TAGT
Scholarships and Grants
We encourage you to apply for a summer scholarship for a child or for
yourself. Students applicants in public schools must be currently
identified as gifted and participating in a gifted program. Students in
private schools or home-schools may be eligible to apply. Those parents
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Summer
Opportunities for Students
Below are listed opportunities relatively free
to high school students. You will have to check each site, but most
are for current 10th and 11th grade students and cover all expenses
except for transportation. Please take a few minutes to check out
these sites and contact students at your campus that might be
candidates. What an opportunity for our students!!!
All are still seeking students, but
enrollment is limited.
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The Texas
Governor's School in Science and Technology (UNT, Denton)
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Texas Governor's School in
Arts and Humanities for Urban Leadership (Texas A&M College
Station)
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GATE: Governor's Academy for
Teaching Excellence (Texas A&M Corpus Christi)
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 Summer
PSAT/SAT Preparation Course
The Summer PSAT/SAT preparation course is designed to teach students
techniques and strategies for answering questions on the verbal,
written and math sections of the PSAT and SAT. The Summer PSAT/SAT
preparation course for high school students is designed to begin to
prepare students for the National Merit Scholarship Program (PSAT/NMSQT)
as well as the SAT. Students will also receive and work using the
resource, The Official SAT Study Guide: For the New SAT
as well as other technological support including the SAT Online
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 Pre-AP
and AP Summer Institutes for Teachers
Pre-AP and AP Summer Institutes are being offered this summer.
Teachers who are being assigned AP during the 2009-2010 school year for the
FIRST time are required by the district to complete the 5 day
training this summer. Any teacher who is
assigned Pre-AP or AP for the 2009-2010 school year MAY attend. All
expenses are at the cost of the district and all registration must go
through the GT office and its secretary, Toni Morales. Please follow the
checklist guidelines so that your registration can be handled in a timely
manner. |
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 Why
AP?
This 16 minute
CollegeBoard Documentary Film AP 50 Years: Higher Standards, Higher
Learning is ideal for raising the awareness of AP courses and their
benefits for students, parents, and faculty members. The voices of college
admission officers, principals, superintendents, teachers and students from
a variety of school types provide an overview of the benefits of
participation in AP, give details about how the AP courses and exams are
developed and scored, and share the stories of students whose true academic
potential has been uncovered through participation in AP.
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IAGT Calendar of Events 2008-2009
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| IAGT
Membership |
 The
Irving Association for Gifted and Talented is an organization of parents
and other individuals who unite to address the unique needs of gifted
and talented students. We encourage and endorse policies that support
the social, emotional, and intellectual needs of the gifted child. |
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