Opportunities Galore

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Opportunities Galore

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Opportunities Galore. What one has never experienced, one will never understand in print. Isadora Duncan. Summer and Saturday Opportunities Competitions Contests. Summer and Saturday Opportunities. SCATS VAMPY Super Saturdays Summer Camp -new. Travel and Field Trips. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Opportunities Galore

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What one has never experienced, one will never understand in print.

Isadora Duncan

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Summer and Saturday

Opportunities

Competitions

Contests

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Summer and Saturday

Opportunities

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SCATSVAMPYSuper SaturdaysSummer Camp -new

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Travel and Field TripsMath, Science,

Language Arts, Social Studies, Art, etc.

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Travel through The Center for Gifted

Studies

Spring – England

Fall – Scotland and Ireland

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Talent SearchesInterested Fields,

Experienced persons within that performance area

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•Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) – Kentucky and Tennessee

•Northwestern Talent Search - Indiana

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Clubs or Organizations

4H, Boy Scouts of America & Girl Scouts ( Primary-

12thGrade) Book Clubs, Drama Music & Art Classes,

Mentorships

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Promoting Postsecondary

Education

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Competitions&

Contests

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•Ask for Informed Announcements•Google for

contests•Book of contests

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•Prizes•Recognition•Interest in a

Topicor Product

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RecitalsPerformance

Talents or Hobbies

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Performance is important in the development of a talent or interest – an opportunity to enhance interest and perform at a

higher level

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Creative Thinking,Problem Solving,

Engineering

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Odyssey of the Mind

DestinationImagination

Future Problem Solving

FIRST LEGO League Robotics

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Colleges and Universities

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•Governor’s Scholars Program

•Governor’s School for the Arts

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The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and

Science in Kentucky

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An opportunity is not a real opportunity until you know about it!

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Her daughter’s experience at SCATS “helped her understand the potential rewards of belonging to a peer group that’s more interested in Jane Austen and Shakespeare than Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.”

Barbara Kingsolver

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Financial Assistance in Kentucky

1)KAGE Foundation2)The Center for Gifted

Studies3)Local support

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Opportunities for ParentsKAGE (Conferences both state and local/Newsletter)The Center for Gifted Studies (Parent seminars, Travel, Volunteering)Leading a Junior Great Books group, a LEGO Robotics team, or an OM group

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Be an advocate for advanced

opportunities – gifted education

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Celebrate Gifted Education Week

•4 th Saturday of Super Saturdays•Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort on February 15•In your district – February 20-25

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Stay informed…•Join your state

organization•Follow The Center

on Facebook

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http://www.nagc.orghttp://www.tip.duke.edu

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/contests.htm