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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>OAGC March News Flash: Fall Conference Proposal Deadline and Advocacy News
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Fall Conference
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">OAGC is seeking great small sessions for the fall conference If you have an idea for a session, please download the call for proposal at
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oagc.com/fallconference.asp</a> . The deadline to submit proposals is March 31st. If you need more time to submit a proposal, please contact Ann Sheldon at
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:anngift@aol.com?subject=Fall%20conference%20proposal%20extension%20">
anngift@aol.com</a> . </span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Summer Professional Development
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Based on feedback from a survey of the field, OAGC may be offering some summer professional development opportunities. Stay tuned for more information
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Advocacy</strong></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>OAGC Testifies to House Finance Primary and Secondary Education Subcommittee
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">OAGC provided testimony to the House Education Primary and Secondary Subcommittee this week. To download testimony, please go to
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Updates on ESSA/Gifted Operating Standards</strong></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">This week brings new developments to the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) state plan as well as the gifted operating standads. For more information,
please go to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=111111&c=324052&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oagc.com%2FadvocacyAlerts.asp">
www.oagc.com/advocacyalerts.asp</a> .</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><strong>S<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">cholarships
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">OAGC offers several student scholarships. The deadline for college scholarships is April 15th. To get more information, please go to
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>OAGC Review Articles Needed
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">OAGC is looking for a few good articles for the Fall Review. Please email any articles to
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anngift@aol.com </a> by June 15th.</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Donate to OAGC
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">As you begin to make your year-end charitable contributions, please remember that OAGC is the only organization in Ohio advocating on the behalf
of gifted children. We hope that you will consider a donation to OAGC by going to the following link
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http://www.oagc.com/donate.asp</a>. </span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Amazon Smile
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Did you know you could assist OAGC merely by ordering your Amazon goods? It's simple. Just by making the following portal
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=111111&c=324052&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fsmile.amazon.com%2Fch%2F23-7442288">
http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7442288<em> </em></a>your default for Amazon orders, Amazon will donate a small percentage to OAGC.
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>OAGC Membership News</strong></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Due to the discontinuation of several gifted magazines, OAGC is no longer able to offer reduced prices on these materials as a membership benefit.
The OAGC membership committee is finalizing a new membership benefits opportunity. If you have any questions about your OAGC membership, please , please contact
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:sktarbutton@sbcglobal.net%20?subject=membership%20">
Kay Tarbutton </a>. </span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Social Media Connections</strong></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Do you Tweet? Follow the OAGC Advocacy Updates by following oagcgifted at
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www.twitter.com/oagcgifted</a> .</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Are you on Facebook? Become a fan of OAGC by clicking on
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#ohiogtchat</a>, the OAGC Teacher Division chat, on Twitter bi-monthly on Sundays at 9pm. For a complete schedule and a blog see the chat's website at: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=&msgid=0&act=111111&c=324052&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fohiogtchat.weebly.com%2F">http://ohiogtchat.weebly.com/</a></span></span></div>
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