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Summer Program Expo for gifted and high achieving students set for Jan. 28
| Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 |
The Houston Area Cooperative on the Gifted and Talented and the Southeast Cooperative for Gifted and Talented will present their Summer Program Expo on Saturday, Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to noon at Lone Star College-University Park.
For the second year, La Porte ISD is participating in this shared collaborative. The expo is a free opportunity for parents of gifted and high achieving students to learn more about summer opportunities for their children and applications for a Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented (TAGT) scholarship. Scholarships are a maximum of $400 for summer programs.
Representatives from camps for all ages will be present. Many offerings are for middle and high school students.
Lone Star College-University Park is located at 20515 SH 249 (SH 249 and Louetta Road) in Houston, 77070. The expo will be held in the West Dining Room of the Commons Building. Free parking is available in Garage 11. Campus maps and directions are available at www.lonestar.edu/maps-university park.htm.
Food will be available for purchase at the event.
Following the expo, TAGT will partner with the Houston Cooperative and Lone Star College-University Park to offer a mini-conference featuring Dr. Patricia Gatto-Walden from 1 to 4 p.m. Registration is $25 per person, and children’s activities are provided for children ages 6-12 at $10 per child.
For more information and to register for the mini-conference, please visit http://txgifted.org/parent-conference. |
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