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.
Thursday, April 11, 2019, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Transitions
Northgate Intermediate School
6655 Sharon Woods Blvd, Columbus, OH 43229
Thursday, May 2, 2019, from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Transitions
Columbus Metropolitan Library – Karl Rd. Branch, 5590 Karl Rd., Columbus, OH 43229
October PACE MEETING
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 into your student’s education plan.
Please join us to find out more about which programs will best fit your family.
Thursday, October 17, 2019 from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Eastmoor Academy
417 S Weyant Ave, Columbus, OH 43213
Library