Talented and Gifted (TAG)

"A gifted person is someone who shows, or has the potential for showing, an exceptional level of performance in one or more areas of expression: intellectual, math, or reading."

The TAG Nomination/Permission Forms and the fall window Whole Grade Acceleration Applications are now available HERE!

Please be sure to read the educator’s guides and provide the parent guides to families when applicable. The request for translations of these forms and parent guides has been submitted and they will be uploaded as soon as they are available.

Chapman TAG Video 

Updated TAG Information

Portland Public School's TAG Website

PPS District TAG Plan

If you have any questions about TAG at Chapman or Chapman @ the Ramona, your first contact should be with your child's teacher. They are ready & willing to answer your academic questions concerning your child. If you have questions that are not addressed here, or answered by your child's teacher, please contact Karen Ritzinger.

TAG Facilitator: Karen Ritzinger, 5th Grade Teacher/503-916-6295/kritzinger@pps.net

Parent TAG Group Contact: TBD

TAG Nomination Process

Please click the link above titled "Updated TAG Information" to find more detailed information about the TAG Identification Process.

TAG Nominations: 

Teachers or parents can submit an IDPF form to nominate a student for TAG.

TAG Testing Window: TBD

ONLY students who had completed IDPF forms given to classroom teachers by the deadline will be tested. TAG testing will be done at Chapman or Chapman @ the Ramona. If you nominated your child, please make sure they are present on all days of the testing window.