Another Great Opportunity for Parents...

Follow This Link....

to  read the latest about the statewide education plan.  You can voice your opinion there as well.

Arizona Every Student Succeeds

What would you do with a hamster, a toy three foot long two masted ship, a large teddy bear wearing roller skates and some old bed springs?...

All part of reading the story "Maurice's Room".

 

Proportions In the Real World...

These 6th grade posters are the result of crunching some numbers to get the costs and amounts just right.

Mark Your Calendars!

Gifted Parent Presentation hosted by Gifted Ed. Dept. in collaboration with UPC.  Wed., Dec. 7th at 12:00 PM 

in the CRC Building, Critical Thinking Room.

Topic:  College and Career Readiness for Parents of Gifted Students 

Wait!  What?  College? When do we start looking? Paradise Valley School District offers a variety of opportunities for the gifted learner. How do you choose? Students and parents are facing increasing pressures to begin the college and career readiness process early.  We will discuss some of the strategies and management pieces parents should consider as they work their way through this education continuum decision making process.  This parent seminar will address these questions as well as other topics which will include transcripts, admission tests, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate?, acceleration in elementary and middle school, Family Connections and Method Test Prep.  Understanding some of the subtleties of these topics will hopefully allay some parental concerns about the many choices awaiting your gifted learner’s educational path. 

For those who may want to go the IB program route for middle school......

Vista Verde Middle School IB Program Informative Meeting

UPC Gifted Parent Seminar Offered

When: August 31, 2016

Time: Noon 

Where: District office complex: CRC

Topic "They say my child is gifted, What should I expect?"

Here's How One Student Modified a Thinking Cap.

Who will win this month's cap?

Great Workshop for Kids Who Love the Arts.

I took a similar class at A.S.U. when I was 5 one summer. Very worthwhile experience.


Herberger/A.S.U. Fall Art Workshop

Ratios Can be Beautiful

 
Eagle Ridge's Ratio Bulletin Board:

Palomino's  Ratio Bulletin Board:  

Here is the Award Last Year's Math Olympiad Team Earned!

Here is a Time Sensitive Link to a Resource for Parents...

Arizona Association of Gifted Teachers Parent Institute Registration

Poetry Presented with the Help of Makey Makey...

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Titanic Poem

Spiderman Poem

Eagle Ridge 4th & 5th Grade Math Students Tested Their Chain Reaction Machine.

They were trying to capture Jiji.

Follow this link to see if they were successful:   Jiji Trap

This Year's Scale Models by Eagle Ridge 6th Graders....

    Click the link to see all of them:    Homes of the Future?

 

Inventions from our Palomino 6th Grade Science Class...

What do you think these inventions do?

 

Palomino Fourth Graders made their own version of an Inca Quipu

Palomino 4th Grade Mayan Calendar Investigation

 

One Student's Acrylic Interpretation of a Poem....

Latest Gifted New from the District

Gifted News Letter

Some Great Information For Parents.....

An Eagle Ridge Thinking Cap Point Project:

Paper Plane Data Link

Can You Sort These Soil Samples the Palomino 4th Grade Science Class Created?

The choices are:

Mountain

River Delta

Palomino Intermediate 

Forest

Desert

Good luck!

A 6th Grade Group's Buddhism Research....

For 6th Grade Parents:

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

6:00 – 7:30 pm

Governing Board Room, PVUSD District Administrative Center

15032 N 32^nd St., Phoenix, AZ 85032

Presenter:  David Graham, Jr.

Gifted in the Middle: Exploring the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Middle School Students

All middle school students face difficulties, but for the gifted learner, this can be an especially challenging time. In this seminar, parents will learn the social and emotional changes that their gifted child is undergoing as they transition into middle school. By connecting the individual needs to DC Comic’s Justice League (a team of their most iconic comic book superheroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman), parents will have a collection of characters that serve as archetypes to these social and emotional changes. Topics covered include self-image, taking risks, fitting in, slowing down, establishing their own truth, the need for mentors, and a parents role in establishing hope. In addition, parents will learn of different high school options and the process of guiding their gifted middle school student into the future.