Gifted Education Day Information from the CPA

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Thank you so much for your planned participation in Gifted Education Day this Tuesday, March 19th.

In preparation for the day, we wanted to cover some important items.

  1. Since the Coalition activities start at 9:00am in Olympia, we will not be meeting at Terrace Park in the morning as a group to arrange carpools. If you have arranged to meet independently, that is fine. Please allow for time to park at the Capitol.
  2. When you arrive in the Columbia Room, please check in with the Coalition to receive a name tag. CPA board members will be in the Columbia Room to answer any questions you may have. We will have copies of the schedule and maps in case you need them. Throughout the day Tina Raghu will be in the Columbia Room for any questions or directions needed.
  3. One of the first meetings of the morning is with Senator Joe Fain in the Columbia Room. This is being coordinated by the Coalition and we have a short amount of time to present him with a binder of student letters. We have arranged for a few students to talk and a few more to stand in support. If your child is not a part of this presentation, please know they will have a chance to speak with our legislators at the afternoon meetings we have arranged.
  4. Attached is an updated agenda for the day. Please note that we will assign a leader to each meeting with our legislators. The leader will introduce our group and the purpose of our meeting. At these meetings, we will ask if any student would like to say a few words. Please see the attached prompts to cover with your child to prepare them if they would like to speak. The message this year is to say thank you for including highly capable within the definition of basic education and also for maintaining the funding for highly capable in the current budget.
  5. On the agenda, we have specified districts of each representative we are meeting. We ask that you try to attend the meetings with the representatives from your district or when there are no conflicting meetings, we all try to attend.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR DOWNLOAD

Family GED 2013 Info and Schedule
GED Family Invite Form
GED Checklist
GED FAQs
Legislative Districts
Maps
Kids Speaking Prompt

Thank you again for your participation!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tina Raghu or Leslie Rinehimer.