• 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.

    WHOLE GRADE ACCELERATIONS - PARENT MEETING COMPLETED AND APPLICATIONS DUE TO TAG OFFICE BY SEPT. 30th

    TAG NOMINATION/PERMISSION FORMS DUE TO SCHOOL BY NOV. 13th and ENTERED IN GOOGLE SHEETS FOR TAG OFFICE BY NOV. 16th

     

    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 Rochella Farnand.

    TAG Facilitator: Rochella Farnand, 3rd Grade Teacher/503-916-6295/rfarnand@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: Due to classroom teachers before the due date, 2018

    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.

    TAG Testing Results: Spring 2018

    The PPS District TAG department will mail letters to the homes of all students who were TAG testing with their identifications.