Peak to Peak Charter
Zachery Johnson	Peak to Peak Charter
Shay Longtain	Peak to Peak Charter
Andrew Wolfe	Peak to Peak Charter
Kenneth Lynch	Broomfield HS
Robert Cronin	Monarch HS
Evanne Montoya	Monarch HS
Margaret Shanahan	Monarch HS
Matthew Witte	Monarch HS
Kathryn Browning	Fairview HS
Maxwell Dovala	Fairview HS
Eugenia Godina	Fairview HS
Caroline Hale	Fairview HS
Lisa Han	Fairview HS
Benjamin Hoffman	Fairview HS
Allison Johnson	Fairview HS
Stephanie Jones   *Stephanie had the highest score in state	Fairview HS
Maia Kenney	Fairview HS
Benjamin Kuelthau	Fairview HS
Victor Li	Fairview HS
Katherine Malzbender	Fairview HS
Edward Marquis	Fairview HS
Isabella Mazzei	Fairview HS
Christopher Metzier	Fairview HS
Olivier Meyer	Fairview HS
Grace Muzny	Fairview HS
Julia Pitkin	Fairview HS
Benjamin Pittenger	Fairview HS
Jakob Seelig	Fairview HS
Alice Shen	Fairview HS
Mutian Yao	Fairview HS
Richard Zang	Fairview HS
Thomas Matthew	Fairview HS
Aisha Down	Boulder HS
Rosalind Lewis	Boulder HS
Jesse Morzel	Boulder HS
Natasha Poinsatte	Boulder HS
Amanda Rupert	Boulder HS
Alex Shaffer	Boulder HS
Alexander Tanner	Boulder HS
Haley Thurston	Boulder HS
Margot VanLoon	Boulder HS