Rio Norte Junior High School Gifted and Talented

The College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus will host its annual fall Star Party from 7-9:30 p.m. on Oct. 21, giving local residents the opportunity to see Jupiter and the rest of the night’s sky.

During the event, College of the Canyons faculty members and local astronomers will be on hand to provide audiences with information related to Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to view Jupiter through one of several high-powered telescopes.

College of the Canyons adjunct biology and physics professor David Michaels will present a short orientation lecture and question-and-answer session.

Star Party attendees are encouraged to get to campus early with picnic baskets, blankets and lawn chairs.

Coffee, hot chocolate, pizza and other food items will be available for purchase.

A portion of the concession sales from the Star Party are being donated to the Dr. Ram Manvi Memorial Scholarship to benefit students who are majoring in the fields of mathematics, science or engineering technology.

For more information, call the college’s Canyon Country campus at (661) 362-3801.

The party will take place at the Carl A. Rasmussen Amphitheater, 17200 Sierra Highway in Canyon Country.

This Saturday, August 27th, College of the Canyons will be hosting their annual College to Career Day from 9 am – 1pm at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center located on the Valencia Campus. There will be more than 25 career programs on display featuring hands-on demonstrations from college faculty and industry professionals.

This event is open to everyone and will be a great opportunity for your student to get information on a variety of career programs.
Attendance is free.

The Hart School District is hosting a College and Career Fair on Wed.  September 7 from 6:30p.m. to 9 p.m. at West Ranch High School, to assist students with the very important step of drafting a career plan to be followed while making post-secondary education decisions.

All students are invited to attend and the evening is most appropriate for sophomores, juniors and seniors and their parents.

More information on the fair can be found on the Hart District website www.hartdistrict.org, including a complete event program to help plan the evening’s activities.

The QuestBridge National College Match helps outstanding low-income high school seniors gain admission and full scholarships to some of the nation’s leading colleges. Last year, QuestBridge’s partner colleges offered over $100 million in financial aid to more than 1,300 students.

The College Match application will be available online at www.questbridge.org in early August and is due on September 30, 2011. Applying is free, as are application fees to partner colleges.

NAGC Convention
The 58th Annual National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Convention for Educators and Parents: “Advancing Potential and All That Jazz.”
November 3-6, 2011 in New Orleans

Pre-registration fee.
NAGC
1707 L Street, NW, Suite 550
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 785-4268

NAGC Web Page — http://www.nagc.org
For registration forms, cost, and location, postmarked dates, and detailed information, please click on the web page and make your selection.

CAG Conference
The 50th Annual California Association for the Gifted (CAG) Conference for Educators and Parents
March 3-4, 2012–Featured Presenter: Carol Ann Tomlinson
–Palm Springs Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Pre-registration fee. (Fees for members and non-members)

Checks payable to CAG. California Association for the Gifted
9278 Madison Avenue
Orangevale, CA 95662
(916) 988-3999, Fax (916) 988-5999


CAG Web Page — http://www.cagifted.org/cde.cfm?event=307532
For conferences and workshops, dates and location, registration forms, costs, postmarked dates, and detailed information, please click on the web page and make your selection.

The Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) at Stanford University is a continuing project dedicated to developing and offering multimedia computer-based distance-learning courses. Combining technical and instructional expertise, EPGY provides high-ability students of all ages with an individualized educational experience, optimized in both pace and content. Through EPGY, students have access to courses in a variety of subjects at levels ranging from kindergarten through advanced-undergraduate. Since its inception over 50,000 students from 35 countries have taken courses from EPGY.  Visit www.epgy.stanford.edu for more information.

SIG is currently taking applications for their summer program.  Visit www.giftedstudy.org for dates and places of their programs.

STAR PARTY: Rio Norte along with the Los Angeles Astronomical Society will be holding a STAR party on Thursday May 5th, from 8-9 pm.  Telescopes will be available to view the night sky.  It is a family event, no drop offs.

The UCLA Math Curtis Center and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) will be hosting the 2011 UCLA Mathematics Festival sponsored by the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University. Students in grades 7 – 10 are invited to attend a keynote talk by Harvey Mudd mathematics professor Michael Orrison, who will speak on “Change of Perspective in Mathematics and Beyond” and a panel discussion on careers in mathematics. Following the keynote talk, there will be three hour-long sessions in which students will problem solve in groups with professors, international researchers and graduate students, as well as attend talks by professors and high school teachers.

Please visit http://www.curtiscenter.math.ucla.edu/k12.html for more information.

Participants can register at http://cty.jhu.edu/family/odyssey.html by clicking on Registering Online if a student is attending with a parent and by completing the Registration Form if the student will attend without a parent. The cost is $90 per person.