- Pflugerville Independent School District
- Gifted and Talented
Special Programs
- Advanced Placement - AP
- Student Services Department
- Advanced Academics
- PfISD Career and Technical Education
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Postsecondary Readiness
- Academics
- Graduation Plans and Course Guides
- Postsecondary Readiness Department Calendar
- Pathways to Postsecondary Readiness
- Financial Readiness
- PfISD School Counseling
- Connally High School College and Career Center
- Hendrickson High School College and Career Center
- Pflugerville High School College and Career Center
- Weiss High School College and Career Center
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Counseling
- Academics
- College and Career Readiness
- Course and Endorsement Guides - HS and MS
- Department Calendar
- Course Revision Process and Forms
- Credit by Exam
- ACC Dual Credit Partnership
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse Resources
- Instructional Policy and Regulation Updates
- Counseling and Family Support
- Employment Assistance
- Financial and Food Assistance
- Report Abuse
- Self-Injury (Cutting)
- Suicide Prevention
- Archived Course Guides
- Gifted and Talented
- Intervention/Section 504/Dyslexia Services
- Special Education
- Multilingual Instruction
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Information and Events To Support Gifted LearnersPfISD will communicate with parents and encourages parent participation in these ways:
- District Gifted and Talented program website
- Course guides and choice sheets
- Communication with parents during campus open house nights
- Parent Newsletters - Elementary
- Parent Information Presentations - available online and at campus presentations
- Elemenatary Product Fair at campuses to allow students opportunity to display their research projects to parents and other interested parties
In District Opportunities:
1. PAGE - Parent Advisory for Gifted Education: At least one parent per feeder pattern (preferably two - one elementary and one secondary) will be selected to serve on a district advisory group. The number of parents selected should not exceed 20.
2. SENG
Parents are encouraged to lead SENG-Model Parent support groups. To learn more about this opportunity visit the SENG webpage.Out of District Opportunities:
Links To Explore:
- Davidson's Institute for the Gifted
- National Research Center for Gifted and Talented
- Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented
- National Association for Gifted Children
- Twitter gtchat
- Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
- Differentiation
Selected articles from Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids: A Newsletter to Help Parents and Teachers
- Solving the Mysterious Underachievement Problem
- How to Parent so Children will Learn
- Rimm's Laws of Achievement
- Why Do Bright Children Underachieve?
- What's Wrong with Perfect?