Step 1: Application: Parents must fill out an application on their child. Applications can be found at https://giftedapplication.vbcps.com/. Due dates are on the testing page. The parent portion of the application will only take a few minutes to compete. Please note that the user name and login is your child's Chromebook login and password not your Parent Portal information. Read all directions carefully. Three unsuccessful attempts to login will lock you out.
Step 2: Testing: Students will complete two tests: the Naglieri Nonverbal Test (NNAT3) and the CogAT Abilities test. The testing date will be given to you soon after the applications deadline. A gifted testing specialist will come to Kempsville Meadows Elementary School to test your child. All 504 and IEP accommodations will be followed during testing.
Step 3: Identification: Identification decisions are made by the Gifted Identification and Placement Committee. The committee looks at the entire application to determine identification. You will receive an email informing you of the committee's decision.
Step 4: Old Donation School Placement: If you checked the Old Donation School box on the application and your child was identified during step 4, his or her application will go to the Old Donation School placement committee. If he or she is not accepted at ODS, he or she will automatically be placed in the cluster program at Kempsville Meadows Elementary.
IMPORTANT: The application is due in early February. Check the Testing Dates page.