LAgniappe Academic Enrichment Program: Future Innovators Unite Program (Grades 7-10)
Center for Gifted Education Mission Statement:
The Center for Gifted Education has the mission to support the needs of gifted and talented students, and those with gifted potential. The Center is an instructional, research, and service center. It offers professional learning opportunities for teachers and schools, summer enrichment programs for children, and consultation services for parents. We facilitate and support gifted education advocacy efforts, providing research-based information about the needs of gifted & talented students to all stakeholders. We aim to build relationships with those who impact gifted students as well as the public.
Screening Window for Admission to the Summer Programs presented by the Center for Gifted Education:
Admission to the Summer Programs presented by the Center for Gifted Education
We do not require Identification of Gifted/Talent to participant in the Summer Programs presented by the Center for Gifted Education.
Students must qualify for admission to the Summer Programs presented by the Center for Gifted Education to participate in the Programs. Our screening window is currently open.
New students in a Parish GT Program must submit a one-time, non-refundable, $25.00 application fee. You do not need to submit the Parent/Guardian, or Teacher checklist. Identified students must submit the 1st page of their most recent IEP, or the Welcome letter from the Gifted and Talented Program.
Older students (5th grade and above) who are NOT in a Parish GT Program will require a score review to determine qualification for admission.
Identified GT Program students do not need to submit scores for review.
Returning Students:
Students previously accepted into the Center for Gifted Education programs have the status of Returning Students.
If you have received a letter of congratulation from the Center for Gifted Education please feel free to register using the link below.
We look forward to seeing you for our Summer 2025 Future Innovators Unite Program! Register Here.
This year's Future Innovators Unite Program will take place June 23, 2025 to June 27, 2025 in Maxim D. Doucet Hall at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Campus.
Maxim D. Doucet Hall
1401 Johnston St.
Lafayette, LA. 70503
Contact Us
Please contact the Center for Gifted Education at 337-482-6701, or email, gifted@louisiana.edu with any questions.
Kathleen McIntire, Administrative Coordinator III
Office Address
Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning
Room 266
Lafayette, LA 70506
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 43648
Lafayette, LA 70504-3648
Phone: 337-482-6701
E-mail: gifted@louisiana.edu
Hosted by
Dr. Christine Briggs, Director of the Center for Gifted Education