May 8, 2012 JAGC newsletter
This newsletter has information about:
JAGC "Gifted Exchange" Support Group (5/15)
Jeffco GT Parent Seminar (4/24)
Dabrowski Conference (7/19-21)
Jeffco SPARKS Summer Camp
CAGT Distinguished Student Award (deadline 5/18)
NAGC Convention & Parent Day Registration
SENGinar: Gifted Mothers and Daughter (5/10)
Autonomous Learner Model Institute (6/27-29)
Jeffco Schools Budget Info
Quill Kids Summer Camps
Just for Fun: Blacksmithing (5/12)
Connect with JAGC
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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JAGC "Gifted Exchange" Support Group
Plan on joining JAGC and members of the Jeffco Gifted and Talented community every third Tuesday of the month for sharing about a GT topic of interest in a relaxed, supportive environment. Family members, educators and other stakeholders all welcome!
For May the suggested reading is SENG's "Tips for Parents of Intense Children" by Sharon Lind. Of course, there will be great GT discussion even if we veer off topic.
One Date - two times/places: Tuesday, May 15
10:00 am
Read, Write & Brew Coffeehouse
6th Avenue and Heritage Rd., across from Jeffco Courthouse
720 Golden Ridge Road Unit D, Golden, CO 80401
OR
6:30 pm
Old Chicago
corner of Hampden and Wadsworth
3550 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood, CO
We look forward to seeing you! Please help JAGC volunteers plan their time and also reserve enough space: RSVP, noting your name and whether attending day or evening group.
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10th International Dabrowski Conference
July 19-21, 2012
Denver
Registration is now open.
Theme: From Conflict to Peace,Globally and Personally
Hosted by R. Frank Falk, Ph.D and Linda K. Silverman, Ph.D.
This is the next in a series of biennial international and interdisciplinary conferences on Dabrowski’s theory of Positive Disintegration. Dabrowski’s theory has been developing since Kazimierz Dabrowski a Polish psychologist and psychiatrist began thinking and writing about it in the 1930s. Since then, it has become the basis for theoretical, practical, and research applications across diverse disciplines.
The 10th Annual Dabrowski Congress will be held in Denver, from July 18th through the 21st, at the Curtis Doubletree Hotel. The theme of the Congress is "From Conflict to Peace both Personally and Globally." Over 40 presenters from the United States, Canada, Poland, Australia and The Netherlands, will address development, giftedness, and different aspects of Dabrowski's theory. There will be introductory and advanced sessions, leadership workshops, an international panel, banquet speaker, etc. Topics include overexcitabilities, ethical development, gifted children and adults, twice exceptional children, women writers, temperament, learning style, sensitivity, crisis, inner conflict, loss, poverty, courage, peace, service, religious experience, creativity, poetry, authentic educational practice, classroom strategies and homeschooling. Something for everyone!
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Jeffco SPARKS Summer Camp
"Igniting Imagination"
July 9 - July 20
Gifted and Talented classes are being offered this summer to students 4 to 14 years of age, and 7th grade through 12th grade through LifeBound. Jeffco SPARKS is designed based on student age versus grade level, allowing learners the opportunity to participate in classes with intellectual peers as well as age peers.
The course descriptions and registration is here. For more information about GT summer school, click here.
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CAGT Distinguished Student Award
Do you know an outstanding student currently in either the 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th grade? CAGT is please to announce the CAGT Distinguished Student Award for the 2011-2012 school year. Originally funded by the Nicholas Green Foundation and NAGC, this awards program is designed to recognise distinguished achievement in academics, leadership, or the arts. One child for the state of Colorado will be named CAGT Distinguished Student and that winner receives a $500 U.S. savings bond and a CAGT Certificate of Excellence. Click here for more information and the application. May 18 deadline.
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Registration is now open!
Information about the National Convention, coming to Denver (Nov 15-18) is here, with more to come. There are special group rates if registering for the convention as a group of 10 or more. Parents, counselors, and other GT advocates may attend the convention--plan now to attend the convention together!
Registration for Parent Day (Nov 17) is open. A FULL day, overlapping with national convention and taking advantage of the expertise brought to Denver. Registration is $110 for individuals and $175 for two adults from the same household and includes all day events, lunch, complimentary CAGT and NAGC parent memberships for one year. (CAGT membership includes membership to your local Colorado affiliate--for example, JAGC). The schedule is forthcoming. For more information about Parent Day, email
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SENGinar:
Mother-Daughter Relationships of Profoundly Gifted Young Girls
May 10, 2012
5:30 MST
Location: Participate at home or office using your computer.
Cost: $40 (includes access to the recording of the session afterwards)
Can't attend the live session? No problem!
Educators, parents and counselors are invited to join us as we explore the social and emotional needs of gifted girls. What social and emotional strengths and needs accompany the development of exceptional and profoundly gifted girls? What do mothers learn about themselves and their emotional needs as a result of raising gifted daughters? What social and emotional strengths and needs accompany the development of exceptional and profoundly gifted girls? What do mothers learn about themselves and their emotional needs as a result of raising gifted daughters? To register, click here.
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Autonomous Learner Model Institute
An Institute for Teachers and Students
June 27-29, 2012
8:30-4:00 all three days
hosted by Jeffco Gifted and Talented team
Jeffco Education Center
1829 Denver West Dr. #27
Golden, Colorado
An Institute for Teachers and Students? This has never happened before but now is the time. Teachers, please join us for the ALM Institute and bring middle school and high school students with you (1 to 3 students per teacher). When you return to your classroom in the fall, you will have 1 to 3 students who will understand the ALM and will be a part of the ALM process.
Read all the details in the brochure here.
Register here.
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Jeffco Schools:
Community Conversations
This budget information was shared with the community at conversations the Board of Education held on April 28. For more information click here.
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Quill Kids is a recreational program based in Denver, Colorado, that guides budding authors ages 6 to 13, through a challenging yet rewarding experience of creative and non-fiction writing. Our goal is to introduce excitement and understanding to the writing process, in an informal group setting, using innovative techniques that make putting words on paper naturally easy and fun.
2012 Camp sessions are Monday-Thursday, 9:00-12:00.
All supplies and a snack are provided.
East Denver; June 16-21, Stapleton, Central Park
South Denver; July 9-12, Lone Tree, Brunzwick Zone Bowling
West Denver; July 30-Aug 2, Lakewood, Clements Sr. Center
$85 for each 4-day session. (Sibling rates available.)
For additional information on camp venues and registration visit Camps page at: www.quillkids.com. Contact Iretta Bell: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 303-618-9701
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Just for Fun
Blacksmith Day
May 12, 10 am - 5 pm
Golden had a local blacksmith as early as 1859, so why stop now? Join the "smithies" at the Clear Creek History Park in Golden and watch them craft metal into useful, everyday items. For more information click here.
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