To assure the systematic and objective selection of students to participate in the program, the gifted program uses a well-defined identification procedure. K- 8 may be eligible for identification. Nominations are made by contacting the program coordinator. In addition, all students are screened after standardized achievement testing in selected grades. The program coordinator collects data to support a student's nomination.
Information is placed on a matrix to represent a total profile of the student.
Because of the difficulty of making a long-term identification of these students, the school identifies them on a provisional basis through the Primary Enrichment Program. Formal assessment for the upper-elementary and middle school Quest Program begins in the third grade.