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Shoreline Hi Cap Parent AssociationPursuing excellence in the educational journey of our advanced learners
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Community Events:
How to be a Powerful Advocate for Your Gifted Student
Presented by Marcia Holland
*** This is a free event and all families are welcome***
Date: Monday, September 30, 2019
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Meridian Park Elementary 17077 Meridian Avenue North, WA 98133
Gifted students have complex needs and being labeled "gifted" doesn't mean school is easy for them. In this meeting, sharpen your set of "tools" to better advocate for your child with the teacher, principal, school and district. Such as:
* The steps of effective advocacy
* Barriers that need to be overcome to be persuasive
* What it is about Highly Capable kids that leads to the need for accommodation
* The legal basis that supports advocacy for Highly Capable students
* Specific tactics that advocates can request
* What to say to your own children about giftedness so they can also be advocates
We welcome all interested families to attend this free speaker event! Register at Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/y5fnsx5p
About Ms. Holland – Marcia Holland has been involved in supporting excellence in education for children since her sons were students in the Renton School District in the 1970s and 1980s. Marcia has served on the board of the Northwest Gifted Child Association on and off over the last 30 years. Her focus has always been educating others – parents, educators, administrators and legislators – about the unique learning needs of children who learn at markedly faster and more complex rates than their chronological peers. Having been an unserved gifted child herself, she remembers the sense of frustration, isolation and “marching in place” of her K-12 experience.
* The steps of effective advocacy
* Barriers that need to be overcome to be persuasive
* What it is about Highly Capable kids that leads to the need for accommodation
* The legal basis that supports advocacy for Highly Capable students
* Specific tactics that advocates can request
* What to say to your own children about giftedness so they can also be advocates
We welcome all interested families to attend this free speaker event! Register at Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/y5fnsx5p
About Ms. Holland – Marcia Holland has been involved in supporting excellence in education for children since her sons were students in the Renton School District in the 1970s and 1980s. Marcia has served on the board of the Northwest Gifted Child Association on and off over the last 30 years. Her focus has always been educating others – parents, educators, administrators and legislators – about the unique learning needs of children who learn at markedly faster and more complex rates than their chronological peers. Having been an unserved gifted child herself, she remembers the sense of frustration, isolation and “marching in place” of her K-12 experience.
Next Community Meeting (all are welcome)
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Shoreline Library Main meeting room (345 NE 175th St, Shoreline, WA 98155)
We will be hearing from school board candidates for the first 3o minutes of our meeting.
If you are unable to attend this meeting but would like to ask a question, simply add your question here and we will present it:
https://tinyurl.com/y2vwfylv
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Shoreline Library Main meeting room (345 NE 175th St, Shoreline, WA 98155)
We will be hearing from school board candidates for the first 3o minutes of our meeting.
If you are unable to attend this meeting but would like to ask a question, simply add your question here and we will present it:
https://tinyurl.com/y2vwfylv
SAVE THE DATE!
Our first film screening of "2e2: Teaching the Twice Exceptional"
December 3, 2019 6:30-8:30 Shoreline Auditiorium
Together with the Shoreline Special Needs PTSA we will present this movie to our community. Details to follow!
Click here to see a preview of this movie or read about it from this website.
Our first film screening of "2e2: Teaching the Twice Exceptional"
December 3, 2019 6:30-8:30 Shoreline Auditiorium
Together with the Shoreline Special Needs PTSA we will present this movie to our community. Details to follow!
Click here to see a preview of this movie or read about it from this website.
Parent Survey Results (June 2019)
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Your voices matter! Thank you to the Shoreline parents and community members who participated in our second annual survey. You have helped us to fine tune our objectives and focus as a parent group. The top three priorities are: 1) expand Hi Cap advocacy at district and/or state level, 2) provide parent education events, and 3) recommend gifted resources for parents. |
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Legislative Corner SB 5354 was introduced in the 2019 legislative session which sought to improve Highly Capable services statewide! The current status of the bill is here. We will attend Gifted Ed Day in Olympia again in 2020. Stay tuned for the January date. See our "Advocacy" page for past work we've done! |
Become a parent representative! Help our organization grow with your talents and skills. Learn more! |
•Why should we advocate for gifted education?The Washington State Constitution states: “It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders.”
•Why are gifted programs needed?
Gifted and talented students and those with high abilities need gifted education programs that will challenge them in regular classroom settings and enrichment and accelerated programs to enable them to make continuous progress in school. |
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