The Northside Independent School District Gifted and Enrichment Program focuses on the following program goals:

• Provide an enrichment program to stimulate the talents of G/T students.
• Guide students to develop a healthy self-concept and to acquire complex skills for collaborative conflict resolution and teamwork.
• Implement the principles of divergent thinking and foster higher order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
• Promote creative problem-solving for real world issues.
• Provide opportunities for self-directed learning and assessment.
• Arrange experiences which promote the ongoing development of task commitment and adjustment to rapid change.
• Encourage an attitude of responsible service to others.
• Promote a global perspective in which the students can interact with their G/T peers and with outstanding adults.
• Assist students in making career choices which help them to become productive, well-rounded citizens.