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Secondary Gifted Program Radford City Schools Please visit our Web page at: Lisa Swope, coordinator 540 731-3649, ext. 6619 Students may see Mrs. Swope at Dalton first period (104) and sixth period (108). She is at Radford High School periods 2-5, and after school. Beginning this fall, the Gifted Newsletter will be published online only. It can be accessed through the secondary gifted program Web page : Applications to SWVGS are available after December 3 and are due to Mrs. Swope by February 1. Please give your references (one science teacher, one math teacher, and one academic teacher from any academic subject area) at least one week complete your reference form. The application includes information regarding how students are selected, and this information is available online at the gifted website. Notification of applicant status will be mailed by the end of March. Barter Players will present The Scarlet Letter forupperclassmen English classes and the drama class at Radford High School on Feb. 12 (thanks in part to grant funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts)!Congratulations to the ten students who participated in the National Geographic Bee at Dalton on January 13! Andrew Mah was named School Champion; Katherine Owens was first runner-up. The AMC 12 will be administered at RHS on February 9 (.now rescheduled the first full day back in school after February 9) Letters have been mailed to the ten students who will represent our high school in this event. These students were identified by our calculus and pre-calculus teachers. The American Mathematics Competition 8 has recognized the following Dalton seventh and eighth graders for outstanding performance in the AMC 8: 7th--Laura Puckett (gold), Daniel Whitley (silver), and Evan Coulson (bronze) 8th--Randolph Colby (gold), Dante Piro and Matt Levison (silver), and Kyle Bishop and Jacob Judy (bronze) Randolph also scored in the top 5% of all scores nationally and qualified for the AMC 8 National Honor Roll. Seniors interested in the 2010 National Youth Science Camp should see Mrs. Swope. UVA will once again hold a Summer Enrichment Program on the grounds during the summer of 2010. Students may apply online: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/sep. This is a tuititon-based program, but some finanical aid is available (see enrichment program website) both through UVA and the Virginia Association for the Gifted (http://www.vagifted.org). Go to http://www.artandwriting.org/enter.htm after October 1 for information about the 2010 Scholastic Magazine art and writing awards (Congratulations to Mrs. Bryant's students who won regional awards for their artwork!!!) The local gifted advisory committee will meet at the School Board Office on Wadsworth Street at 4:00 p.m. on February 10 (RESCHEUDLED TO MARCH 3)and April 14. The meetings are open to the public. Are you a high school student who plans to earn an Advanced Diploma (with Governor's Seal)? Are you committed to earning fifteen hours of college credit while in high school? Will you keep a GPA of 3.0 or higher? See guidance to sign up as an Early College Scholar. Virtual Virginia AP class tuition and exam fees are waived for Early College Scholars! Please visit our Web page at: http://www.rcps.org/dis/gifted/gifted.htm for information about referring students for gifted services.
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