DECATS
at St. Laurence Catholic School
Dear Parents,
Our visit from the DeBusk Foundation was a huge success, and they thoroughly enjoyed their visit. We received a note from Dr. Webb that stated, “The visit to DECATS at St. Laurence was delightful. Thank you so much for your warm hospitality. Please tell the scholars I loved their joy in learning, tell the assistants they inspire me, and tell the mentors they make a difference in the world! Hugs all around!” We are proud of all of them for their hard work!
In Him we trust,
Debra Haney
THANK YOU so much for your generosity!
We packed 250 lunches for needy children in Fort Bend County!
- Be sure to wear this year’s t-shirt tomorrow– our last day together!
· Tomorrow is our Open House and presentation from 9-10:30 AM.
· Extended Challenge will only be available before DECATS tomorrow.
*Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter (new this year)!
Simply go to our website at www.decats.net and click on the links!
Don’t forget to fill out the scholar and parent surveys! You should have received an email last week with the links. If you did not get it, please contact Ms. Konecny at mkonecny@decats.net. Your feedback is very important to us, and it helps us to make the DECATS experience the best it can be for scholars!
Congratulations to the following scholars for being recognized for displaying the character traits we have focused on to date:
KINDNESS
Lucia Brown, Isabelle Louis, Camille Montoya, and Lili Jackson
COOPERATION
Jacob Hulvey from another scholar, Jeremy Wilson, Joshua Porter, Ross Watson, and Angela King
INTEGRITY
Sarah St. John and Nicole Fleishman
ACCEPTANCE/TOLERANCE
Iron Chef Scholars
PERSEVERANCE
Music to my ears Scholars, Michah Reyes, Lucas Arellano, Jack Clinton, Lily deGroot, Michael DeMoor, Michael Frain, Harry Hagney, Ryan Hogan, Jessica Michael, Sofia Rebello, Zach Rehfeld, Matthew Stanton, Mia Still, Camille Anigbogu, and Trini Ferrante
DILIGENCE
Caitlin Alderete, Dallas Copelin, Derek Wong, Anna Katherine Meyer, Marianna Romero, Kennedy Dudjak, Isabelle Rose, Catherine Garza, and Rose Barry
COURAGE
Kevin Pedroza, Ugonna Obijiofor, and Trini Ferrante
FLEXIBILITY
Dance Through Decades Scholars, Mrs. Dodson's Perspectives I Course, and Caitlyn Alderete, Ms. Feagin, Ms. Bonno
TEAMWORK
Emily Cabello, Victoria Castillo, Olivia Dickens, Sydney Ellis, Trini Ferrante, Robert Gillis, Sophia Hellman, Angela King, Vivian Ngo, Vy Nguyen, Ella Mulholland, Peyton Tan, Kristen Mohan, Sophia Hellman, Trini Ferrante, Maggie Orscheln, Diego Nunez-Garcia, Lucia Brown, Erin Burns, Alex Carlson, Sofie Duffner, JD Kollar, Nathan Leech, Abby Milam, Lynley Pace, Aiden Perez, Sonny Perez, Jonathan Rogers, Claire Sullivan, Mark Tayar
The Six Types of Gifted Child
After several years of observations, interviews, and reviews of literature on the interaction of cognitive, emotional, social, and physical impacts on gifted, George Betts and Maureen Neihart, National Association for Gifted Children, have developed six profiles of gifted and talented children and youth. These profiles help educators and parents to look closely at the feelings, behaviors, and needs of the gifted and talented. They should be observed, understood and addressed by the parents and educators, in order for the child to develop smoothly and reach his or her full potential.
- The Successful
These children are usually successful academically, and identified as gifted at school. They are high achievers and perfectionists who seek for other people’s approval. The problem, however, is that with time they often get bored and devote minimum effort to achieving. At home these gifted children need independence and freedom of choice, as well as time for personal interests, and risk taking experiences.
- The Challenging
This personality type includes very creative, but often frustrated or bored, gifted children. They question the systems around them and are often rebellious because their abilities are unrecognized. Impatient, direct, and competitive, such children have low self-esteem. They need acceptance, understanding, and advocacy from the parents. Family activities and positive examples of behavior are what the family should provide for such gifted children.
- The Underground
Many of such children are never identified as gifted since they are usually quiet and insecure. They often hide their talents, resist challenges, and drop out of gifted school programs because of their shyness. These gifted children should be supported at home, and be given freedom to choose and to spend time with their friends of the same age. Ideally, parents should provide them with gifted role models of life-long learning.
- The Angry
These gifted children are angry and depressed because the school system does not recognize their abilities, and does not address their special educational needs. That is why they resist the system by refusing to complete school assignments or to attend school. Being considered average or below average, they have poor self-esteem, are defensive and self abusive. Professional counseling is recommended for such children.
- The Twice-Exceptional
This type of gifted child is often unrecognized because these children have a physical, emotional or learning disability. Adults fail to notice giftedness due to being focused on the areas where the child is less able. Parents of such children should provide them with recognition of their abilities, risk-taking opportunities, advocacy, and family activities to challenge the child.
- The Autonomous Learner
These are self-confident and independent children that are successful academically, motivated, goal-oriented, and responsible. At home, such gifted children need family support, advocacy, family activities and opportunities related to their interests. They should be allowed to have friends of all ages, and have no time or space restrictions.
Sources:
Betts, George, and Maureen Neihart. “Profiles of the gifted and talented”. Gifted Child Quarterly 32.2 National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) (1988)
“Gifted and talented children in (and out of) the classroom. A Report for the Council of Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)”. Cork Education Support Centre: SESS, 2006.
Sandhu. Inderbir Kaur. “The 6 Different Types of Giftedness”. Brainy-Child.com.
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Location: 2630 Austin Parkway, Sugar Land, TX, United States
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