Type Independent Head of School Dr. Tara Tomicic Phone +1 713-647-7246 Number of students 69 Color Red, black and gold | Established 1986 Enrollment 69 Mascot Fox Founded 1986 Faculty 21 | |
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Religious affiliation(s) No religious affiliation Student to teacher ratio 12:1 (lower school), 9:1 (middle school and high school) Address 11059 Timberline Rd, Houston, TX 77043, USA Similar The Village School, The Westview School, The Monarch School a, The Parish School, St Francis Episcopal School Profiles | ||
Rainard School for Gifted Students is a private school located in Houston, Texas, United States serving children 4 1⁄2 years through 12th grade who are identified as academically gifted.
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The Rainard School is located outside of Beltway 8 and north of Interstate 10 in an outerlying portion of western Houston in an area known as Spring Branch.
The School
Rainard was founded by Dr. Lorraine Bouchard and opened in 1986. After 19 years at its former location at 13922 Old Katy Road, The Rainard School moved to a new four acre wooded campus at 11059 Timberline [1] in fall 2005. The school was renamed "Rainard School for Gifted Students" in 2010. The school is the only non-profit 501c(3) K-12 school in the Houston area totally devoted to gifted students with IQs of 135 and higher.
The current Head of School is Dr. Tara Tomicic. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and has memberships in Houston Association of Independent Schools, National Association of Gifted Children, Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Association for College Admission Counseling, Texas Association for College Admission Counseling, and College Board.
Daily tours are free and available to those interested in either the school or the summer program.
Curriculum
Gifted students require special individual curricula because the imbalance between their intellectual skills for their age and the social age skills and emotional age skills they possess. If their special needs are not met, these student are subject to various vulnerabilities that can result in the student not realizing his or her full potential or face significant social or emotional challenges.
Classes are multi-age, multi-level to help address their asynchronous development with a given classroom spanning three to four traditional grade levels. The school has a target of a maximum 12 to 1 student to teacher ratio in the lower school and 9 to 1 in the middle school and high school. As of 2014, the school's total enrollment is approximately 70 students.
Summer Program
Rainard also offers a gifted and talented summer program called Summer Incitement! http://www.summerincitement.org for students 4 1/2 years of age through 11th grade on the main campus located one block north of the Katy Freeway (I-10) between where Wilcrest and Kirkwood meet I-10.