Prepare for college early!

Thanks again to Arkansas Speaker of the House Robbie Wills for speaking about the recent legislation related to education at the Fall meeting of Conway AGATE!

In our discussion of the upcoming College Day sponsored by Conway AGATE one of our members mentioned the College Fairs conducted here in Arkansas by Ivy League schools. For more information about an upcoming program from Brown, Univ of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, and Rice visit http://www.exploringeducationalexcellence.org. The other program - Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Penn, and Stanford - was in Arkansas a couple of weeks ago, so plan for their next visit in 2010 using this site http://www.exploringcollegeoptions.org/.

National Free Museum Day September 26, 2009!

Hundreds of museums and cultural venues will open their doors to you and a guest on Saturday September 26, 2009! General admission is free at the participating museum of your choice but you will need to visit their website to print out an admission pass. The "Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day" provides information on Museum Day and lists the participating museums and centers online at their website: www.Smithsonian.com/museumday.

8 Arkansas museums are included!

National Merit finalists

Arkansas Times: "Names were released today of the 147 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists in Arkansas. This link gives you the full explanation and list of all 147."

Congratulations to the 1 homeschool and 5 public school students from Conway!

Upcoming fall meeting

We have another exciting year planned for Conway AGATE. First on the agenda is our Fall Meeting which will be held Sunday, September 20th at 2:00 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Within the next few days your child should bring home a copy of a flyer from school with more information.

We will start the meeting with a reception for Marilyn Larson who was recently sworn into the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Gifted and Talented Education. She joins Marilynn Nabholz, another Conway resident who serves on this prestigious board.

The speaker for the meeting will be Robbie Wills, Arkansas Speaker of the House. We appreciate his willingness to meet with us and look forward to his discussion about recent legislation that could affect our schools.

Please invite a friend to join us for this great opportunity to learn more about GT and AP in Conway. I look forward to seeing you on the 20th!