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Show Goals Set for Gifted Students In the initial meeting for the 1981-82 school year, ADAGE (Alpine District Association for Gifted Education) determined several primary goals and shared upcoming opportunities op-portunities for parents to enroll gifted and or File under Ihe auspices i of Donalcr Eiscnharl 1 thai parents and j teachers can use lo draw on for help for ( Gifted Education. This i file is lo include names I of people talented and j willing lo share Iheir I talents either as i mentors, or leachers, or back-up persons for programs and classes wanted within the district for gifted. Eisenhart is in- I terested in hearing from I patrons throughout the l district, at 768-8471. I bored children in classes s p e e i a 1 1 y designed for them. President of ADAGK Sally Taggarl informed parents attending the September meeting that t v o e o m m u n i I y education programs are now being formulated for bright and interested elementary children --one --one in Science lo be pari of the Community Ed agenda this next term. The other class is undergoing organization organizati-on and parents or interested in-terested individuals are encouraged to contact Karen Ferry if they have ideas or particilar subjects they want to see offered for gifted through the Community Ed program. The Science Class for Gifted Elementary students is to be taught by Peggy Caan at Mountain View High School and will need a minimum of ten enrolled to carry the class. Parents should watch for the Community Com-munity Ed. mailer. Taggart also noted that goals for the coming year are essentially a carry-Ihrough carry-Ihrough of goals sel last spring as Ih e organization was born; a policy for gifted needs to be written for Alpine School District, and a district liason is needed. Taggarl says some progress is being made toward achieving these goals, as Dr. Stanley Leavitt is now officially the district person to contact with questions and needs concerning gifted. An adivsory committee com-mittee is currently writing a policy statement that is to be finished by late September, Sep-tember, according to Taggarl. "This should help with the problem of getting different treatment at different schools," says Taggart. "In the past, the school you live in determined what service, ser-vice, if any, you can get for gifted children." Taggart mentioned too, that the district is creating a Resource |
