Please Join Us for Parent Day!!!
2015 OAGC Parent Day
2015 OAGC Parent Day Flier *includes registration form!*
Please plan to attend the OAGC Parent Day on Sunday, October 11 from 12:30-6:30. A great jam-packed day, and it only costs $5!
First is our Division meeting–ALL parents welcome! Perhaps suggest carpooling from your area.
Stephanie Tolan will be the bulk of the afternoon. She will keynote and then we have a Q&A with her.
Then a parent/professional panel on how to be an advocate from the classroom level on up. The panel will be comprised of a professor from OU/parent, former Gifted Coordinator, OAGC Director Ann Sheldon and a parent or two.
We also have one of the authors from the new Fordham book called Failing Our Brightest Kids, a look into how the US is doing too little to educate students to achieve at high levels.
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.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions and hope to see you on October 11! Angela Grimm, OAGC Parent Division Chair aecrowder@yahoo.com
General Meeting
Thursday October 22, 2015
In addition to Ann Sheldon of O.A.G.C., we will also have with us several of the candidates for Columbus Board of Education. Don’t miss this night!
Topic:
– “Advocacy – How do we get our children what they need?” with guest speaker Anne Sheldon
– All Columbus school board candidates have been invited to attend to give parents a chance to “meet the candidates”
Location:
Berwick Alternative K-8 School – 2655 Scottwood Road, 43209
Free childcare available (have your kids bring homework or a game)
Selective Admissions School Fair
Thursday, December 3rd from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd, Columbus, OH 43215
Building 110 (Cafeteria)
December Meeting Discussion: The Selective Admissions Fair
Columbus Alternative High School (CAHS), Eastmoor Academy, Arts Impact Middle School (AIMS), Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School, Duxberry Park Arts Impact, and Central Enrollment will have representatives at the meeting to help you plan and navigate the Columbus City Schools Selective Admissions Process.
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
Citywide Alternative
Fort Hayes Campus, Building 110 (cafeteria), Wed. Apr 20, 7:30-9:30pm
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