• September 8--Last day to withdraw from Virtual Virginia without incurring fee
• September 14--Local gifted advisory committee meeting (4:00 p.m. at the School Board Office on Wadsworth Street)
• September 27--Bring signed permission slip and $10 to first meeting of the Brown Bag Book Club (will meet every Tuesday until our play)
• Early October--Counselors visit English classes for PSAT registration (SWVGS applicants must take the PSAT)
• Mid-October--Teachers distribute DEPs
• Early November--Summer Residential Governor's School information distributed
  
• November 2--8th grade Readi-Step Testing
• November 4--deadline for junior applications to the Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars program
• November 9--local gifted advisory committee meets at 4 p.m. (School Board Office--open to the public)
  
• November 10--Critical Thinking Invention Fair
  
• November 15--AMC 8 mathematics competition (7/8)
• November 16--Brown Bag Book Club enrichment trip to see play
• November 17--Rotation to second trimester Critical Thinking
  
• November 29--5pm Parent/Student meeting for sophomores interested in applying to SWVGS (RHS library)
• December 5--Summer Residential Governor's School applications due (mentorships and academic academies)
  
• December/early January--First semester identification complete
• January 11--Local Gifted Advisory Committee meeting
  
• January 18--Second Semester permission slips for Brown Bag Book Club due
• January 24-February 28 (Tuesdays)--Brown Bag Book Club (Brave New World)
• February 1--Student tour of SWVGS (must have turned in signed permission slip--forms available on the office counter after the Holidays)
• February 7--AMC 12 mathematics competition (RHS)
• February 16--Invention Fair
  
• February 28--SWVGS application/intent form/NRCC forms DUE
• March 1--Stanford Ten testing of all SWVGS applicants (be in the RHS computer lab at the beginning of 2nd period)
  
• March 7--Local Gifted Advisory Committee meeting
• March 20--AP registration fees are DUE (pay Mrs. Phillips in Guidance $79 per exam)
  
• March 27--Visit by Scott Asbury (NASA Project Manager and RHS graduate) in first period Critical Thinking, second and third Honors Chemistry, and fifth AP Chemistry/Dual Enrollment Geology
• April--5th and 8th grade visits to SWVGS
• April 24 (third period) or April 26 (sixth period) students taking AP exams must attend ONE of these pre-administration sessions
  
• May 7-17--AP Testing (only for AP courses which are currently taught to RHS students) Arrive by 7:30 for morning exams and 12:20 for afternoon exams--afternoon exams may last until 4:30.

2011-12 Meeting Schedule of Gifted Advisory Committee
4:00 pm at the School Board Office on Wadsworth Street
Meetings are Open to the Public

September 14
November 9
January 11
March 7
May 2