Opportunities Galore

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

Math, Science, Language Arts, Social

Studies, Art, etc.

Travel through The Center for Gifted

Studies

Spring – England

Fall – Scotland and Ireland

Talent Searches

Interested Fields, Experienced persons within

that performance area

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

•Northwestern Talent Search - Indiana

Clubs or Organizations

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

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

Mentorships

Promoting Postsecondary

Education

Competitions&

Contests

•Ask for Informed Announcements•Google for

contests•Book of contests

•Prizes•Recognition•Interest in a

Topicor Product

RecitalsPerformance

Talents or Hobbies

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

higher level

Creative Thinking,Problem Solving,

Engineering

Odyssey of the Mind

DestinationImagination

Future Problem Solving

FIRST LEGO League Robotics

Colleges and Universities

•Governor’s Scholars Program

•Governor’s School for the Arts

The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and

Science in Kentucky

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

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

Financial Assistance in Kentucky

1)KAGE Foundation2)The Center for Gifted

Studies3)Local support

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

Be an advocate for advanced

opportunities – gifted education

Celebrate Gifted Education Week

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

Stay informed…

•Join your state organization

•Follow The Center on Facebook

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

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