DCSD Advanced Academics & Gifted Ed

Equity of Access ~ Opportunity ~ Agency ~ Empowerment

Vision: We seek out, surface, and nurture the potential in each student from all races, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientations.

Mission: We partner with staff, students, families, and our community to design/refine/implement equitable and culturally responsive systems of identification and programming for high potential/advanced/gifted students from all demographic groups in all schools.

Email: gifted.education@dcsdk12.org
Website: dcsdk12.org/gifted-education
Location: 620 Wilcox St, Castle Rock, CO 80104
Phone: 303-387-0191

Every year our state gifted association recognizes three to four Colorado students from ages 7-18 who have made a positive, meaningful, and beneficial impact on others in their classroom, school and/or community. Recipients receive a Certificate of Excellence and a cash scholarship. This year two of the three awards were received by DCSD students!

Congratulations to Anirudh Rao, from STEM, and Amara Fantl, from VALE!

• We had 106 DCSD employees attend: teachers, administrators, mental health providers, specialists, and GT Facilitators! We appreciate all the DCSD staff who took time away from their work with children to attend and learn more about how to support advanced and gifted students!

• DCSD staff presented 18 breakout sessions: 28 different people representing 19 different schools! We are so proud of the work our school teams are doing in their buildings and their willingness to share that work with the rest of the state!

• We also had 2 students from 2 different high schools present at a session with the Colorado Gifted & Talented Student Board.

Douglas County Association for Gifted and Talented (DCAGT) is an affiliate of the Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented (CAGT), which is an affiliate of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC).

DCAGT’s objectives are to:

• Support the efforts and activities of CAGT, the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), and neighboring CAGT affiliates.

• Present gifted resources and educational opportunities to families, caregivers, educators, and the community.Encourage advocacy and best-practices for gifted children.

• Reach and connect the gifted community with opportunities to share experiences and exchange information.

They are currently looking for passionate parents that would like to serve on the board or volunteer to support events. Contact them via email at info@dcagt.org.

Visit their website HERE.

The Douglas County Gifted Education Advisory Council (DCGEAC) is seeking members with a variety of backgrounds and expertise! If you are a parent/guardian of a student identified for gifted services OR a high school student who has been identified as gifted, please consider joining us by completing the DCGEAC Self Nomination Form.

DCGEAC meets quarterly throughout the year. This year's in person meetings are:

• Already passed--Tuesday, September 17, 4:30 - 6:00 P.M, DCSD Legacy Campus

• Wednesday, November 13, 4:30 - 6:00 P.M, DCSD VALE Campus (Venture Academy of Leadership and Entrepreneurship)

• Thursday, February 20, 4:30 - 6:00 P.M, DCSD Legacy Campus

• Tuesday, April 29 4:30 - 6:00 P.M, DCSD VALE Campus

This year's priority is Gifted Programming:

• Developing gifted students’ strengths and interests... supporting their academic, developmental, and social-emotional needs. Our areas of focus: Elementary • Secondary • Twice Exceptional • Social-Emotional

All meetings are open to the public. See this flier for more information. Please send us an email at gifted.education@dcsdk12.org if you have any questions.

CONVERSATIONS WITH CAGT

Conversations with CAGT is returning this school year with an all-new season of timely, relevant topics by preeminent local, national, and international specialists in the field of gifted education! Conversations with CAGT is an incredible opportunity to get expert advice on topics regarding giftedness for FREE with time to ask your questions. Follow us on Facebook for the next Conversations with CAGT, coming soon to kick off the school year! We hope you can tune in live each FIRST Tuesday on our Facebook page to view our Conversations with CAGT in real time at 5:00. You will be able to ask the CWC guest speaker any questions you might have about their session. Please come join us! Click HERE to go directly to CAGT's page.

Interested in previous recordings? All the sessions from this season listed below can be found at this link at coloradogifted.org.