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Gifted and Talented School in Houston, TX
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Why Parents Choose Rainard School for the Gifted
Embracing the Gifted
We understand the unique academic and emotional needs of gifted children. At our school, students from Pre-K through 8th grade learn in an environment designed to challenge them intellectually and meet their emotional needs.
Personalized Curriculum
We celebrate student individuality and cultivating joy in learning. Our teachers are true experts in differentiated instruction. Each childs strengths, interests and areas for improvement are addressed on an individual level.
A Natural Environment
Learning extends beyond the classroom. Our curriculum reflects this by incorporating nature into lessons and play each day. Learning is also connected to first-hand experiences through projects and relevant field trips.
Small Class Sizes
Each multi-age classroom is capped at 12 students. Our small class size, low student-teacher ratio and personalized instruction are designed to meet the unique needs of each learner.
Gifted Instructors
Our faculty are Houstons experts in gifted education. Rainards teachers have in-depth knowledge of how to cultivate a love for learning in gifted children. Their professional development is supported through bi-weekly sessions in school and conference attendance.
A Gifted Community
Everyone enjoys a sense of belonging at our school. We provide gifted students and their families with authentic support. Rainard is a private school for an extraordinary gifted community in Houston.
Is My Child Gifted?
In the very simplest of terms, a gifted child is one with exceptional native intelligence.
However, it is not always so simple. Only a very small portion of gifted individuals are equally exceptional in all areas. A more common expression of giftedness is asynchronous development where learners are highly advanced in one or more areas of development while being average in others
This is why not all gifted individuals will fit the criteria of having a uniformly high general IQ score. A child can score highly in one section of an IQ test while scoring below average in another and still be considered gifted.
The day our child visited Rainard was like a gift from heaven. The next morning as he headed back to his school, he said, “I wish I could build a time machine so that I could make today yesterday and go back to Rainard….- Rainard is the right place for us. The small classes and character of the school encourage daily contact with our daughters’ excellent and caring teachers. Any classroom or educational issues are dealt with promptly…
- Through a very fortunate series of events, our child ended up at Rainard. What a difference. Our son knows everyone in his class, he can name all their interests and, in return, they “get” him. They sing songs about the…
- As a former public school teacher for gifted children I never thought I would send my child to a private school. Yet, the experience of having my own highly gifted child changed everything I thought to be true about education…
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