• Dyslexia ▲

  MISD Dyslexia Services - Click Here

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• Early Childhood Center ▲

  Early Childhood Coordinator - Carin McSperitt EMAIL: cmmcsperitt@mabankisd.net

  MISD Early Childhood Philosophy

  MISD Early childhood Center will strive to help each child develop a positive self-concept.  While responding to unique needs we will provide consistent, safe, nurturing environment that promotes your child's development in the following areas:

  • Physical
  • Social
  • Emotional
  • Cognitive 
  • Creative

  Standards have been established for a quality developmentally appropriate program for your children.

  Head Start

  Click here to learn more about our Head Start Program!

  Pre-K

  The purpose of the Pre-K program is to work with families to provide a complete early childhood program for eligible children who are three or four on or before September 1. Children may qualify based on family income, homeless, military status or non English speaking. Children are provided many opportunities to stimulate learning in all developmental areas; physical, social, emotional and intellectual.                       

  Pre-School Programs for Children with Disabilities

  The Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD) serves students ages 3-5 years that meet eligibility criteria for one of the disabilities identified by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). This program also serves ages 0-2 years of age that meet eligibility criteria for a hearing or visual impairment. The PPCD program addresses skill areas such as:

  • Language
  • Articulation
  • Fine/Gross Motor Skills
  • Social/Emotional
  • Behavioral
  • Self-Help 

  PPCD Brochure

  CDC

  Child Development Center

  • Child Care Standards and Regulation
  • Waiting List Form

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• Emergent Bilingual Services ▲

  Emergent Bilingual Services - Click Here

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• Gifted and Talented ▲
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  The Gifted and Talented program is designed to provide appropriate educational experiences for those students who demonstrate the ability or perform at a remarkably high level of accomplishment.
  

  State Definition of Gifted: “‘[G]ifted and [t]alented student’ means a child or youth who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who:
  (1) exhibits high performance capability in an intellectual, creative, or artistic area;
  (2) possesses an unusual capacity for leadership; or
  (3) excels in a specific academic field.”
  (Texas Education Code Ann. § 29.121)

  IMPORTANT Parent Information Links: 

  2025-26 Gifted and Talented Philosophy & Goals

  2025-26 Parent/Guardian Forms

  2025-26 GT Handbook

  2025-26 GT Parent Presentation

   

  Resources

  2025-26 GT Parent Resources

  Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented

  YouTube links:

  What does it mean to be Gifted?
  Do Schools Kill creativity?
  Creativity and Education
  Gifted children's bad behavior cured by smart classes

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