NAGC Social and Emotional Supports for Gifted Students

Parents,

Good afternoon. I hope you and your family are managing well during these challenging times. The National Association for Gifted Children recently published a resource for parents to provide social and emotional support for their child(ren) at home. Being out of school can affect gifted students in unique ways. You can access the document at the following link: https://www.nagc.org/social-emotional-support

Summer Regional Governor's School

The Summer Regional Governor’s School at the MathScience Innovation Center is one of more than twenty summer programs for gifted students sponsored state-wide by the Virginia Department of Education. This year’s program will be held on June 22 - 26, 29, 30, & July 1, 2020 from 8:30 am – 3:00 pm each day. All classes are held at the MathScience Innovation Center, 2401 Hartman St. Richmond, VA 23223. 

Students currently enrolled in grades 6, 7 or 8 who have been identified by their school divisions as gifted are eligible to apply. There is no tuition charge for participation in the Center’s Summer Regional Governor’s School. Participation in Governor’s School is an exciting opportunity and a special privilege. Students are selected from the most able and motivated students in the Richmond area. Interested students should see their gifted resource teacher or guidance counselor for details.  

Applications are due by February 19, 2020. 

Information is also available at: https://www.mymsic.org/governors-school

Gifted Advisory Date Change Reminder

Reminder: The Jan 21 GAC meeting was rescheduled to Feb 27 in the High School Media Center.

2019-20 Gifted Advisory Officers

The Colonial Heights Gifted Advisory met on October 16, 2019.  Many thanks to the following individuals who were nominated and agreed to serve as officers this year:

Audrey Dube, Chair
Glanice Burchard, Vice-Chair
John McNulty, Secretary

Virginia Summer Governor's Schools

Information about the 2020 Summer Governor's Schools is available at the link below.  Be sure to see  your guidance counselor for any questions. 

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/governors_school_programs/summer_residential/index.shtml

Gifted Advisory Meeting Change

The next Colonial Heights Gifted Advisory meeting will take place in the High School Media Center on Wednesday, October 16.  This is the High School Focus Night.  All meetings start at 6:00 p.m. 

Gifted Advisory, 2019-20

Welcome to the 2019-20 school year.  We are looking forward to another great and exciting school year.  Please be sure to mark your calendars with the Gifted Advisory meetings dates below.  All meetings start at 6:00 p.m. and are held in the Audio Visual Room at the Colonial Heights Technical Building.

• Wednesday, October 16: High School Focus Night
• Tuesday, January 21: Middle School Focus Night  
• Tuesday, May 19: Elementary Focus Night

Enrichment at William & Mary

Fall SEP: October 12 & 19, 2019 Join us this fall for our fun enrichment classes! Classes run from 9:30 - 3:00 on Saturdays from October 12-19, 2019. Classes are $260 each with a $50 deposit due with application. Please see application packet (by clicking "Register for Fall SEP") for course specifics, descriptions and application instructions. The deadline to apply October 7, 2019 Early Bird Pricing, Now - September 20, 2019: $255.00 Regular Pricing, September 21, 2019-October 7, 2019: $260.00 My Amazing Body! | Grades K-2  Beautiful Math | Grade K-2 Elementary Engineering | Grades 3-5 LEGO Robotics I | Grades 4-6 Additional information is available at: https://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/precollegiate/index.php

Summer Enrichment at William & Mary

Summer SEP

We are still accepting new applications! Join us this summer for our fun enrichment classes! Classes run from 9 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 4 pm, Monday - Friday each week. Classes are $350 each with a $50 deposit due with application. See detailed information at: https://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/precollegiate/sep/ Summer SEP We are still accepting new applications! Join us this summer for our fun enrichment classes! Classes run from 9 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 4 pm, Monday - Friday each week. Classes are $350 each with a $50 deposit due with application.  The deadline to apply is June 1, 2019. Note: Grades listed in our Summer 2019 packet are for rising grades Session 1: June 24-28, 2019 My Amazing Body! | Grades K-2 All the World's Stage | Grades K-5 Beautiful Math | Grades 1-3 LEGO WeDo | Grades 1-3 The Art & Science of Optics | Grades 1-3 Fun with Math! | Grades 2-3 Elementary Engineering | Grades 3-5 Charged Up! | Grades 3-5 LEGO Robotics I | Grades 3-6 LEGO Robotics II | Grades 3-6 *(must have completed LEGO Robotics I) Stop the Presses! | Grades 4-6 Engineering with Robots | Grades 4-6 Book It! Create your own Secret Library | Grades 5-7 Pre-Med I: So you Want to be a Doctor | Grades 5-7 Pre-Med II: The Anatomy of a Med Student | Grades 6-8 Capturing American History through your Digital Camera | Grades 6-8 The Poetry Place | Grades 6-8 It's Debatable | Grades 6-8 Session 2: July 8-12, 2019 My Amazing Body! | Grades K-2 LEGO WeDo | Grades 1-3 The Renaissance | Grades 2-3 Fun with Math! | Grades 2-3 Chemistry in the Kitchen | Grades 2-3 Elementary Engineering | Grades 3-5 LEGO Robotics I | Grades 3-6 LEGO Robotics II | Grades 3-6 *(must have completed LEGO Robotics I) Engineering with Robots | Grades 4-6 Stop the Presses! | Grades 4-6 Psyched about Psychology! | Grades 5-7 Capturing American History through your Digital Camera | Grades 6-8 It's Debatable! | Grades 6-8 Pre-Med III: Debating Contemporary Issues in Medicine | Grades 7-9 Pre-MED IV: MCAT Magic | Grades 7-10

