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What Do My Child’s Scores Mean?
Now that you’ve received your child’s test scores, you probably have some questions.
You are invited to attend one of these meetings to learn more about your child’s scores—even if it was a previous year.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Fowlerville, MI
Fowlerville Junior High School Auditorium
7677 Sharpe Rd, Fowlerville, MI
7:00pm - 8:30pm
OR
Monday, April 28, 2008: Kalamazoo, MI
K/RESA Administration Building
1819 E. Milham, Kalamazoo, MI
7 - 9 pm
Presenter: Patricia Greene, Michigan Liaison with MATS
To register for the Fowlerville presentation, call 810-227-5379 or email M.brucker@comcast.net. A small donation is asked to cover expenses and photocopying
No registration necessary for Kalamazoo unless you are asking for results from the EXPLORE test. Email Nan Janecke at nkjanecke@att.net
Monday, May 5, 2008: Okemos, MI
Okemos Public Schools’ Administration Building
Board Room (3rd Floor)
4406 Okemos Road
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Presenters: Lori Kane (GT Resource Network) and Kathee McDonald (MSU Office of GT Education)
SOAR affiliate at www.soarokemos.com/
Topics that will be covered:
* What do your child’s scores mean?
* How can you use these scores to help your child?
* What educational options exist for your child?
* How can you work with your school to benefit your child?
Bring your child’s test scores to the meeting.
There is also a presentation planned in Muskegon, MI. Contact ATLAS affiliate leader, Jamie Page at: JamiePage2@Verizon.net
Our Michigan Alliance 2008 Spring Conference, featuring Michael Piechowski, Ph.D., will be offered on both the east and west sides of the state:
April 29, 2008 (West) Kent ISD, Grand Rapids
April 30, 2008 (East) Livingston ESA, Howell
Living With Intensity Conference Brochure - register by April 14th for the early discount!
Michael Piechowski will speak on “Living With Intensity.” He is the author of ‘Mellow Out’ They Say. If I Only Could. Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright, and a contributor to the Handbook of Gifted Education and the Encyclopedia of Creativity. Dr. Piechowski, an expert on emotional intelligence, will explain the intense feelings or overexcitabilities that the gifted often exhibit. He worked and collaborated with Dr. Kazimierz Dabrowski. Dr. Piechowski will “give voice to the emotional life of bright young people, to show how their intensities and sensitivities make them more alive, more creative, and more in love with the world and its wonders.”
Additional related sessions with researchers in the field: Dr. Ellen D. Fiedler, recently retired Professor in the Masters of Arts degree program in Gifted Education at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago; Dr. Michele Kane, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Master of Arts program in Gifted Education at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago; and Alena Treat, Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at Eastern Michigan University.
Our Michigan Alliance 2008 Fall Conference, featuring Richard Lederer, is planned for Sunday afternoon on October 5th in the Flint Area.
AN AFTERNOON OF LANGUAGE, LAUGHTER, AND LEARNING: Author, broadcaster, and teacher Richard Lederer will take you on a joy ride through the English language, focusing on the joys of word play for children and adults. Sharpen your pun cells and prepare to learn and have fun.
FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT OUR PRESIDENTS: Author, broadcaster, and teacher Richard Lederer will share an array of fascinating facts and patterns about our presidents — their feats, fates, families, foibles, and firsts. Who was our youngest president? Our oldest president? The answers may surprise you.
Dr. Lederer will be signing and inscribing his books throughout the conference. They make great gifts and are excellent resources for gifted students and the language arts classroom.
Richard Lederer is the well-known public television host and author of numerous books designed to help you laugh while you learn. Author of Presidential Trivia, Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon the English Language, Comma Sense: A Fundamental Guide to Punctuation, and many other books. His column, “Looking at Language,” is syndicated in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. We have some teacher pieces for you to peruse from Richard Lederer: Teachers Change Lives and Famous Teacher Flicks.