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Riverdino Gifted and Talented Education

Congratulations!
CAG has selected  Mr. John Delandtsheer, Redlands GATE Coordinator, to be the Joshua Tree recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. John has worked for many successful and effective years in the service of GATE programs for both students and teachers. We appreciate your work, John, and congratulations!

On-Line Survey

Please click on this link to take our survey. We will use the results to serve you in more effective ways. The link is

http://surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=554401562642



STATE APPLICATIONS:
We had a meeting with Sandra Frank from the State Dept of Ed on Friday, September 16. She informed us that most, but not all district applications have been reviewed. If your district's application has been reviewed, your superintendent should be receiving a letter from the state during the week of September 19. Results will NOT be posted on the state department web site until at least November.
 
You may contact the State Department GATE Coordinator, Sandra Frank.Her e-mail address is sfrank@cde.ca.gov  and her phone number is 916-323-5505.
 
SITE FUNCTION: This site is designed to serve GATE students, parents, teachers, administrators, and coordinators in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. We would like you to work with CAG (www.cagifted.org) as well, for it is an excellent resource. Here is our CAG regional information:

Joshua Tree Region
Counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo

Educator Rep: Lance Arnt
760.240.7151, W 760.961.2290, FAX: 760.961.8755, e-mail:
ghlance@verizon.net
Parent Rep: Marie Thornsberry
909.863-7569., Fax 909.873.8557, e-mail:
mariescupoftea@aol.com
• Moreno Valley Affiliates
• Desert Area Association for the Gifted

Meetings for the 2005-2006 School Year!

·        Friday, September 23, 2005

·        Friday, December 2, 2005

·        Friday, March 10, 2006

·        Friday, April 7, 2006

·        Friday, June 9, 2006

 
All meetings will be held from 9:00 am to 11:00 am in the Redlands School District Office. Thanks to John DeLandtsheer and Redlands USD for providing us with a meeting space!

Agenda for the Riverdino GATE Coordinators: Friday, June 9, 2006

 

  1. Food and Sign-in begins at 8.45 am
  2. Call to Order at 9.00 am
  3. Budget Update from Birdsall and Associates
  4. Legislative Update: call to action
  5. CDE Call for Readers: district GATE applications (June 20-21)
  6. Representation of GATE by Race and Unified School District- ACLU
  7. High Desert Futures Fair October 14th at SB County Fairgrounds
  8. Information for CAG Bulletin: need to publicize our region. Published July, November, January, April. We need information ASAP, please!
  9. UCR Update
  10. Nicholas Greene Award: applications due on June 15
  11. Other CAG Updates
    • CAG Statewide Conference in Santa Clara, 1st weekend in March 2007.
    • UCR Regional GATE Conference, May 2007.
  12. SENG Video on “The Misdiagnosis of Gifted Children” (15 mins)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  13. New Educator Rep: Marie Thornsberry, Rialto USD (mariescupoftea@aol.com)
  14. New Parent Rep: Sheryl Deeds, Palm Springs USD (sdeeds@psud.org)
  15. Meetings Next Year at Rialto USD District Office (all Fridays at 9am)
  • Dates: October 6, December 1 (tentative) January 19, March 9, June 1
  • Name: Joshua Tree GATE Coordinators
  • Include Riverside County GATE Coordinators as well
  1.  Thanks and have a great summer!

 

 

 

 

 

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