One-thousand seats will be added, bringing the total to 3,500 spots for the upcoming school year. Third grade will be another entry point for the program. Kindergarten will add 100 seats, bringing the total to 2,500, starting in the next academic year. Students in pre-K4 will be assessed by their teachers with a screener to decide if they should enter the Gifted and Talented program, also known as the Brilliant NYC program, in kindergarten. 235 Janice Marie Knight School*Ģ2K361 - P.S.NEW YORK (PIX11) - New York City’s Gifted and Talented program will expand to every district with entry points for public school students in kindergarten and third grade, Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks announced Thursday. 75 School of Research and Discovery*ġ8K235 - P.S. Roosevelt*Ġ3M191 - The Riverside School for Makers and ArtistsĠ7X359 - Concourse Village Elementary SchoolĠ8X075 - P.S. Third Grade Gifted & Talented Entry Programs:Ġ1M034 - District 1: P.S. Fowlerģ0Q300 - The 30th Avenue School (gifted and talented citywide)ģ1R003 - P.S. Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine FerraĢ7Q108 - P.S. 197 - The Kings Highway AcademyĢ3K137 - P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton SchoolĢ2K197 - P.S. 199X – The Shakespeare Schoolġ6K243 - P.S. 166 The Richard Rodgers School of The Arts and TechnologyĠ9X199 - P.S. The schools now hosting gifted and talented classes are listed below - asterisks denote new schools: Kindergarten gifted and talented entry programs:Ġ1M539 - New Explorations into Science, Technology and MathĠ3M166 - P.S. Admitted students will have priority for their district’s gifted and talented program, though they will be able to apply to other gifted and talented programs. The top 10% of every school’s second graders based on their grades in the four core areas - English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies - will be invited to apply for the gifted and talented third-grade track.Ĭity officials said more seats can be added if schools see interest from families. The application process for kindergarten now depends on teacher recommendations after de Blasio eliminated the controversial test for 4-year-olds, and the DOE said Tuesday that 89% of all pre-K programs have already submitted their nominations. The Department of Education will host online information sessions on Tuesday, Thursday and June 1st, with live interpretation in Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu. But parents in favor of gifted and talented say the school system shouldn’t hold back accelerated learners.

The city also added seven elementary schools to the list of 85 schools hosting kindergarten gifted and talented classes.Īdams’s broad expansion of gifted and talented programs is a drastic departure from former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s attempts to eliminate the city's gifted and talented programs in his efforts to address persistent segregation and inequity in the school system.Ĭritics have long argued that the gifted and talented programs have led to segregated schools where Black and Latino students were underrepresented. The new third-grade track will allow selected students to attend gifted and talented programs at 44 elementary schools, most of which are receiving accelerated classes for the first time. “Working with families, teachers, and community leaders, we were able to make this expansion happen, and now students from every school district will be able to access a gifted and talented program.” “By expanding our gifted and talented program to all New York City districts, we are giving every young person an opportunity to grow, to learn, to explore their talents and imagination, and we are making sure no child is left behind,” Adams said in a press release Tuesday. There are currently about 938,000 public school students. In April, Mayor Eric Adams announced that he was adding another 100 spots to the 2,400 seats in the kindergarten gifted and talented program, and creating a third-grade option for an initial 1,000 students. The newly expanded gifted and talented programs at New York City’s public schools will open applications on May 31st, with additional elementary school offerings so that students in every district will have a local option.

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