First Quarter Enrichment Newsletter 2015-16 School Year

Please consider attending the Ohio Association for Gifted Children’s Parent Day at the Hilton Easton, Columbus on October 11, 2015 at 2:30-6 pm. The featured speaker is Stephanie Tolan, Newbery Honor-winning author of more than two dozen novels for children and young adults. Stephanie S. Tolan is also co-author of Guiding the Gifted Child. StephanieTolan’s website is http://www.stephanietolan.com/

For more information about Parent Day:

http://www.oagc.com/files/2015_parent_dayflierand%20registrationform.pdf

There’s been a lot of talk lately about resilience (bouncing back from adversity) and grit (persevering through challenges), including the skills associated with these processes and their importance for student well-being and academic success. Edutopia has created this curated list of resources to help parents and educators follow the discussion and create home and school environments that provide supports and opportunities to help students thrive.

http://www.edutopia.org/resilience-grit-resources

We enjoy Ohio’s fabulous late summer and fall weather. A place to find games and ideas of activities to enjoy the terrific outdoors can be found at National Geographic Kids. For a list of seasonal activities and outside challenges that will help your child enjoy our world go to http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/get-outside1/

Help for students looking toward college and careers:

For a good site to get your child thinking about college go to: www.collegegrazing.com

For the first time ever, Khan Academy has teamed up with the creators of the SAT to create personalized SAT practice for anyone, anywhere. In March 2016, the SAT is changing, and you can prepare for it on Khan Academy—for free. https://www.khanacademy.org/

Ways to help your gifted child plan for college: http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10516.aspx

OhioMeansJobs can help guide career searches. The K-12 student section offers a career interest survey, career information, and information about building a budget. https://jobseeker.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/SeekerGuidepost.aspx

Hey, readers…exceptional e-reads:

Legally download thousands of books (with expired copyrights) from Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/

Also get free e-books from Barnes and Noble at www.bn.com and from Book Gorilla at www.bookgorilla.com

Choose from thousands of popular titles by the best authors and from top publishers. All you need to check out a digital title is an Internet connection and a library card. OverDrive, a northern Ohio company, powers our eBook and audiobook collection. For more information about the Medina County District Library’s e-books go to http://www.mcdl.info/download/

https://edshelf.com/tool/epic-books-for-kids/

Check out this app, Epic!—Books for Kids, which has been called the “Netflix of kids books.”

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. – Henry David Thoreau

Wishing you a great school year!

Kris

Kristine L. Rutledge, Gifted Coordinator 330.723.6393, ext. 144

Educational Service Center of Medina County, Buckeye Local Schools, Cloverleaf Local Schools