AAA/GATE Fee-Based Test:
Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is offering public and private school parents living within the CUSD boundary area an opportunity to have their children take the fee-based Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test (OLSAT). The OLSAT is used by CUSD to identify students for the Accelerated Academic Achievement/Gifted and Talented Program (AAA/GATE). The OLSAT tests both verbal and nonverbal reasoning.
CUSD students who meet the criteria set by the District will be invited to take the OLSAT in January 2009 at their school site. (The criterion for OLSAT testing is listed on the CUSD AAA/GATE website at www.capousd.org/aaa.) Invitations to take the January school site OLSAT will be mailed home the first week of December 2008. If a parent does not receive an invitation to take the OLSAT, he/she may have his/her child take the fee-based OLSAT on February 7, 2009. Students who score at or above the 95th percentile on the OLSAT qualify for the AAA/GATE program in the fall.
The fee-based OLSAT will be offered on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at George White Elementary School, in Laguna Niguel (Grades 2-8) and on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Capistrano Valley High School, in Mission Viejo (Grades 9-10). The cost for taking the OLSAT is $65.00. OLSAT registration forms will be available in all CUSD school administration buildings in December. Parents may also download the “Fee-Based AAA/GATE Test Application” from the CUSD AAA/GATE Website at www.capousd.org/aaa. Checks and registration forms must be postmarked by January 21, 2009 or delivered to the AAA/GATE Office before 4:30 pm on January 22, 2009, so that the appropriate number of tests can be ordered. No late registrations will be accepted.
Please Note: Kindergarten, first grade students, and students who have taken the OLSAT/NNAT in January 2009 at their school site are not eligible to take the Fee-Based OLSAT in February.
