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November 2017</em></font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="georgia"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4487/4/">What's New in Gifted Education</a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4488/5/">Davidson News</a> | <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4489/6/">Legislative & Policy News</a><br>
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<strong>The 2018-2019 application for the Davidson Academy's Online High School is now available! </strong>We are <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3784/10/">hosting a live, online open house</a> Mon., Dec. 4 for anyone who is interested in learning more about the Online High School.<strong> </strong>See the “Davidson News” section below for more details. </td>
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<h3>2017 Davidson Fellows Award Ceremony in Wash., D.C.</h3>
On Sept. 27, 20 young people were honored at the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3787/11/">Davidson Fellows</a>
award ceremony for their work in science, technology, engineering,
literature, music and the category of Outside the Box. Davidson
Institute for Talent Development founder Bob Davidson presented the
awards at the 17th annual ceremony held at the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Indian. In recognition of their remarkable
achievements, each of the
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4296/12/">2017 Davidson Fellows</a> received a $50,000, $25,000 or $10,000 scholarship.<br>
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<strong>2018 Davidson Fellows Scholarship Application</strong><br>
The 2018
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3787/13/">Davidson Fellows
Scholarship</a> application is now
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3866/14/">available online</a>.
Young people 18 and younger have the opportunity to earn a $50,000,
$25,000 or $10,000 scholarship in recognition of a significant piece of
work in the categories of science, technology, engineering, mathematics,
music, literature and philosophy, or a project that represents outside
the box thinking. The application deadline is Wed., Feb.
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<h3>Challenging Summer Options</h3>
Application season has begun for
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<strong>Epsilon Camp</strong></a>,
a
two-week
summer
residential
camp
serving
promising
young
mathematicians
and
their
families
through
an
intensive
student
program
and
parent
workshop.
The
mission
of
Epsilon
is to
connect
precocious
children
(7-11)
to
professional
mathematics
and
build a
supportive
community
with
peers
and
families.
Epsilon
Camp
2018
will be
held
from
July
15-29, 2018.
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<strong>MathPath</strong></a>, a four-week summer
residential camp whose mission is to inspire and advance the most
mathematically gifted middle school age students (11-14).
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Epsilon and MathPath, both founded by Dr. George R.
Thomas, are independently run and differently organized enrichment camps
where students advance in a non-competitive atmosphere.
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<h3>Broadcom MASTERS -
Focus on
STEM
Creativity</h3>
The Broadcom
Foundation
and
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3140/17/">Society
for Science
& the Public
(SSP)</a>
recently
announced
the
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4460/18/">2017
Broadcom
MASTERS STEM
competition
winners</a>.
Winners
include:
Faris Irwin Wald of New Mexico, who
was awarded
the top
prize for
his project
on the sun’s power to influence weather,
and Emily
Tianshi of
San Diego,
Calif., for
examining
the effects
that
droughts
have on our population as well as the environment.
Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4461/19/">ScienceNews</a></td>
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<h3>Davidson
Academy -
December
Events &
Applications</h3>
<strong><em>
Dec. 4 Live,
Online Open
House -
Register
Today!<br>
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</strong>The
Davidson
Academy is
hosting a
live, online
open house
on Mon.,
Dec. 4 at 4
p.m. Pacific/7
p.m. Eastern
for families
who
want to
learn more
about the
Online High
School
option.<em><strong> </strong>
</em>Mark
your
calendar and
complete the
registration
form on
the
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3957/20/">
Online High School</a>
page.<em><strong><br>
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Dec. 8
On-Site
Tour - RSVP
Required</strong></em><br>
The Davidson Academy's
last tour of
the season
for
prospective
students and
their
parents will
be held
Fri., Dec. 8
from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. At these tours, Academy students, parents, faculty and staff
answer
questions
and offer
information
about the
school. RSVP
(required)
on the
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3784/21/">
Tours</a>
page.<br>
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<strong>
Academy
Applications
Open for
2018-2019,
Reno and
Online
Campuses</strong><br>
The
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/473/22/">Davidson Academy</a>
offers two
educational
options
specifically
designed to
meet the
needs of
profoundly
gifted
students –
an online
campus for
those living
anywhere in
the U.S. and
a Reno
campus for
local
residents.
Academy
classes are
grouped by
ability
rather than
by age.<br>
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The<strong>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3957/23/">Online High
School</a></strong>
starts with
eighth-grade
courses and
the
2018-2019
application
is now open.
Visit the
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3950/24/">
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School's Qualification Criteria</a>
and
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3951/25/">
How to Apply</a>
pages for
more
information.
The deadline
to apply is
<strong>Feb. 28,
2018</strong>. The
Academy is
offering
2018-2019
merit
scholarships
up to $3,500
and a
voucher for
Online High
School
applicants
who live
outside
Nevada to
cover the
FAST fee.
FAST is the
program that
computes
applicants'
personalized
tuition
amounts.
Complete
your
application
by Fri.,
Dec. 15 to
qualify for
the voucher.
