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The Nicholas Green Award
for students in grades 3 -6. Deadline
for applications is NON-VCGE
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS w For high school seniors, check out the Davidson Fellows program. w For profoundly gifted students aged 4 – 16, the Davidson Young Scholars provides professional help and resources to develop and implement a personal action plan to help meet the needs of these students. w Other awards, scholarships and grant opportunities can be found on the NAGC awards page. CONTESTS w Design TASC – Technology and Science Connection Competition, sponsored by the UVM engineering department. Teams of 5 students compete to design, build, and test a device to perform a specified task. The competition is held each fall. w Destination Imagination offers creative problem solving competitions on the state and global level. Problems are published in the late summer for students to work on until mid-winter when the state competition is held. State finalists in each age level and problem go on to the global finals. Find out more about Vermont Destination Imagination here. Find information on the national program here. w Odyssey of the Mind offers creative problem solving competitions at the regional, state, and world level. Students select a problem to work on over the course of several months before the regional competition in late winter. State winners for each problem and age level may go to the world competition. Find out more about Vermont Odyssey of the Mind here. The national page is here. w
Intel Science Talent Search - w
The New England Math League has been a very
effective tool in the teaching of higher-level math skills. Available for
grades 4-12, the test, which is administered in March, has great appeal for
all students, especially those who love competition. (New England Math
League; w For middle school students, MATHCOUNTS is a great way to practice and develop math skills. This is one of very few middle school accomplishments that are appropriate to include on college applications! w
Schools who are affiliated with the Vermont Principal's Association may register for the state Spelling
Competition. Held annually in the fall, the contest includes opportunities
for spellers in grades 5/6 and grades 7/8. (VPA Spelling Bee; w Like to play with LegosŪ? Do you like to program? Then maybe you’d like to build a robot and program it to perform specific tasks. First Lego League may be the event for you if you are 14 and under. w
If you are really into robots, check out the First Robotics Competition. Other robotic competitions (some may not be
in w How about exploring the past? Do you like to do historical research? Then History Day is for you. w If you are studying Latin, attend UVM’s Latin Day to test your knowledge of this classical language. w Vermont Colleges offer opportunities for high school students to take college classes. Click here for more details. w
The Governor’s Institute of Vermont,
“an intensive college learning experience for w
Kid’s
College is a non-profit organization offering educational workshops that
challenge an individual’s potential.
Small, hands-on classes are offered throughout the year. Classes are held in w Vermont Academy of Science and Technology is for high school seniors interested in math, science and technology who wish to complete their high school career while completing the first year of college at the same time. w Simon’s Rock College is designed specifically for students of high school age. Students typically enter after completing 10th or 11th grade and work toward either an Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts. LINKS TO OTHER GIFTED WEB SITES w The Davidson Institute, resources for profoundly gifted children, including the Young Scholar program. http://www.ditd.org/public/ w GT-World is the starting point for several mailing lists related to giftedness (families, children, adults). http://www.gtworld.org w Hoagies Gifted Education Page - the site to check for almost any question you have on gifted education. This site has links to conferences, state organizations, articles, parent comments, testing, movies with a gifted character, teen sites, and a lot more. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/ w IAAY of Johns Hopkins University, a source for talent searches and distance learning opportunities for your gifted child. http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/ w The Connecticut Association for the Gifted page. http://www.ctgifted.org/ w The Maine Educators of Gifted and Talented page. http://www.megat.org/ w The Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education page. http://www.massgifted.org/ w The New Hampshire Association for Gifted Children page. http://www.nhage.org w
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The w The National Association for Gifted Children. VCGE is part of this national organization. Membership entitles you to receive one or both of its periodicals: Gifted Child Quorterly and/or Parenting for High Potential. http://www.nagc.org/ w
w The PG-CyberSource, over 125 full-text scholarly articles on topics related to profound giftedness. http://www.gt-cybersource.org/ E-mail questions, comments, and
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