Gifted/Talented

The Gifted and Talented Department would like to first thank all of you for your patience and understanding as we have been adjusting, like you, to the drastic changes in life during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Our goal is to provide continuous educational opportunities and practice for students while schools are closed.

Listed below are the Rapides Parish Itinerant Gifted and Talented Teachers. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your student's teacher if you have any questions or concerns.

Itinerant Talented Teachers: Visual Arts - Sarah Dowd, Preston Gilchrist, Adam Pettus, Tia Powers

Theatre - Tim Saucier

Music - Amy Freeman, Johnathan Perkins

Itinerant Gifted Teachers: Cherie Jurgensen - Phoenix Magnet, Poland Jr. High, and Northwood High School

Stacy Sims - Caroline Dorman Junior High, RAAAVL, Tioga Elem, and Ball Elem

Ann Lukens - Mary Goff, Paradise, Peabody Magnet High School, Hayden R. Lawrence, and Buckeye Elem.

Dana Renegar - Cherokee Elem, Rosenthal Montessori, Nachman, and Oak Hill High School

Information for other Gifted Teachers assigned full time to a specific school can be found on that school's web site.