At the elementary level, QUEST is a pull-out program utilizing a spiraling, interdisciplinary curriculum through which critical thinking, creative thinking, research, and communication skills are taught. Elementary QUEST students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade, attend the QUEST class for thirty to forty-five minutes each day, Monday through Thursday.

At the middle school level, grades 6-8, QUEST students daily attend a ninety minute block of QUEST/QUEST English which provides a project-based, interdisciplinary, gifted curriculum integrated with a differentiated advanced language arts curriculum.

At the high school level, QUEST students may choose to enroll in the QUEST Independent Study Mentorship Class, participate in the QUEST Lab, participate in the International Baccaulaureate Program and/or enroll in Advanced Placement Classes, both Pre-AP and AP courses, including the QUEST Pre-AP English I and II classes.

Your child participates in projects designed to develop and refine their critical and creative thinking, problem solving and research skills through an interdisciplinary curriculum. For example, in the second grade QUEST unit about sneezes, your child uses skills from the following areas: language arts, science and math. For a more detailed explanation of the units and skills in each grade, please access the link below.
classroom.leanderisd.org/webs/quest1/elementary_curriculum.htm

Because the QUEST curriculum spirals in complexity and depth, third, fourth and fifth grade QUEST students apply their critical and creative thinking, problem solving and research skills to achieve a more complex and indepth level of mastery. For example, at fourth grade, QUEST students learn about Bloom's taxonomy of thinking. They then create lesson plans based on these thinking levels to teach a children's story to younger children. For a more detailed explanation of the units and skills taught in these grade levels, please access the link below.
classroom.leanderisd.org/webs/quest1/elementary_curriculum.htm

QUEST students participate in interdisciplinary projects designed to encourage critical analysis, creative problem solving, independent study, self-directed learning, and effective team work. Through participation in both QUEST and QUEST English, students are taught the requisite language arts skills in a challenging environment that promotes critical and creative thinking. For example, in seventh grade, QUEST students learn about the scientifc method and apply it to study an enigma of their choice. Students present their conclusions in a creative and professional format. For a more detailed explanation of the units and skills taught in these grade levels, please access the link below.
www.leanderisd.org/default.aspx?name=acad.ss.adv.prog.quest.ms.eng

At the high school level, QUEST offers students an array of options. Students may enroll in a QUEST Independent Study Mentorship Class in which they complete a year-long indepth research study on a topic of their choice. For juniors and senior, this study may be an extension of the Senior English Project. QUEST students may also use the QUEST Lab as a support system. They can visit the Lab to work on projects (both personal and for other classes), to participate in discussion/interest groups, or to meet with the QUEST Facilitator for help with academic, social, emotional or personal needs. QUEST students do NOT have to be enrolled in the QUEST class to participate in QUEST. QUEST students may also enroll in the QUEST Pre-AP English I and II classes. For more information, please see the link below.
www.leanderisd.org/default.aspx?name=acad.ss.adv.prog.quest.facts