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Gifted Education Day Report
Gifted Education Day Report Friday, February 11th, was a magnificent day for gifted. We filled the Columbia Room to capacity and beyond with enthusiastic parents and children. More than 45 legislators were contacted. The lime green scarves announced that supporters of...
Final Preparations for Gifted Education Day
Last reminders before Gifted Education Day. Attached are: 1 Tips for talking with Legislators 2. A contact sheet to fill out and hand in after your appointment with your legislator(s). These sheets will NOT be available on Gifted Ed Day so print out and bring with...
Sample Contact Letter
Parents and Friends of Highly Capable Children - We now need your help to save your child’s highly capable education for the next two school years, 2011-13. Two proposals from the Governor would eliminate all Highly Capable Program (HCP) funding for this period....
Our Focus for Gifted Education Day and Beyond
OUR FOCUS FOR GIFTED EDUCATION DAY AND BEYOND The Supplemental Budget has passed both the Senate and the House but in different versions which will need to be reconciled. Since both versions provide nearly the same amount for highly capable programming (HCP)...
The Faces of Highly Capable
Kent parent Brooke Valentine has launched a great project to show our representatives in Olympia the many faces of highly capable children. We hope that you'll join in and share what highly capable looks like in your house. From Brooke: I have a project that I am...
Legislative Update for February 2nd
RIGHT NOW A number of bills are in public hearings this week and we are keeping track of them. We have advocates down in Olympia to testify. SB 5475, which would delay implementation of inclusion of HCP into basic education for two more years. There was a public...