 On December 5, Claire Goldsmith, Director of Admission and Financial Aid at Stanford OHS, talked about the Stanford Online High School program.
Stanford Online High School serves academically gifted and talented students in grades 7 - 12 from around the world. Students partake in interactive, real-time online seminars taught by expert instructors and are placed by ability, not grade level. Students also have access to a vibrant student life with over 50 clubs and organizations as well as local and regional meet ups. Students can attend full-time and graduate from Stanford OHS or enroll part-time, choosing courses from a catalog of over 60, many of which are AP or University level. For more information visit the school's website or to speak with an Admission Officer email [email protected].
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Third grade TAG students at Armstrong dissect pig hearts.
The second grade Explorations students at Hyer Elementary were challenged to create an invention that would protect a raw egg when dropped from six feet. The students worked with partners and utilized Wallis’ Stages of Creativity to guide in the production of their inventions. It was fun to see all of the creativity and innovative thinking the students used to successfully complete this project.
Students in HPISD's Talented and Gifted programs are using analytical and critical thinking skills in their daily learning units. Here are just a few examples of the special learning occurring in our TAG classrooms.
Second-grade TAG students have been studying inventive thinking and inventors. After a lesson on the inventor, author and cartoonist Rube Goldberg, the students tried their hand at creating their own zany inventions. Keep an eye out for one of them on a store shelf one day. Third-grade TAG students are studying heart health. The students are looking forward to hosting several guest speakers in the near future, and they are especially excited to dissect pigs' hearts with assistance from a community expert. TAG students in fourth grade recently researched enigmas and developed their own cases for and against the reality of these enigmas. They also presented newscasts about enigmas, basing them on Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio broadcast, War of the Worlds.  On November 20, Dr. Nathan Scott McClanahan, President of The Doctor Tutors, discussed SAT vs. ACT – Preparing for Testing. He talked for almost two hours on the differences between the tests, when you should take them, how/when to prepare, and many other very useful things.
Below are handouts/resources from the session:
On October 31, several 6th and 7th grade students attended the TEDxKids event. Katrina Csaky, MIS 6th grader, was selected to do a performance of her original poem. She did an incredible job!
To see Katrina's performance, click HERE (look for Session 2 video, starting at time 17:36).
Bigfoot speaker from the Woodape Conservancy spoke to the Bradfield 4th grade Explorations.
 On October 23, an amazing panel of TAG moms (Christine Goff, Wendy Herrick, Jennifer Lake, and Elizabeth Showalter) talked to a packed room about very helpful things they have learned over the years from parenting TAG children.
Summary List of "What I Wish I Knew" More Resources: List of resources from Jennifer Lake AwesomeMath Academy Hoagies' Gifted Education Texas Association for Gifted and Talented (TAGT) National Association for Gifted Children Davidson Institute for Talent Development HPHS Academic Planning Guide HPHS Counseling Department  On September 24, Micah Lyles, HPHS Lead Counselor, gave a great presentation on Private Liberal Arts Colleges vs. Public Universities. This was part of a series of PC-TAG Education Programs for this year. If you missed the presentation, click HERE to view the slides.
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