Gifted Advisory Meeting

The next Gifted Advisory meeting will take place on May 21.  This meeting will feature the Elementary Focus Night.  In addition to giving an overview of gifted services throughout the division, the elementary resource teachers will provide important information about gifted students and their education.  What is more, students in attendance will have an opportunity to participate in a STEM challenge.  It will be a great GAC meeting that you do not want to miss!  All meetings take place at 6:00 pm in the Technical Center AV Room.

Gifted Advisory Meeting

Happy New Year and welcome back to school.  I every one of you had a great holiday season with your family and friends.  The next Gifted Advisory meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 30.  This will be the Middle School Focus Night.  The Middle School resource teachers have planned a special evening where attendees will be able to rotate through a variety of student presentations.  The purpose of the event is for younger students to speak with current middle school students about their experience in the gifted program.  Please note that his event will take place in the High School Media Center at 6:00 p.m. 

Let's Innovate Student Conference at the MSiC, 6-8

The Math Science Innovation Center will hold its 6-8 Let's Innovate Conference this January.  Math, science, and art come together in this creative conference to find innovative ways to understand and describe the world around us. Discover how to express and explain nature through different media, including archaeology, fractal patterns, music, paper making, plant pigments, and much more!  All participants will create an origami microscope called a Foldscope® to visualize the microscopic world!

  

Date: Saturday, January 26, 2019
Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Location: MathScience Innovation Center, 2401 Hartman Street, Richmond, VA 23223
Cost: $20 per student for materials 
Transportation: Buses will be available
Lunch: Provided for all students

For additional information, please contact the MathScience Innovation Center at (804)343-6525

Registration information is available at: https://www.mymsic.org/6-8-conference

Gifted Advisory Dates

Welcome to the 2018-19 school year.  I look forward to another exciting year doing great things for kids.  As many of you know, the Gifted Advisory Committee changed its meeting time last year.  All meetings will now take place at 6:00 pm in the Colonial Heights Technical Center.  Please see the 2018-19 dates below.

• Wednesday, October 17: High School Focus Night
• Wednesday, January 30: Middle School Focus Night
• March TBD
• Tuesday, April 30: Elementary Focus Night

Colonial Heights Gifted Advisory

Happy New Year! The next Gifted Advisory meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 30.  This will be the High School Focus Night.  All meetings start at 7:00 pm and take place in the AV Room located in the Technical Center.

NASA-Related Programs for High School Students

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium would like to share the following information about the following FREE NASA-related programs for Virginia's high school students interested in STEM.

For 11^th and 12^th grade students, Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) and Virginia Earth System Science Scholars (VESSS) programs are offered.

For 10^th grade students, Virginia Space Coast Scholars (VSCS) program is offered.

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For High School juniors and seniors, Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) is an interactive online learning course with a space mission design and human space flight theme, culminating in a one-week residential Summer Academy at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton for those students who qualify.  Offered at no cost to the student, VASTS consists of seven modules and a final project to be completed from November 2017 through May 2018 under the guidance of licensed master educators.  Based on success in the online coursework, students may be selected to attend a Summer Academy where they interact with NASA scientists, engineers and technologists to design a human mission to Mars.   Students who successfully participate in VASTS can apply to earn 2 college credits for the online course and 2 additional credits for the Summer Academy. 

Please direct students or other faculty to the website for program information and application, http://vsgc.odu.edu/VASTS/   The deadline for student applications is November 12^th, 2017.

For more information on this program, please contact:

Ian Cawthray
VASTS Education Program Coordinator
ian.m.cawthray@nasa.gov
Or visit: http://vsgc.odu.edu/VASTS

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For High School juniors and seniors, Virginia Earth System Science Scholars (VESSS) is an interactive, on-line Earth System Science Course featuring NASA scientific research and data. The course is offered for dual enrollment college credit (statewide through TNCC) for high school juniors and seniors in the Spring semester 2018. 

By combining detailed Earth System Science content with real world data analysis, students will be exposed to a rigorous course that will work across science disciplines to cultivate 21st Century Learning Skills.  The program will focus on preparing students for the rigors of college and careers while allowing them to develop strong science-based skills such as critical thinking and inquiry-based problem solving.  VESSS will have two components.  The first component is an online sixteen-week course running from December through April. The second component is a residential NASA Summer Academy at NASA Langley Research Center for students who perform well in the course. Students who successfully participate in VESSS can apply to earn 3 college credits for the online course and 1 additional credit for the Summer Academy. 

Please direct students or other faculty to the website for program information and application, http://vsgc.odu.edu/VESSS/  .  The deadline for student applications is November 12^th, 2017.

