2015 Spring Events!!
Wilson West Middle School Cafeteria
May 17, 2015
1pm - 3pm
FREE and open to all families of Gifted Students.
Enjoy a sundae and interactive time with your family and friends.
Student's will be displaying and sharing their projects from this year.
Free raffle ticket for each student who attends.
Joining us this year with hands on activities for the kids will be
Yocum Institute for the Arts
Science Explorers
Snapology
Creativity etc.
Kumon
Penn State Berks
and
Reading Public Museum
Kids will have an opportunity to sign up to extract DNA from a strawberry with a Penn State Berks Biochemistry Professor.
A microscope will be available to view interesting slides or bring your own slide to share.
In order to make sure we have enough ice cream and toppings please RSVP at this link:
additional activities
Chess
Origami Station
Board Games
For the parents, this is our GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING of the year when you can NETWORK, TALK, and SOCIALIZE.
This event is FREE and open to all families of Gifted Students.
If you are not currently part of our Wilson Gifted Education Network - please join us in this informal setting to find out about our organization.
Raffles for fun prizes.
1 ticket for $1
6 tickets for $5
This is a great opportunity to join/renew your yearly membership. Dues will be $5.00 for 2015 -2016 school year.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
12:45-5:15
Open to all students within Wilson School District
3 Sections to accommodate all abilities:
K-2
3-5
Middle School
Entry Fee: $15 WGEN members
$20 non members
Prizes to the top finishers in each section!
Participation awards for all!
Please meet in the Senior High cafeteria. (Enter via main doors on Grandview Ave.) Students will play 4 games in the library. Matches will begin at 1:00 and each last 1 hour. If everyone in a section finishes early, we will play through.
Register by April 13 at the following link:
Payment due by April 20, 2015
Additional Questions???
Contact Lori Hu-- AmmaL01@yahoo.com
Committee Chair
Speaker - Mary Ann Swiatek Ph.D.
Keynote speaker :
Mary Ann Swiatek, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
March 11, 2015
7: 00pm to 8:30 pm
Wilson Administration Building
Staff Development 1st floor.
Topic:
Myths, Misconceptions, and Frequently Asked Questions about Academic Acceleration
Click on this link to RSVP: Dr.Swiatek
The word "acceleration" often raises concern among the adults in a gifted student's life--parents, teachers, and administrators alike. While it is important to consider both pros and cons of any educational decision, many of the worries about acceleration are based on misinformation.
In this presentation, research findings will be used to answer common questions about acceleration, including those focused on academic issues (e.g., "Will accelerated students have gaps in their knowledge?") and social/emotional issues (e.g., "Will acceleration hurt gifted students' self-concept?"). Important factors to consider in making an acceleration decision for a specific child will be summarized, and a brief list of resources will be provided.
Mary Ann Swiatek, Ph.D., has been doing research on giftedness since exploring the topic of acceleration in a library research project as an undergraduate in the late 1980s. She graduated from Oberlin College with honors in Psychology and immediately went on to Iowa State University, from which she received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. While at Iowa State, she was fortunate to work with Dr. Camilla Benbow and the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY). Since receiving her doctorate, she has worked as a college professor at SUNY Fredonia and Lafayette College, and as a Research Specialist with C-MITES. She is a past member of the PAGE Board and continues to be an active member of the PAGE Speakers Bureau. Her interests focus on academic acceleration and social coping among gifted students.
February 11, 2015 at 7pm
Keynote speaker
Dr. Amy Flannery
Director of Curriculum
Wilson School District
Thank you to all who were able to attend last night's meeting. We know that there were many important questions and topics submitted for discussion. We hope that the majority of questions and topics were addressed.
We also know that several topics and questions were not due to our time constrains and some lengthy discussions. Dr. Flannery has been kind enough to offer to come to one of our meetings again to continue discussions. In the meantime, if you have questions related to curriculum you may contact her via email at FlaAmy@Wilsonsd.org.
We hope that this meeting will have served as a launch point for future constructive dialogue within our group and with Wilson School District.
If you have any feedback from last night please email us at WilsonGiftedEdNetwork@gmail.com. Your comments and feedback are important to us.
Sincerely,
Wilson Gifted Education Network