On
Tuesday, November 15, from 6:30 to 8pm,
New York Family Editor Eric Messinger will be moderating a “parents
panel” in which elementary school parents at many top “Gifted & Talented”
programs in the city (i.e. Hunter, Andersen, Nest, Lab, Speyer, etc.) will
offer their perspectives on district-wide, city-wide, public and private
options as well as the approaches to G&T Education in NYC. —
For
interested parents, this is an essential panel, and it only costs $10 per
person. The panel, which is called, “What’s Right For My
Child? What Are The Options (Public and Private) in the Gifted Arena?” will
explore all pertinent “G & T” issues along with some unobvious ones like
“What options are there for the twice exceptional, or gifted children with learning
differences like ADHD or Aspergers?”
To
directly Pre-Register, click here. Space is limited. Best to secure your
spot ahead of time!
DATE:
Tuesday, November 15 from 6:30-8pm
LOCATION:
The Downtown Community Center
120 Warren Street (TriBeCa)
1 block south of Chambers between Greenwich Street
and West Street
The event is part of workshop series sponsored by P.A.L. (Parents of
Accelerated Learners).
Topics
will include:
•
What’s all the hoopla about Hunter?
•
How is a citywide school program different than a district-wide?
•
Do all private schools accommodate advanced learners and what are the right
questions to ask?
•
Is a ‘really good’ NYC public school the right fit for your G&T child?
•
What options are there for twice exceptional, or gifted children with learning
differences like ADHD or Aspergers, etc?
•
What are the pros and cons of a self-contained program? And other than Hunter
and citywide, what are the other options?
PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Jennifer Selendy is a litigation partner at the firm of
Kirland & Ellis LLP, where she tries commercial cases for clients such as IBM,
Samsung, Verizon and Discover. She has a long history of educational
philanthropy and pro bono work with New Leaders for New
Schools, College Summit,
Hunter College
Elementary School
and, most recently, The Speyer
Legacy School.
She also chairs the board of the National Center for Law and Economic
Justice, a national legal services organization focused on the civil and
economic rights of those living in poverty, and co-chairs the board of The
Speyer Legacy School. Her children have attended Hunter
College Elementary
and Speyer Legacy
School.
Pamela
French, director and producer of “Getting In… Kindergarten,” a
documentary that followed three families for over a year struggling through the
subculture of the NYC kindergarten admissions process, is a native New
Yorker and mother of two Anderson School/PS334 students. Presently, Pamela
is in the production stages of “Green Is The Word”; a comprehensive,
educational film to inform and inspire New York City
school communities about how to make their schools more environmentally
sustainable.
Theseus
Roche is the Director of After-School Programs for Manhattan Youth, which
serves children from several downtown schools. A longtime downtown resident, he
recently moved his child from a local public school to a districtwide G&T
program. He has been working with children in the neighborhood for more than
ten years.
Christa
Acampora is associate professor of philosophy at Hunter
College and The Graduate Center.
She is the parent of a highly gifted child who also has learning differences.
Her child has attended both public and private schools in New
York City and abroad, and is currently enrolled at The
Lang School. She chairs the Lang board of directors, and volunteers as an
advocate for families navigating public school systems.
The
P.A.L. Workshops Series is a collaboration of Jade’s
ToyBox, NYC Private Schools
Blog, NYC Gifted & Talented Blog, TestingMom.com and the Downtown Community Center in partnership with Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies and
Education, Advocacy for Gifted
and Talented Education (AGATE),
Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy
(TECA), Rutgers Gifted Education Certificate Program and the National Association for Gifted Children
(NAGC).
For
more information contact Angelique LeDoux at 212.343.8881, or email palworkshops@me.com
Register
for the series here.
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