Come hear Nathan Levy at next Tuesday’s PTA meeting

OBJECTIVES:

o To provide for growth in children’s imaginative and intuitive functioning
o To encourage divergent thinking
o To give children the experiences of working cooperatively, rather than competitively, on a common problem
o To increase cognitive skills and discrepancy resolution through successful experiences
o To provide enjoyable changes-of-pace for task-oriented learning environments

CONTENT:

Activities and practices used in this presentation offer all participants fun and practical ways to help children read, write and think better. Grade 1-8 educators who work in classrooms or small groups will profit greatly from the hands on, useful activities that are shared.

METHODS:

There will be a structured activity designed to insure involvement on the part of each participant, and to promote feelings of group and individual success. Other activities designed for gifted students will be demonstrated and can easily be adapted to content already covered in the regular classroom.

HEROES: Higher Education Resources & Opportunities for Exceptional Scholars is a non-profit organization created by the mother of a profoundly gifted child to help create programs to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of profoundly gifted students. HEROES will host its Second Annual Conference for profoundly gifted students and their parents on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Rutgers’ University Inn & Conference Center on Cook/Douglass Campus in New Brunswick. Student and parent programs are available. For questions about HEROES or the conference, email HEROES founder, Rita Ostrager at HEROESgifted@gmail.com. The Conference Fee is $50 for HEROES members and $65 for non-members. HEROES membership is $35 per year. Register before January 1 and receive 20% off the registration fee.

Alexandria School Superintendent Mort Sherman has discovered that the city’s gifted education program needs revision. Sherman likes to poke at beehives. Few issues inspire as much angry mail as changing gifted programs. He wants to find ways to get more black and Hispanic kids into the program, but if I were he, I would go much further than that.

Obama to honor young inventors at science fair

White House Pushes Science and Math Education

Join us for the Common Ground lecture series featuring three important life topics for you and your children:

Guyland: The Perilous Place Where Boys Become Men
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at the Peddie School

How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at the Pennington School

Beyond Time Out: From Chaos to Calm
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Princeton Day School

Click on the links for more info and details

Recently, we’ve been asked by parents for information about the law on gifted education. N.J.A.C. 6A-8, Standards and Assessment for Student Achievement, includes specific requirements for gifted and talented programs in New Jersey. Here is a link to the New Jersey Department of Education’s (NJDOE) web site, which outlines the state requirements:

http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/g_and_t_req.htm

NJDOE also provide answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding Gifted Education:

http://www.state.nj.us/education/aps/cccs/faq_gandt.htm

For more information, please visit the New Jersey Association for Gifted Children Web Site at:
www.njagc.org

Gifted children and adults are at high risk for being identified as ADD. Most people, including most medical professionals, do not realize giftedness is often associated with the following behaviors:

* underachieving
* anger and frustration
* high energy, intensity, fidgeting, impulsivity
* individualistic, nonconforming, stubborn
* disorganization, sloppy, poor handwriting
* forgetful, absentminded, daydreams
* emotional, moody
* low interest in details

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Here’s this year’s chess club flyer.

and here’s the registration form.

Sign up quickly!

CommonGround is a collaborative effort of the Parent Associations of thirteen Princeton area independent schools.

Each year CommonGround sponsors a lecture series featuring distinguished speakers who address contemporary educational and parenting issues.

Check it out here: http://www.princetoncommonground.org

We’ll also put a permanent link in the column on the left!

The NATIONAL TALENT NETWORK’S 4TH ANNUAL GIFTED & TALENTED LEARNING FAIR

Wednesday, OCTOBER 1, 2008 begins the 4th Annual Gifted & Talented Learning Fair. This 1-day conference explores instructional practices that address the education of high ability children. An exciting selection of workshops is offered for G&T Teachers, Coordinators, Curriculum Supervisors, and Administrators.

Presenters and presentation topics are as follows:

Dr. Susanne Richert Overcoming Gifted Underachievement in the NCLB Era: Advanced Proficiency for the Gifted

Mary Geschel Making Algebra Child’s Play

Mary Lou Dordan Discovering FREE Resources available to teach Stem Curricula

Attend all three workshops for only $75 Including complementary lunch and professional development credit!

The conference will be held at Educational Information & Resource Center (EIRC), 606 Delsea Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080. Check the NTN/EIRC website at www.eirc.org/ntn or call 856-582-7000 ext. 135 or 136 for more conference and registration information, including presenter biographies and workshop descriptions

Math can be a daunting experience. Remember? Wondering about how to challenge and motivate your child? Check out this article on Mathkinz.com. It’s a local project!

And go visit their website.

Barnes & Nobel are running a summer reading club for kids in grades 1-6. They read 8 books and then fill out a questionnaire about the books and in return get a free book. This site explains it the requirements:

I hope you’re having a fun summer!

Check out the website of New Jersey’s State Museum.

The New Jersey State Museum is located at 205 West State Street in Trenton within walking distance of the State House.

At least, that’s what an article in the NY Times is reporting:

Projections show that by next year or the year after, the annual number of high school graduates in the United States will peak at about 2.9 million after a 15-year climb. The number is then expected to decline until about 2015. Most universities expect this to translate into fewer applications and less selectivity, with most students probably finding it easier to get into college.

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Please plan to attend this lecture by Jean Kilbourne, PhD titled “Deadly Persuasion: The Advertising Industry’s Seduction of Our Youth” on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from 7:30-9:00pm at The Lawrenceville School’s Kirby Arts Center. The lecture is free and open to the general public.