General Meeting
Thursday February 25, 2016
FEBRUARY PACE MEETING
Parents Supporting Parents
Come hear gifted parents discuss raising their gifted children. This meeting is all about parents coming together as a community to help support their gifted kids. Share your ideas, triumphs, even your disasters, with the group. Learn more about dealing with emotional needs, educational needs, advocating for your child, anything that other parents can share about raising a gifted child
General Meeting
Thursday April 28, 2016
Topic
Emotional Needs of our Gifted Students
Details to come
Free childcare available (have your kids bring homework or a game)
General Meeting
Thursday May 26, 2016
Topic
Transitions – Elementary to Middle School, Middle to High School, High to College
Details to come
Free childcare available (have your kids bring homework or a game)
OAGC Parent Day is Sunday, October 16. This day is always a great jam-packed day and it only costs $5!!!
* Jonathan Plucker, professor from John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth will present a keynote on: Success in College and Life: A Professor’s Perspective
* We will then have fabulous breakout sessions from some of the best speakers in the field on topics including:
Great Books for Great Young Minds
Top 10 Things Gifted Parents Need To Know Before HS
Beyond Instant Information: Engaging Generation Z Gifted Students
Safe Havens: Providing Support for Stressed-Out Gifted Children
Parent Day is a great opportunity to network and learn from other families–and often the educational/game vendors have set up early so you can buy from them.
A flier is attached, with Registration Form oagc-parent-day2016-registration
Please feel free to contact Angela Grimm with any questions and hope to see you on October 16!
Angela Grimm
OAGC Parent Division Chair
aecrowder@yahoo.com
General Meeting
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm – (We will have access to the building at 6pm for any candidates that wish to set up a table)
Location: AIMS Middle School, 680 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215
Topic
School Board Candidates Night!
October PACE Meeting – Parent Fellowship Night
Thursday, October 26, 2017, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Please join PACE members for a Parent-Fellowship night. This will be a chance to talk with other PACE parents about how to meet your children’s diverse needs. Ideas on future meeting topics will be discussed in an effort to tailor PACE meetings to the needs of parents and gaurdians of Columbus City School’s gifted students. Please come and bring your ideas and questions!
~Light Refreshments Will be Served~
Linden Library Branch
2223 Cleveland Ave. Columbus, OH 43211
Summer Enrichment Programs
Thinking about ways to keep your child engaged over the summer months? We have reached out to these organizations to invite them to provide information on the summer opportunities they provide: The Support for Talented Students, OWLj Camp at Ohio Wesleyan University, Martin Essex School for the Gifted Summer Program at Otterbein College, Columbus College of Art and Design, COSI, Columbus Zoo, Thurber House, Audubon, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio History Connection, and others. Join us to see some of the choices your child has for engagement this summer.
Thursday, December 7th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Ecole Kenwood
3770 Shattuck Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43220
PACE Selective Admissions School Fair
Several schools within the Columbus City Schools (CCS) district participate in the Selective Admissions Lottery program. This program allows gifted & talented students within our district to apply for enrollment at the most appropriate schools through a selective lottery process. Eastmoor Academy and Columbus Alternative High School (CAHS) are academic high school options. For our gifted and talented arts students, there are opportunities at the high school (Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School), middle school [Arts Impact Middle School (AIMS)], and elementary school (Duxberry Park Arts Impact) levels. Representatives from these schools as well as Central Enrollment will be in attendance to assist you with planning and navigating the CCS selective admission process. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, January 18, 2018 – 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Eastmoor Academy – in the library, 417 S. Weyant Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43213
Feb PACE Meeting – Parent Fellowship Night
Thursday, Feb 21, 2019, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Navigating Secondary Options
Dr. Colleen Boyle, Director of the Gifted and Talented Division of Columbus City Schools will be discussing all the secondary options available to students: different school options, AP classes, College Credit Plus, IB program, VCAP, etc. This will be a great chance to ask questions about the different programs and find out how they might fit in to your student’s education plan. Please join us to find out more about which programs will best fit your family.
Woodward Park Middle School Library
5151 Karl Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229
Thursday, March 21, 2019, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Thurber House Writing Enrichment
Location Columbus Gifted Academy
100 West 4th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201
Writing Enrichment Night
Thurber House is bringing writing enrichment to PACE! Is your child a budding novelist? Or maybe they are scared to even start the writing process. Join us to learn new ways to engage your gifted child with writing. Meg Brown, the Director of Children’s Education from Thurber House has great ideas for both getting kids started writing and keeping them engaged, interested, and learning!
Get ideas for writing prompts, learn about other ways to engage your children in and out of school, and maybe try some writing yourself.
Thursday, March 21, 2019 from 6:30-8:00 p.m.