AIG Update
March 15, 2011
* Odyssey of the Mind teams are now competing in the Northern Region. They were able to do very well again this year. Congratulations and good luck to the teams going on to compete at the state level April 2, 2011!
Full Circle Division II –Mt. Mourne IB (2nd place) Full Circle Division III-LNHS (2nd place) Le Tour Guide Division II-Mt. Mourne IB (1st place) Le Tour Guide Division III-LNHS (1st place) Unhinged Structure Division II-Mt. Mourne IB (1st place), Northview IB (2nd place) Unhinged Structure Division III-LNHS (1st place) As Good as Gold…berg Division II- Brawley Middle School (1st place), Mt. Mourne IB (1st place), Northview IB (2nd place) As Good as Gold…berg Division III-Mt. Mourne IB-(2nd place) Extreme Mousemobiles Division II-Mt. Mourne IB (1st place)
*Congratulations to Chris Apgar, a student at Mt. Mourne who attended the Science Olympiad and won 1st place in the middle school varsity battery buggy event. He will go on to compete at the state competition in April.
*Congratulations to Brawley Middle School on your successful DEP Showcase March 10. Kudos to Debbie Farrell and her GPS team for putting this together for your gifted learners and their families. Photos are posted on our district AIG website.
*Specific PD for CogAT interpretation is being developed at the district level. Erin,Susan, Lauren and myself will be securing time for this PD to help teachers as they communicate results with parents. We are currently gathering feedback to determine when would be the best time to deliver this PD.
*Victoria Hogg and Melissa Pierce attended a workshop on AP/AIG. They would like to share this information with high school AP teachers. I would appreciate feedback from prinicipals and AP teachers on how to best get this information to AP teachers face to face. Please forward any feedback to me by March 31 regarding locations/times that would allow Victoria and Melissa a venue to share this information.
*Headcount is coming in April. Make sure your screening lists are current and all students who need to be added have been submitted on the current AIG Local Plan form AIG 6 (K-2), AIG 7 (3-12).
*Dates for the school site DEP Showcases have been added to the calendar and are on the AIG Website. Please make sure your school date is posted on your AIG school website.
*March 31 is the last day for requests for testing for any student K-2.
*School AIG web pages need to be updated before March 23rd. SACS accreditation is upon us and we need to make sure we have active and updated websites for stakeholder access. Central Elementary has a great page if you are looking for a model.
*Co-Teaching PD will be held for teachers working with gifted clusters at the elementary level next school year. Each specialist will provide training with their identified cluster teachers. These teachers will receive a survey to gather information to determine the best time for this training.
*AIG Summer Enrichment Camp information will be sent to schools this week.Please share with students and parents.
*Robotics Competition date change. It is now April 21, 2011. Remember teams are to be from 3 to 5 students.
*Students should be finishing up their portfolios that they will submit this month. Student portfolios must be here at ADR on or before March 21, 2011. We cannot accept these after this date. Please make sure your teachers know the due date and your GPS teams has a date set prior to March 21 for portfolio completion at the school level. We are very limited on sub money, so we will be reorganizing this committee. Thanks to all of you who have asked to be on this committee, we will be contacting those on the committee by March 4.
*Governor’s School information has arrived. Student letters are being sent out this week. We will publish student names after all students who applied have been notified personally.
*Note date change for Advisory Committee and AIG PAC Course #2 Session 4 Elementary
*Please note the calendar below for upcoming dates and changes. Changes are highlighted in green and italicized.
Thank you for all you do for gifted learners.
Debra
March:
18-Summer Camp Information Available
21-Portfolios due to ADR. Cannot accept any after this date.
24-Portfolio Scoring Committee Meeting ADR 8:30-12:30
24- AIG PAC Course 2 Session 3 – MS/HS – 3:30-5:30
25-26-NC State Science Fair at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC
29-WIMS DEP Showcase 6:00-8:00
30-AIG PAC Course 1 Session 4-MS/HS-3:30-5:30
31- AIG PAC Course 1 Session 4 – Elementary – 3:30-5:30
31-GPS PLC Agenda due to ADR
31-Last day for K-2 AIG test requests
April:
2-Western Regional Math Fair – ASU Plemmons Student Union 9:00-5:00
7-AIG PAC Course 2 Session 4-Elementary 3:30-5:30
12-NIMS DEP Showcase 6:30
14-AIG PLC ADR 3:30-5:00
14-CCES DEP Showcase 5:00-7:00
15-Last Day for adding newly identified to AIG Headcount
19-CLO DEP Showcase 4:00-5:30
21-Robotics Competition at Statesville Civic Center 8:30-1:30
21 AIG PAC Course 2 Session 4 – MS/HS – 3:30-5:30
21-EIES DEP Showcase 5:00
22-Screening list for 6th grade students to be tested with the CogAT due to Teresa Laws
22- AIG HEADCOUNT DUE TO ADR by 12:00 noon. FAX 7048719973
27-Answer sheets sent to 6th grade testing coordinators to be able to prepare for upcoming CogAT testing.
29-GPS PLC Agenda due to ADR
29-Last day to check out materials from the AIG Resource Room.
29-State Math Fair (NC School of Science & Math in Durham, NC)
May:
2-CogAT (6th Grade) Test Training/Pick-up (Required) ADR 3:30-4:30
3 –Testing Coordinators have onsite training for those administering the test and proctors.
3-WHES DEP Showcase 6:00-7:00
4- CogAT Test administered for Sixth Grade. Tests returned by 4:00.
5- Advisory Team Meeting (CTR) 3:30-5:00
11-EIMS DEP Showcase 8:00am-3:00pm
12-SMS DEP Showcase – 6pm
19-NVIB DEP Showcase – 6pm
23-NBM DEP Showcase – 4pm
25-MMIB DEP Showcase – 6:30pm
25-LMS DEP Showcase -
26-LES DEP Showcase – 6:30pm-7:30pm
26-SHA DEP Showcase -
27 – All Resources Due back to the Resource Room
27-CHES DEP Showcase 1pm-2pm
June:
1-10-Resource Room Inventory
1-CEN DEP Showcase – 3pm
2-UGES DEP Showcase – 2:30pm
2-TES DEP Showcase – 4pm
2-TMS DEP Showcase – 5pm-7pm
2-CSE DEP Showcase – 6:30pm
2-HAR DEP Showcase – 6:30pm
6-10 – AIG Folder transfer dates/Notebooks /Screening lists due to Teresa Laws
6-LNES DEP Showcase – 6pm-7pm
6-SHE DEP Showcase – 6pm
8-SCO DEP Showcase – 1:30pm
8-EOY AIG Advisory Team Meeting 3:30-4:30
8–All NC Wise Additions due to Debra Harwell-Braun
9-AIG PLC ADR 3:30-5:00-Folder exchange for any school who has not exchanged folders (last day for folder exchange)
10-Screening list for rising 6th and 9th grade students due to Teresa Laws.
10-Last Student Day
20-June 30 AIG Summer Enrichment Camps (Note Summer Camps are four days per week due to closing facilities on Fridays)
Updated 03.15.2011