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<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>OAGC Back-to-School News Flash -- Fall Conference, HQPD, Awards
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">OAGC is putting the finishing touches on the OAGC fall conference which is scheduled for October 15 - 17, 2017. Our keynoters will be Dr.
James Webb and Ian Byrd. Along with these amazing keynoters, we will have many excellent small sessions. To register or make hotel reservations, please go to <a href="http://oagc.com/fallconference.asp" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 16, 16);" target="_blank">oagc.com/fallconference.asp</a>.
Please note that the discounted hotel rate expires September 22nd, but the room block fills up quickly. Do not wait to book your hotel room. Information on keynoters, small sessions, parent day, awards, Sunday functions, and more are all posted at the above
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">As the gifted operating standards are now in effect, OAGC has been working hard to assist districts in implementing the new classroom teacher
gifted HQPD requirement. As part of our on-going effort to ensure that Ohio's classroom teachers receive Ohio specific and relevant professional development, OAGC is proud to announce our new partneship with GTIGNITE. For more information on this partnership
along with with several tools and documents that will help you plan, provide, and track gifted HQPD, please go to
<a href="http://oagc.com/hqpd.asp" target="_blank">oagc.com/hqpd.asp</a> . Please note that all of our Fall conference sessions indicate how they align to ODE and OAGC professional development standards.</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;">Both the Ohio General Assembly and the State Board of Education are in summer recess but will be getting back to business in September. For
a recap of all advocacy news, please read the latest Advocacy corner at <a href="http://oagc.com/advocacycorner.asp" target="_blank">
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<div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Do you know an educator, parent or district doing great things for gifted students in Ohio? Please consider nominating them for an OAGC award. You can download information
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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 Winter Review. To ask for an extension, or to submit articles, please email
<a href="mailto:anngift@aol.com" target="_blank">anngift@aol.com</a> by November 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;">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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<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
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<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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<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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