Welcome to the Bellevue Gifted Website
Your resource for all things gifted in Bellevue...

This website is home to a number of gifted groups in  Bellevue who are uniting to  share information. We have current students and  families throughout the District  in different programs, as well as alumni,  joining together. While there are a  number of viewpoints, we all agree on  having the right support available for  each student. Gifted students have a range of needs, as do families of gifted  children!

We are a group of volunteers building community  through outreach and education, and providing tools to advocate for gifted  students in Bellevue. We welcome input  on how to strengthen this site and are  planning to add pages with more resources. Please join in the effort to create a  strong gifted community and  meet the needs of each child

Apply for Gifted Testing: Applications due Nov. 13

Last year, the Bellevue School District Gifted Programs Office sent a letter to 1st through 4th grade families whose child was prescreened to apply for gifted testing.  This year, the Gifted Programs Office is not sending out prescreening letters and we are no longer requiring proof of academic performance to test.  If you would like to apply for your child to test for gifted services, please download an application at www.bsd405.org/applyforgifted.  The deadline to apply is Friday, November 13, 2015. 
 
If you have any questions, please send an email to gifted@bsd405.org or call 425-456-4136.

BSD Gifted Information Night  - Nov 19

BSD Gifted Information Night with Debbie Brandt, Kristi Stroyan, Jake Duke, Debby Benzinger, Michael O'Byrne, and Gifted Programs Advisor Lora McHugh.  Information will be communicated about each of the gifted programs from K-1 to HS.  Lora McHugh will also share some of the results of the survey of the gifted community done last school year, as well as some basic information about changes in identification due to the law, and some of the initiations the district is undertaking.  Michael O'Byrne will share some of the IB diploma points and colleges that GHSP graduates attend.
 
November 19. 2015
6:30-8:00PM
WISC (Wilburton Instructional Services Center), 12441 Main St., Bellevue

Davidson Young Scholars Program

The Davidson Institute for Talent Development in Reno, Nevada offers many free services for Young Scholars who have qualifying IQ or achievement scores, generally a score above 145. Note that they have recently simplified their entrance criteria. Have you considered applying?  More information