My kids have been attending The Center for Gifted programs for approximately eight years and love the classes, and due to the classes being hands on and a lot of fun, the kids retain a lot of what they learn. The Center for Gifted offers a variety of classes and they are expanding what they do as the state and feds cut spending for gifted education. So in addition to offering the five Sunday classes in winter and the two week summer program in summer, the Center for Gifted is also offering after school programs and one day weekend workshops. All of the Center for Gifted classes are "hands on", focusing on creativity and critical thinking. A lot of their classes are in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Writing.
Buffalo Grove, classes begin January 26. Students attending the program come from all around including: Buffalo Grove and their surrounding suburbs, Wauconda, Mundelein, Libertyville, Lake Bluff, Highland Park, Northbrook, Arlington Heights and Wood Dale to name just a few.
Please note that students do not need to be tested or identified gifted to be eligible; just bright, motivated and eager for new challenges.
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CFG also offer free parent seminars while the students are attending class. The director of CFG Dr. Joan Smutny will be the first speaker at each lcoation, her topic is Creativity and Academic Rigor: A Challenge and an Asset to Bright, Talented Children Across the Subject Areas of Writing and Reading, Science, Math, History, the Arts and Technology.
Their website is: http://www.centerforgifted.org/
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New students will need a teacher's recommendation. Students can even walk up and register, though it is best if the do it earlier.
CFG programs are very well attended and offer students a place where it is ok to be smart, creative and different; a place where it is ok to be enthusiastic about your class and tell others how great it is. Having the freedom to explore who they are, away from peer pressure, strengthens self-confidence. Best of all, this confidence and these attitudes can carry over to their regular classes creating a more engaged student. I have seen this happen with my own.
