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Young, Gifted and Black: How an All-Boys School Uses Gifted Strategies for all Scholars May 13, 2020
Are all of the scholars at Valiant Cross Academy, which serves young men in middle and high school, truly academically and intellectually gifted? Consistent with national trends, about 10 percent of the scholars score in the top percentile on achievement and intelligence tests. Yet, the school leaders provide gifted services to ALL 150 scholars.. On […]
Adeyela Bennett
I’m Not Gifted. I’m Just Weird. May 6, 2020
The first date with Devin* was at a coffee shop, and over the next week, we decided to meet for dinner. We went to a restaurant that’s part of a large US chain. We opened the slightly unwieldy menus. “My oh my, what to order.” He used a funny, silly voice. “I think I’ll order […]
Terry Filipowicz
Urgent, Paralyzed Possibility May 6, 2020
My continuing search for information was often debilitating, mired in ambiguity and desperation to find clarity not for myself but for my students and my own children. Questions that started to plague me included some of the following: Does learning disabled mean broken? Does an affinity for aesthetic beauty and art become void when paired […]
Kris Happe, MEd
The Pretty Twin: How a Haircut Shed a Disheveled Layer and Unboxed a Level April 29, 2020
Cutting my hair was not only freeing; it was symbolic. I lopped off excess layers, shed who I tried in vain to be, and leveled up toward Me. Now comfortable in my own skin and confident in my abilities, I am somehow different from who I thought I was yet simultaneously exactly the same. I […]
Stacie Brown McCullough
Gifted, Empathic, Emotionally Intense, and Highly Sensitive April 29, 2020
Trusting my ability to read other people and their situations is something I need to accept and honor. As I look back on meaningful, traumatic, or momentous occasions where I intuited the situation or the person correctly, I should be confident in my empathic ability. If I’m honest, my empathy crosses over into the unknown, […]
Celi Trépanier
Blue Diamond April 22, 2020
I have faith that our combined internal compasses will lead us to the next blue diamond as a family. I understand and accept that we will travel over mountain passes and through storms. I also know along the way we will find spectacular sunrises and sunsets and maybe even a few perfect turns in knee […]
Autum Romano

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