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March Meeting is CANCELLED!

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March Meeting is CANCELLED!
Due to a speaker cancellation and so many evening school events lately, we have decided to cancel the March PACE Meeting. We strongly recommend that you attend one of the three Parent Information Sessions hosted by the CCS Gifted & Talented Department covering the 2015-2016 Gifted Plan.

Thursday, March 5: East High School Cafeteria, 6pm-7pm
Monday, March 9: Shepard Center Gymnasium, 11:30am-12:30pm
Monday, March 9: Northland High School Auditorium, 6pm-7pm

This will be a chance to learn more about the plan from the GT Department and ask any questions that you may have.

Parent notification letters about the changes in services should have been received this week. You may also view a comprehensive overview of the plan on the GT Department’s website:
http://www.ccsoh.us/1516GTServices.aspx

2015-2016 Gifted & Talented Service Plan Update

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The Gifted Services proposal was approved and plans are underway for the 2015-2016 school year implementation. Letters will be mailed out to families of K-11 identified students, but there is also information available now on the CCS website: http://www.ccsoh.us/1516GTServices.aspx

There will be Parent Information Sessions held on the following dates:

Thursday, March 5: East High School Cafeteria, 6pm-7pm
Monday, March 9: Shepard Center Gymnasium, 11:30am-12:30pm
Monday, March 9: Northland High School Auditorium, 6pm-7pm

PACE will provide more information as it becomes available.

January PACE Meeting & Selective Admissions School Fair

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SELECTIVE ADMISSIONS SCHOOL FAIR
THURSDAY JANUARY 15TH
6:30-8:00 PM
FORT HAYES HIGH SCHOOL
546 Jack Gibbs Blvd., Columbus, OH 43215

Columbus City Schools offers Selective Admissions as part of the School Choice/Lottery process for students meeting certain criteria for application. Letters to qualifying students will be mailed on January 12th, 2015. 

Columbus PACE will be hosting a Selective Admissions School Fair to introduce students to the programs at Duxberry Park Alternative Elementary, Arts Impact Middle School, Eastmoor Academy High School, Columbus Alternative High School, and Fort Hayes High School. A representative from the School Choice department will be on hand to discuss the application process and answer any questions. This is a great opportunity to have one on one time with the school representatives to learn more about the programs they offer.

Information from the Selective Admissions area on the CCS website: 

The Selective Admissions Pilot program for Eastmoor Academy and Columbus Alternative High School began in 2008. The criteria to submit a Selective Admissions Application is as follows:
  • Entering the 9th grade for the first time
  • Currently a resident of the Columbus City School District
  • A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher in 7th grade
  • Scored at the 90th percentile on all sections of the 6th Grade Terra Nova test OR have been identified as Gifted and Talented in an academic area
The Selective Admissions Pilot program for Fort Hayes, AIMS and Duxberry began in 2013. The criteria to submit a Selective Admissions Application for Fort Hayes and AIMS is as follows:
  • Identification of Gifted and Talented in the Arts
  • Audition that utilizes a rubric for scoring
The criteria to submit a Selective Admissions Application for Duxberry:
  • Identified as gifted in the creative arts, demonstrated talent identified by private lessons through arts teachers in the community and/or parent interview for those families that are salient advocates and artists in the community.

March 2014 PACE Meeting – thinking tools

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Join us for the March PACE Meeting

Monday March 10, 2014-6:30-8:00pm
at the Shepard Center, 873 Walcutt Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43219 (MAPS)

Guiding Your Gifted Child to Deep & Complex Thinking

Gifted coordinators will introduce parents to Sandra Kaplan’s elements of depth and complexity. After a short introduction to these thinking tools, parents will participate in hands-on activities to learn how to engage children in thinking skills that increase rigor and challenge.

FREE babysitting in the gym at Shepard (have your kids bring homework or a game)

We are a community of parents, grandparents, guardians and families working to help gifted children shine. We know the frustrations, the joys and the intensity of raising a gifted child and we support all those who are on this difficult and wonderful journey.

2014 Summer Camp Opportunities

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We are posting Summer Camp opportunities as they arise on our Columbus PACE  Facebook page, so please “like” the page to get updates as they come in.  https://www.facebook.com/columbuspace

Here are a few that have been shared with our group:

Open to current 8th grade students:

The Law and Leadership Institute is a statewide initiative that engages high school students from underserved communities in academic enrichment and legal career education throughout their four years of high school. Students enrolled in LLI attend class sessions on campus at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and at Capital University Law School and six other law schools across the state. However, enrollment into the Institute only occurs the summer before 9th grade during the LLI Summer Institute.

