For the very first time, Virginia Beach high schools will be playing lacrosse interscholastically starting this spring. With the Beach District season recently underway, each high school is fielding a varsity boys and a varsity girls team. On Tuesday, March 28, Kempsville and Ocean Lakes will play in a girls/boys doubleheader at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex (2044 Landstown Centre Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23456.) The Beach District schedule for all VBCPS schools begins on April 4.
Gifted FAQs
Screening FAQs
- Why is my child being screened?
- May I decline having my child screened?
- Where does screening take place?
- What should I do to prepare my child for the screening?
- What if my child is absent on his/her school’s scheduled screening date?
- Who administers the screening?
- What instrument is used for the screening?
- How do I interpret my student’s test scores?
- What if my child does not score at the 90th percentile or higher?
- Who determines if my child is eligible for intellectual gifted services in VBCPS?
- What information is used to determine if my child is eligible for intellectual gifted services in VBCPS?
- What if my child has an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan?
- How can I access the results of my child’s screening for gifted services?
- Who should I call if I have questions regarding the screening process?
Why is my child being screened?
May I decline having my child screened?
Where does screening take place?
What should I do to prepare my child for the screening?
What if my child is absent on his/her school’s scheduled screening date?
Who administers the screening?
What instrument is used for the screening?
How do I interpret my student’s test scores?
What if my child does not score at the 90th percentile or higher?
Who determines if my child is eligible for intellectual gifted services in VBCPS?
What information is used to determine if my child is eligible for intellectual gifted services in VBCPS?
What if my child has an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan?
How can I access the results of my child’s screening for gifted services?
Who should I call if I have questions regarding the screening process?
Military Family Gifted Services FAQs
- We are moving to Virginia Beach. How will my child's previous identification as a gifted student be handled?
- How are students identified for gifted services in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS)?
- How will Virginia Beach City Public Schools know what services my child has had in the past?
- Why are identification procedures and services different from division to division?
- Why don't gifted students have IEPs and other safeguards like special education students?
- What services are available if my child is found eligible?
- What is the Resource – Cluster Model?
- If my child is found eligible for gifted services, can he/she apply to Old Donation School?
- I am enrolling my children in the neighborhood school. How do I get them tested for the Gifted Education Programs?
- My child is not currently enrolled in VBCPS, but we may be transferring to the area. I would like for my child to apply to ODS. How do I proceed?
- Who should I call if I have questions regarding the process?