Parkway Gifted Education
Academy Evaluation Process
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Qualities of an Exceptionally Gifted Student
Someone who demonstrates outstanding ability, expertise, motivation, and passion for learning (level 4 per DESE) and needs advanced opportunities to respond to the student’s unique individual needs.
The successful candidate for the Academy, in the past, has typically presented the ability to perform in the top one percent of students in both their academic and cognitive functioning. The "typical" Academy student has an IQ 138+ (administrated by a Parkway District Examiner) with either the Full Scale-- FS, General Ability Index-- GAI, or Nonverbal-- NV). However, as with all students, each child presents with a unique set of identified strengths and challenges. Please note: outside private testing will not be accepted when applying for the MOSAICS Academy. Parkway School District Private Testing Guidelines
Criteria
Students who meet the profile of an exceptionally gifted student, as defined by DESE, are invited to apply. Please note: in order to submit an application for the Academy, level 4 programming, students must first have met the criteria for participation in MOSAICS, level 3 programming, in their home school and take part in the program.
Qualifying Process
Invite emails to apply are sent on Tuesday, October 21 to parents of students with 138 or higher from the 2024- 2025 school year on the Full Scale, Nonverbal, or General Ability Index (WISC by a Parkway School District tester)
Students who met the criteria described above in 2025- 2026 will receive an email to apply with their testing results.
The application link will be included in the email invite sent for students invited to explore this opportunity.
Testing Information
If you are unsure of your student’’s scores on the WISC-V assessment, please contact Dr. Mollie Glazer (mglazer@parkwayschools.net) and the report will be emailed to you..
Data from your student’s most recent WISC-V assessment (within the last two years) will be considered..
Students with data more than two years old may be reassessed if the initial assessment data was within the range identified above.
Round 1: Student Data Profile
The evaluation process for students applying to the Academy begins with the submission of an application which is included in your child's emailed application).
Upon submitting the application, the Academy evaluation team collects data from each student's profile in Parkway. A matrix that includes data from your student’s winter NWEA testing, WISC-V, and a newly administered nonverbal, verbal and quantitative assessment will be used to determine if a student moves forward to round 2.
September 1, 2025- applicaiton opens
December 5th, 2025- Application closes
Jaunary 12th, 2026– Parents are notified if their student is moving forward or not to Round 2.
Round 2: Additional Information
Creativity CAP Assessment- administered by Dr. Glazer at your child’s school.
Academy teachers meet with the student applicants (at your child’s school).
Teacher Input (Classroom and MOSAICS teachers)
February 17th, 2026– Decisions are communicated to parents if their student is invited to participate in the MOSAICS Academy.
Other Important Dates:
February 4th, 2026 Information Night About the MOSAICS Academy @ Pierremont 6PM.
March 9th, 2026- Parent commitment due for their student’s attendance at the MOSAICS Academy in 2026- 2027.
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