2014 marks the 7th year of LLI in Columbus! The 2014 LLI Summer Institute will be held June 23th through July 25th from 9AM until 4PM. Transportation, food and supplies are FREE to participants and students can even earn up to $150 for successful completion of the Summer Institute. In addition to learning the law students will learn valuable study skills, public speaking skills and techniques to improve their reading and analytical thinking. Summer Institute participants meet legal professionals, take field trips and compete in a mock trial competition.

LLI will accept applications from current 8th grade students on a rolling basis NOW through Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In Columbus only, we will also accept 10 new 9th grade students into the Institute. Completed applications may be sent by mail to the LLI headquarters: (1700 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, OH 43204), fax (614-485-3075) or email (lli@lawandleadership.org). Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so we cannot guarantee that space will be available in April.

Application and additional information can be found here:http://www.lawandleadership.org/docs/summer-2014-program-application#.Uwy_bmJdWSo

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FREE summer enrichment opportunity for our middle school girls:

Applications are currently being accepted for the OSU summer program Digital Animation: A Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design. Women mentors work with 7th and 8th grade girls. The free program runs weekdays, Monday (6/2)-Friday (6/13). Apply by Monday (3/3).

— > Applications: accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/apply.html
— > Read more: accad.osu.edu/womenandtech

February 2014 Meeting

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Our February meeting will be held Monday, February 10th at the Shepard Center located at 873 Walcutt Avenue from 6:30 – 8:00. The topic is “How Can I Best Support My Child & GT Coordinator?” and will offer advice from the Gifted & Talented staff as well as experienced parents.

See you at the meeting!

There is also a new February 2014 newsletter. It includes some helpful info from Dr. Colleen Boyle, Interim Supervisor of CCS Gifted & Talented, with insights into the world of the Gifted & Talented student.

New PACE Email Newsletter

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We’ve rolled out a new email newsletter to keep you up to date on PACE events, advocacy alerts and informative articles related to Gifted & Talented education.

To view the January newsletter, please click the link: http://eepurl.com/LNTXn

You can subscribe to the mailing list by clicking the SUBSCRIBE button in the top left corner.

We will feature a column from Dr. Colleen Boyle, Interim Supervisor of CCS Gifted & Talented Department in upcoming issues. If you have additional suggestions for content, please comment below or email secretary@columbuspace.org

Happy Reading!

January 2014 Meeting

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Our next PACE meeting is on Monday, January 13 at 6:30pm at the Shepard Center, 873 Walcutt Avenue, 43219. The topic will be What’s Available For My Gifted & Talented Child at CCS? We will hear from CCS staff about different options such as: school choice, academic options, acceleration, ECLIPSE, and others.

There will be free babysitting in the gym – have your kids bring homework or a game.

See you at the meeting!

 

 

October 2013 meeting

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Our next PACE meeting is on Monday, October 14th, at 6:30pm at the Shepard Center, 873 Walcutt Avenue, 43219. We’ll have two current school board members who are up for re-election, Mike Wiles and Hanifah Kambon, and two school board candidates, Dominic Paretti and Michael Cole, speaking to us about their thoughts on Gifted and Talented education. We would love for you to submit questions for the school board members and candidates in advance. Two questions that will be asked are the following:
(1) If the levy passes in November, do you plan to replace any of the 10 positions that were cut in Spring 2013 in the GT department?
(2) What are your ideas to improve the Value Added Grade, an “F”, CCS has for Gifted and Talented?

Simply submit your additional questions to us via e-mail to secretary@columbuspace.org.

Dr. Colleen Boyle, supervisor of the Gifted and Talented department, will also give an introduction explaining what the Value Added grade of an “F” for GT students in CCS on the state report card means AND new important changes regarding state testing that will affect all CCS students.

There will be free babysitting in the gym – have your kids bring homework or a game.

See you at the meeting!

P.A.C.E. Open House Sept 12th

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The Parents for Academic Challenge and Enrichment (P.A.C.E.) are pleased to announce the 2011 Open House scheduled for Monday, September 12th, 6:30pm at the Shepard Center. The topic of this year’s Open House is ‘Preparing for a good school year’. As parents of gifted children our goal is to provide each of you with information, opportunities to discuss the challenges and joy of raising our children. We are fortunate that Columbus City Schools offers a gifted program. In partnership with the district’s gifted and talented department, we will provide you with resources to support and develop our gifted children. The link below provides more information regarding our September and October meetings. https://www.columbuspace.org/upcoming-meetings-and-events.

Attending the meetings offers you the opportunity to meet other parents of gifted children and learn about what’s happening in gifted education at the local and state levels. If you are interested in joining PACE please send an email to . We look forward to seeing you Sept 12th.