Received from the National Association for Gifted Children: Javits Funding in Peril in Senate: Help Needed with Senate Appropriations Committee The Senate appropriations subcommittee that handles education funding allotted $0 for the Javits Gifted & Talented Students Education Act yesterday. We have a chance to recover Senate funding for the Javits program if a few [...]
There are two great opportunities for parents of gifted children coming up this week. On Tuesday, July 27th, the Northwest Gifted Child Association, http://www.nwgca.org, and SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted), http://www.sengifted.org, are hosting a free presentation, Eleven Key Parenting Issues, with Dr. James Webb, author of A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children [...]
The month of March is winding down, but a number of important ABC events are just winding up. The ABC Read-A-Thon kicks off March 26th and runs through April 4th. The Read-A-Thon is our largest fundraiser of the year. Where ever your Spring Break may take you, we hope you’ll bring along plenty of reading [...]
The next few weeks are packed with important events for QUEST and PAGE families. Please take a minute to look at what’s coming up. More information about each of these events can be found on our website, www.questabc.org. February 9th – Puyallup School District Operations Levy ballots due. February 5th – Gifted Education Day in [...]
The Puyallup School District is currently soliciting student, parent, staff, and community feedback on budgeting priorities for the 2010 – 2011 school year. Highly Capable funding is a big part of this survey. It is extremely important that the families of highly capable students be heard from. This is what the District website says: The [...]
Received from the Northwest Gifted Child Association: GOVERNOR DELETES GIFTED EDUCATION FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET!! PARENTS MUST SPEAK UP!! It appears that the next legislative session will be one of great peril for highly capable programs. Under the Supplemental Budget proposed by the Governor on December 9th, funding for highly capable programs will be [...]
