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EGCSD Gifted and Talented Program
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District-Wide Enrichment Rocks!
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September 2008 The annual Enrichment Open House is scheduled for Tuesday evening, September 30th, from 6-8pm at Genet Elementary. Announcement: Please email me if you are interested in attending this Spontaneous Problem Solving workshop. By attending, you will NOT be committed to coaching a team for OOTM. Please let me know ASAP!! Here’s a reminder about the upcoming Spontaneous Fall Workshop at Averill Park High School. This information should also be posted on our website in the near future. Register soon. The workshop is capped at 100 – first come, first served. The registration info for this year's Spontaneous Fall Workshop (formerly known as Spontaneous Summer Camp) is now posted on the NYSOMA website. Just follow the link to www.nysoma.org and you'll see it right on the front page. Register for this program directly through the NYSOMA website, where you'll find a printable registration form.
More information from NYSOMA is posted below! Spontaneous Plus !!! is a fall workshop to be held at: Averill Park High School, 146 Gettle Road, Averill Park, NY 12018 on September 20, 2008 - registration begins at 8:30 am, program starts promptly at 9:00 am.
For the seventh consecutive year, the New York State Odyssey of the Mind program is offering a workshop to help young people hone their creative problem solving skills. In the past we have focused on improving skills and techniques for solving Spontaneous problems. And, again this year, we will include a "Style" segment with the program.
The workshop is open to both program participants and to adults (coaches, officials, etc.). It's a great way for coaches and officials to pick up some information and participate in the program. The workshop is limited to the first 100 registrants, so please click on the link to the NYSOMA web page above and register early. The fee to attend is $25. | June 2008 Nominees for the 2008/2009 enrichment program are being screened during May and June. Teachers and parents that have nominated students will receive notification from their student that testing has been completed. **Notification will be sent home with the students during the week of June 16th regarding the results of the screening process. The criteria that must be met is detailed below: The East Greenbush Central School District seeks to develop the talent potentials of young people by providing enrichment opportunities, resources and services to build the strengths of our students. Students who demonstrate behaviors and advanced level abilities typically associated with superior performance are identified as part of an “Academic Talent Pool”. To qualify for the academic talent pool, the district uses the Home and School Rating Scales & the K-BIT II Cognitive Abilities Test. The Home or School Rating Scale scores need to have at least 4 out of the 7 rating categories (general intellectual ability, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, creativity and leadership) with a score of 90% or higher for either the Home or School Rating Scale to qualify for the Academic Talent Pool. Also, the K-BIT II is recorded in three categories: verbal ability, non-verbal ability, and composite. To meet the criteria, 2 of the 3 scores need to be at the 90th or above percentile. The ATP students will be involved in a 90 minute “pull-out” enrichment program at their school, once per week. The expectation is that students will complete regular classroom assignments to meet or exceed classroom teacher expectations. The students will have the opportunity to work with other ATP students on activities that promote collaborative learning, self-selected projects, extensions of classroom topics, Odyssey of the Mind, Math or Science Olympiad, and other activities that promote creative thinking and problem solving.
District-Wide Enrichment
East Greenbush CSD, New York
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