Gifted & Talented Nomination/Identification
The 2025-2026 nomination window for students to be adjudicated for the district's Artistically Gifted & Talented (GTR) program will open next fall!
Program Overview
As part of the opportunities CCSD offers for students in the arts, the Visual and Performing Arts Office administers the Gifted & Talented Artistic (GTR) nomination, adjudication, and notification process for students in Grades 3 through 8.
Students may be nominated by parents, guardians, or teachers to be evaluated in the areas of Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts.
If a student is identified as Artistically Gifted & Talented by the district, they become eligible to participate in our semester-long after school arts programs and the Summer SMAART program.
Once a student is identified as Artistically Gifted & Talented, that designation stays with them in that art area through 12th Grade. Identified students do not need to go through the nomination/adjudication process again unless they want to be identified in a different arts area.
Gifted & Talented Nomination/Identification Walk Through
Please read through the following document carefully before submitting a nomination form. If you have gone through this process before, please be aware that it has changed this year.
Incorrectly submitted nominations will not be accepted.
Nomination/Identification Timeline
Nomination/Identification Forms
Contact Us
Charleston County School District
Visual & Performing Arts Office
75 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401
General Inquiries
843-937-6423
marjorie_clark@charleston.k12.sc.us
Gifted & Talented Programs
843-937-6456
nicholas_nafpliot@charleston.k12.sc.us
