SCPS MS Gifted & Talented Services
November 2022
Commonwealth Governor's School CGS - Now Open!
Commonwealth Governor's School (CGS) is one of 19 academic Governor's Schools in the state of Virginia with a mission to provide gifted and highly motivated high school students with a challenging curriculum using non-traditional activities supported by technology.
CGS serves students in grades 9-12 from Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford County. It is a half-day "school within a school" model utilizing real-time interactive technology, field experiences, and team teaching in four major academic content areas.
Link to Commonwealth Governor's School (CGS)
SCPS Timelines for Specialty High School Programs
Links to Additional High School Programs/Information on SCPS Website
Articles of Interest
Executive Function & Self-Regulation, pulished by Harvard University, Center for Developing Child, 2022
Executive Functioning - What is It? Why We Need It and How We, as Parents, Can Support Our Children's Development, published by Davidson Institute, January 29, 2014
What Teachers Can Do to Help with Time Management, published by The Davidson Institute, Sept 1, 2006
Carol Dweck - The Power of Yet; Believing that You Can Improve, published by Ted Talks, November 2014.
Encouraging the Art and Practice of Writing in November!
Looking for a way to keep your gifted child WRITING throughout autumn? Try offering a Prompt or Journal Starter since "getting started" is often the hardest part.
Be creative. Write suggestions on popsicle sticks from which your child can randomly select. Have your child respond to the prompt in a special journal/notebook or on a displayed whiteboard where other family members can interact with responses.
Here are a few suggestions to get you started!
Questions to Consider:
- How does it feel to be thanked? Use those descriptive adjectives!
- Are there certain words or actions that you feel should be appreciated and thanked? Which ones and why?
- When you want someone to know you appreciate something said or done, how do you show that you are grateful?
- The last time you thanked someone, how did you go about doing it?
- Describe a way in which you feel fortunate and why.
Sentence Starters:
- In my life, I have someone I am especially happy to know. This person . . .
- Friendship means…
- Being thankful means…
- I am grateful for my ability to…
Story Starters:
- This November and December, I plan to show my appreciation by…
- If we lived in a society where people did not say “thank you,” it would be…
- I recall a time when I did not show my appreciation for _____, and this is what happened…
- In my family, one way we say "Thank you" is . . .
- An interesting way to show someone gratitude without saying the words “thank you” is…