Services and Programs for Gifted and Advanced Learners:

• Advanced Placement, PreAP and AP Capstone Program at all High Schools

• Advanced Placement Program Graduate

• Achieve Early College High School at Lincoln 

• Elementary Gifted and Talented Program

• Elementary IB/GT  Programme at Francisca Alvarez, Dr. Pablo Perez and Theodore Roosevelt Elementaries

• Middle School IB/GT Programme at Alonzo DeLeon Middle School

• Middle School Pre-Advanced Placement in all middle schools

• International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme/GT at Lamar Academy

• College Concurrent Enrollment and Dual Enrollment at all High Schools

• Credit by Exam for Acceleration

• House Bill 5 Endorsements

• PSAT Testing in 8th, 10th and 11th grade

• SAT Testing for 11th grade

• All College Testing, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate at no charge to parents.

• Independent Investigations class projects and Texas Performance Standards Project

• Academic UIL/ Chess Club/Robotics/Community Service/Programming

Summer Camps

• Rice University  partnership with the TAPIA  STEM Camp for Math, Science, Computer Science

• UTRGV TEXPrep Engineering Camp

• STC Cyberpatriot Camp

• Region One Youth Empowerment Summit for Gifted and Talented Students in partnership with National Geographic

• Bridge Camps for Lamar International Baccalaureate and DeLeon International Baccalaureate