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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>What a wonderful idea. . . I’ve always thought in the back of my mind of having some type of summer program or camp for our gifted students. Many tend to get bored, especially after they have vacationed, if they do. Sending interesting tid-bits or opportunities keeps them in the loop. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://www.pjstar.com/news/x853691995/Washington-Gifted-opens-doors-to-fifth-graders-for-sneak-peek#thecomments">IL school jump-starts students' knowledge of gifted program</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Chip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edward A. Hawks, III, M.Ed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=5 width=506 style='width:271.9pt' noshade style='color:black' align=left></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gifted Intervention Specialist <b>/</b> Exceptional Student Education</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kent City School District<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><hr size=5 width=507 style='width:272.4pt' noshade style='color:red' align=left></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ultimately, connect us.” –Robert Redford, President & Founder,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sundance Institute </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>