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Day 2 of HiCap Ed Week 2023
What if YOUR advocacy made a difference in your community? It Can! by Washington Coalition Secretary Marcia Holland You can influence the laws, budgets, programs, and services that affect highly capable education. It just means SPEAKING UP! Highly capable children and...
Welcome to Equity in Highly Capable Ed Week 2023. We’re glad you’re here!
Welcome to the first day of Washington state’s annual Equity in Highly Capable Education Week! This year’s festivities include a Tuesday evening online event hosted by NWGCA, the annual WAETAG convention on Friday and Saturday, WAETAG‘s host a legislator in your...
Universal screening highlighted in the Kitsap Sun
Sending a big thank you to @KitsapSun for highlighting universal screening yesterday. We're happy to see the news spreading. Read the full piece by our own Janet Kragen here: Bill helps Washington lead the way in highly capable education
A Note From HiCap History
The question about when the term "Highly Capable" began being used in WA state came up last week. Barbara's records are so thorough she found the answer: "The 1984 supplemental budget first contained funding of $1,700,000 for “Gifted”. The budget for the 85-87...
Bill summary fully updated
SSB 5072's leg.wa.gov bill summary is fully updated and it is a beautiful sight. https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?billnumber=5072&year=2023&initiative=False
#StrongerTogether
Wow! The outpouring of congratulations and shared excitement we've received over the past few days has been very touching. We count ourselves fortunate to have such amazing partners and allies. Thank you for believing in creating schools where every student...