September 14th meeting minutes

We had a very informative meeting of Conway AGATE on the 14th. Dr Murry gave us some great information about the district and mentioned that he sees an opportunity for the district to increase the level of communication with the GT parents. The minutes of the meeting are available here.

We would like to welcome the 11 new members who joined at the meeting! If you have not yet sent in your dues, please send a $10 check to Conway AGATE, PO Box 10323, 72034. The money we collect from dues allows us to promote our meetings, register with the state AGATE, and last school year we were even able to offer a travel grant to two of the National History Day contestants who otherwise would not have been able to afford to attend.

Our next steps are to schedule the workshops that will answer a parent’s biggest GT related questions.
*Information targeted at K-2 parents will be included in the workshop “Should I nominate my child for GT and how can we prepare?”
*For 7-9 parents the workshop would cover topics like “How to prepare for college financial aid right now” and “The differences between co-curricular credit and AP credit”
*For 10-12 parents a college fair is planned that will help answer questions about ACT/SAT testing, selecting from the different types of schools, etc.

Separate committees will be formed for each workshop. Please respond to to the blog editor if you are willing to help. We will need subject matter experts, event organizers, as well as help with publicity.