For more information on this program, please contact:

Joyce Corriere
VESSS Education Program Coordinator
Joyce.H.Corriere@nasa.gov
Or visit:   http://vsgc.odu.edu/VESSS/

VA Summer Governor's Schools Information

Summer Residential Governor’s Schools provide gifted high school juniors and seniors with intensive educational experiences in visual and performing arts; humanities; mathematics, science, and technology; or through mentorships in marine science, medicine and health sciences, or engineering.

Each Summer Residential Governor’s School focuses on one special area of interest. Students live on a college or university campus for up to four weeks each summer. During this time, students are involved in classroom and laboratory work, field studies, research, individual and group projects and performances, and seminars with noted scholars, visiting artists, and other professionals. In the three mentorships, students are selected to work side-by-side with research scientists, physicians, and a variety of other professionals. A director and a student-life staff provide supervision of students 24 hours a day, throughout the program.

Student Nominations

Nominations may be made by teachers, school counselors, peers, or by the students themselves. A school or division selection committee chooses the nominees from each school or division and forwards the nominees to a state committee. Consideration is given to students’ academic records, test scores, extra-curricular activities, honors, and awards, creativity, original essays, and teacher recommendations. Students applying for the Visual and Performing Arts Summer Residential Governor’s School participate in a statewide adjudication where they audition or present portfolios for review before a pair of professionals in the specific arts field. Because of the limited number of residential placements available, not all students who are nominated by their schools can be accepted for participation.

2018 Academic Programs Agriculture Humanities Mathematics, Science & Technology Medicine & Health Sciences Engineering Marine Science

2018 Visual & Performing Arts Programs Dance Instrumental Music Vocal Music Theatre Visual Arts

Application and resource materials are available at: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/governors_school_programs/summer_residential/

K-5 Saturday Enrichment at the University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is pleased to announce the Saturday Enrichment Program for 2018. In coordination with the Curry School of Education Gifted Department, we are offering enrichment courses for gifted or high-ability, high-interest students in kindergarten through grade five.  Applications are posted online every year on October 15 at http://curry.sites.virginia.edu and are due by December 1, 2017.  Please note that reduced tuition is available to any student qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) is accepting registrations for the 2018
Spring Saturday Enrichment Program (SEP). The session will be held on
Saturdays starting Feb. 24 and ending on Mar. 24. The
Saturday program will be located at the William & Mary Mason School of
Business
located at 101 Ukrop Way, Williamsburg, VA 23185.

SEP is an academically challenging program with an emphasis on inquiry-based
learning for students enrolled in grades K-9. SEP is not meant to supplant the
regular school curriculum; rather, it recognizes the importance of allowing
able students to explore additional specialized areas of science, mathematics,
humanities, and the arts.

The program’s brochure is accessible through the Center’s website at
http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/precollegiate/sep/SEP-Brochure-2018-Spring.pdf.

If you have any questions, please contact the center by phone at 757-221-2166 or by email at sep@wm.edu.

NASA-Related Programs for High School Students

 NASA-Related Programs for High School Students

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium would like to share the following information about the following FREE NASA-related programs for Virginia's high school students interested in STEM.

For 11^th and 12^th grade students, Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) and Virginia Earth System Science Scholars (VESSS) programs are offered.

For 10^th grade students, Virginia Space Coast Scholars (VSCS) program is offered.

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For High School juniors and seniors, Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) is an interactive online learning course with a space mission design and human space flight theme, culminating in a one-week residential Summer Academy at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton for those students who qualify.  Offered at no cost to the student, VASTS consists of seven modules and a final project to be completed from November 2017 through May 2018 under the guidance of licensed master educators.  Based on success in the online coursework, students may be selected to attend a Summer Academy where they interact with NASA scientists, engineers and technologists to design a human mission to Mars.   Students who successfully participate in VASTS can apply to earn 2 college credits for the online course and 2 additional credits for the Summer Academy. 

Please direct students or other faculty to the website for program information and application, http://vsgc.odu.edu/VASTS/   The deadline for student applications is November 12^th, 2017.

For more information on this program, please contact:

Ian Cawthray
VASTS Education Program Coordinator
ian.m.cawthray@nasa.gov
Or visit: http://vsgc.odu.edu/VASTS

Appomattox Regional Governor's School (ARGS)

The Appomattox Regional Governor’s School (ARGS) provides gifted and talented students a differentiated and rigorous education in the arts and technology.   Current eighth grade students who reside in Colonial Heights, and are enrolled in Algebra I, are eligible to apply.  James Stoneking, a representative from ARGS, will meet with all eligible eighth grade students at the middle school about the school in general and the application process in particular.  This meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 11.  Interested students should see Mr. Christopher Hathaway in the middle school guidance department on Monday, October 16 for an official application.

Additional information about the school is available at:  https://www.args.us/about-args/#more-75.  Parents and students can read about the application process, as well as view a sample application, at:  https://www.args.us/about-args/admissions/

Parents who want to know more about the school or the application process should contact Joe Douglas at the information below.

Dr. Joseph Douglas

Joe_douglas@colonialhts.net

804-874-8144