Gifted Program Services
Students enrolled in the Advanced Content courses in middle and high school must take at least one gifted education course and spend a minimum of five (FTE) segments per week in gifted education classes. The students in middle school usually take three or four core subject areas. The district may elect to include students who are not identified as gifted but have demonstrated exceptional ability and motivation in a particular content area.
Houston County uses the following descriptors to distinguish gifted education services: In middle and high school, gifted education classes may be referred to as gifted, GTE, honors, or advanced content. Advanced Placement (AP) is an opportunity offered by College Board to high school students, both gifted and non-gifted qualified.
Testing for Gifted Services
New students previously enrolled in a gifted program in Georgia will be placed in HCSD Gifted Program upon written confirmation of eligibility and records review.
Students currently enrolled in the Houston County School District may be referred for testing during the school year. The school's eligibility team will review all referrals for consideration for formal gifted education evaluation. The testing, scoring, and norming will be completed by HCSD gifted diagnosticians. Parents will receive written notification of student eligibility.
Students enrolled in a gifted program from another state or military children served in the gifted/honors/AP program at the sending school will be placed in gifted classes upon written confirmation of eligibility and records review. "This does not preclude the school in the receiving state from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student in the course(s)." (Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children)
Congratulations to the following
Houston County Schools that were named
AP Honor Schools for 2024
AP Access and Support Schools: Northside High School, Warner Robins High School
Schools with at least 30% of AP exams taken by students who identified themselves as African-American and/or Hispanic and 30% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
AP Humanities Schools: Houston County High School
Schools with a minimum of five students testing in each of the following AP categories: one ELA course, two history/social science courses, one fine arts course and one world language course.
AP Humanities Achievement Schools: Houston County High School
AP Humanities schools with at least 50% of all AP Humanities exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
AP Schools of Distinction: Houston County High School, Veterans High School
Schools with at least 20% of the total student population taking AP exams and at least 50% of all AP exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
AP STEM Schools: Houston County High School, Northside High School, Perry High School, Veterans High School, Warner Robins High School
Schools with a minimum of five students testing in at least four AP STEM courses. (AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles)
AP STEM Achievement Schools: Houston County High School, Perry High School, Veterans High School
AP STEM schools with at least 50% of all AP STEM exams earning scores of 3 or higher.
AP exams are taken each May. Many of the students who received a score of 5 (Distinguished) on at least one AP exam were recognized at the Board of Education Meeting on September and October 2024.
We were honored to be able to celebrate their hard work. dedication, and persistence while taking rigorous college level courses. Students received a special "AP5" pin to commemorate this accomplishment.
Congratulations to each of the students who scored 5 on an AP exam!
Perry High School: Cecilia O'Neal and teacher Lindsey Gentry
Veterans High School: Rebecca Winters and teacher Matthew Boone
Houston County School District has announced their valedictorian and salutatorian for the Class of 2025.
The top graduates are:
Houston County High - Valedictorian Ruxanda Malcoci and Salutatorian Neyo Zhao
Northside High - Valedictorian Darshan Patel and Salutatorian Sofia Acosta Diaz
Perry High - Valedictorian Daniel Chun and Salutatorian Sawan Patel
Veterans High - Valedictorian Annemarie Pumel and Salutatorian Rebecca Winters
Warner Robins High - Valedictorian Robert Salyers and Salutatorian Gavin Steedley
The 2025 Georgia Scholar Program application window is January 6 — March 1.
The Georgia Scholar Program is open to all Georgia high school seniors who meet the program criteria, complete the online application, secure signatures from their principal, school counselor, and parent/legal guardian, and obtain a letter of reference from someone outside of the school or family that speaks to the student's self-esteem and concern for others in day-to-day activities.
A total of 216 graduating seniors from across Georgia have been recognized as 2024 Georgia Scholars, State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced in March 2024.
Houston County High School Mackenzie Davis
Houston County High School Jaabili Gosukonda
Houston County High School Olivia Morrison
Perry High School Fraser Knapek
Veterans High School Brian Howell
Veterans High School Zoriyah Menefree
Veterans High School Camden Robertson
Veterans High School Ananya Shah
Warner Robins High School Taryn Long
Gifted Program Activities
As a member of the Gifted and Talented Education classroom, your child may participate in some of the following activities during the school year.
Constitution Day Debate Team National History Day
Academic Bowl Beta Club Governor's Honors Program
Social Studies Fair Mu Alpha Theta National Honor Society
Mock Trial Science Fair Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
Professional Interest Exploration (PIE)
Contact Us:
Houston County Board of Education
Building C, Teaching and Learning
1100 Main Street
Perry, Georgia 31069
(478) 988-6200 EXT 3442