LCGT
Lakeville Council for Gifted and Talented

 

LCGT's monthly meetings are the 4th Monday of each month.

Time: 7pm

Place: Cherryview Elementary IMC

Dates: 9/25, 10/23, 11/27, 1/22/07, 2/26/07, 3/26/07, 4/23/07, 5/21/07.

All are welcome to attend.

 

South of the River Chapters Speaker Event  LCGT, along with RAVE, Prior-Lake Savage, and Burnsville MCGT chapters, is sponsoring an evening with Dr. Stephen Schraeder-Davis. Dr. Schroeder-Davis will speak about gifted kids and middle school on Oct. 2nd.

 

MCGT is holding it's annual conference Saturday, Oct. 21st at the University of St. Thomas. The conference keynote speaker is Dr. James Webb, highly respected researcher and author in the field of gifted education.

 

The conference consists of adult workshop sessions on topics such as Social and Emotional Adjustment of Gifted and Talented Students, The Underachievement Dilemma, Working With Your School to Improve Gifted and Talented Programs: What Parents Should Know; a full day children's program, lunch, vendors, and information tables on such programs and organizations as Concordia Language Villages, Midwest Talent Search, Mensa, National Association for Gifted Children.

 

Cost is $50 members, $65 non-members. You can pay the member rate if you join MCGT with your conference registration. To register, see www.mcgt.net.

 

Each fall, most schools in the district will have a meeting for parents with students in the Discover program. I encourage parents to attend these to receive information on the Discover program, and other opportunities and resources pertaining to the gifted child. Watch for an announcement from your gifted ed specialist.

 

This is an opportunity for your child to take what's known as an "out-of-level" test to determine the true level at which your child is achieving. If your child scores in the top 5% on grade level achievement tests, you should consider registering your child to take these tests. Children in grades 3-9 are eligible. Children in grades 3-6 take the Explore test (an 8th grade level test) and children in grades 6-9 take the SAT or ACT (the scores don't count until 9th grade, so it also serves as good practice for when they do count).

 

 

See the following for more information:

Program Description: http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/mats/description.html

Eligibility: http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/mats/eligibility.html

Benefits: http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/mats/benefits.html

How to Apply: http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/mats/apply.html

 

These classes are offered for grades 1-4 through the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth (MITY). They offer a four week fall and spring session. Classes are located at Groveland Park Elementary in St. Paul. Registration deadline for fall is Oct. 14th. See www.mity.org for class descriptions and registration info. Cost is $115 for each session.

 

One Saturday a month, October through February, your child can participate in a Saturday morning math enrichment program on the U of M campus.

See: http://www.itcep.umn.edu/enrich/programs.html for details of the programs offered. Programs are offered for grades 3-12. Program cost is $120 for most offerings, and registrations are accepted until the classes are full. Online registration is available at:

http://www.itcep.umn.edu/enrich/register.html.

 

 

Connect, Help, Advocate, Talk
The first Thursday of the Month
7 – 8:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented

CHAT (Connect, Help, Advocate, Talk) Nights are dedicated to informally
connecting parents of gifted children, helping them to find other
parents who are in similar situations, who have an ear to listen,
experiences to share, and solutions to offer.  Each night will start with a brief
(10 –15 minutes) presentation on a topic of interest and then separate
out into smaller groups to allow for discussion with other parents of
gifted children. Please come join this new endeavor of the Minnesota Council of Gifted and Talented
(MCGT).  Questions about the CHAT nights can be sent to Teresa Boatman
at teresa.boatman@mcgt.net.

All MCGT CHAT nights are held from 7:00-8:30pm at Lynnhurst Community Center 1345 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis. Childcare is available.

Thursday, October 6, 2005 Highly Gifted 

Thursday, November 3, 2005 Perfectionism

 

Thursday, December 1, 2005 Underachievement

Thursday, January 5, 2006 Advocacy

Thursday, February 2, 2006 Summer Options

Thursday, March 2, 2006 Social/Emotional Issues

Thursday, April 1, 2006 Twice Exceptional