For details,
visit the<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4373/26/">
Online High
School
Tuition</a>
page. If you
have any
questions,
please email
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:online@davidsonacademy.unr.edu">online@davidsonacademy.unr.edu</a>.
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The <strong>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/473/27/">Reno Day School</a>
</strong>is<strong>
</strong>a middle and high school,
located on
the
University
of Nevada,
Reno campus, for profoundly gifted students
who are
local
residents. The 2018-2019 application for the Academy’s Reno campus is open and the deadline to apply is
<strong>Jan. 15, 2018</strong>. For details, visit the<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3740/28/"> Reno school’s How to Apply page</a>. If you have any questions, please email
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:applications@davidsonacademy.unr.edu">applications@davidsonacademy.unr.edu</a>.<br>
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<font color="ff0000"><strong>Breaking News:</strong></font> Davidson Academy student
<strong>Oliver Leitner</strong>,
a violinist, will appear on
<em>From the Top</em>, the hit NPR radio program featuring America’s best young classical musicians, the week of Nov.
27.
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4493/29/">
View his <em>
From the Top</em> page</a>.</td>
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<h3>Davidson Young Scholars</h3>
The
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program provides FREE services designed to nurture and support
profoundly gifted young people and their families, including talent
development, educational advocacy, an online community
and the
Ambassadors
program. Young Scholars can also access annual
get-togethers,
a summer
camp for 8
to 12 year
olds and accredited, online
middle
school
courses. Applications are due the first of each month.
For more information, see the
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3850/31/">How to Apply</a> and
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3851/32/">Qualification Criteria</a> pages.
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<h3>Javits Program to Provide Funding for Gifted Research</h3>
Led by Univerity of
Connecticut educational psychology professors, two
research projects have recently been awarded a total of nearly $5
million in federal funding, made available through the
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4462/33/">Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act
(Javits)</a>.<br>
<br>
<strong>Project LIFT</strong> is focused on students
with high academic potential, particularly those from underserved
populations.
The research team will promote teachers’ understanding
of the behaviors that may indicate high potential in students
and help
offer students opportunities to demonstrate their
potential.<br>
<br>
<strong>Thinking Like Mathematicians: Challenging All Grade 3 Students</strong>
emphasizes the importance of supporting
gifted students from underrepresented groups.
The project focuses on providing challenging curriculum in academically and culturally diverse schools
and experiments with developmental identification strategies.<br>
<br>
Sources:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4463/34/">
UConn Today</a>,
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4419/35/">
The Daily
Campus</a><br>
See
below for
additional
2017 Javits
program
funding
projects in
various
states.
For the full
list,
visit the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4464/36/">Javits
Awards page</a>.
<br>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3801/37/">
<strong>CALIFORNIA</strong></a> – California Lutheran University will receive
a $125,348 federal
grant
as part of the Javits
Act, to support underrepresented students at the K-12 and post-baccalaureate levels. Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4465/38/">Ventura County Star</a>
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<strong>FLORIDA</strong></a> – The Pinellas County
school district is providing $45,000 to screen all second-graders in
every school for gifted education programs. Previously, placement into a
gifted program would rely on a teacher's recommendation or a parent's
initiative. Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4430/40/">Tampa Bay Times</a>
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<br>
The Orange County school district will open a magnet school for gifted elementary students in grades
2 to 5 in fall 2018. The school will be open to children from across the county. Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4430/41/">Orlando Sentinel</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4466/42/">
<strong>HAWAII</strong></a> – The University of
Hawaii will receive
a $2.5 million
federal
grant as part of the Javits program, to increase the
number of underrepresented students identified as “mathematically
promising.” Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4467/43/">University of Hawaii</a><br>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3807/44/">
<strong>MARYLAND</strong></a> – To increase the
number of underrepresented students gaining access to gifted education
programs, the State Department of Education will receive
a $1.6 million federal
grant as part of the Javits program. Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4468/45/">Maryland State Department of Education</a>
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<strong>OKLAHOMA</strong></a> – The State Department
of Education will receive
a $2.3 million federal
grant as part of the Javits program, to identify,
serve and support gifted and talented students with disabilities and
those from underrepresented populations. Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4470/47/">The Ada News</a>
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<strong>WASHINGTON</strong></a>
– Under a new state law, each school district in the
state must submit a detailed plan to the Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction on how they will make it a priority to find
low-income students who may be academically gifted but overlooked for
accelerated classes. Source:
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4359/49/">Seattle Times</a><br>
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<strong>Davidson Gifted
Database</strong></a> features articles, resources and
state policies to help students, parents and educators pinpoint gifted
information. <strong>
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Articles</strong><br>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4471/51/">Paving the Path to Meaningful Engagement for High-Potential Children</a> covers the concept of giving a younger student a test that was developed for older students.<br>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4472/52/">Private vs. School Evaluations: Pros and Cons</a> considers the benefits of both private evaluations and school evaluations.<br>
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In
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Samuel Kohlenberg, LPC, discusses his observations and experiences with
profoundly gifted students and young adults. This article includes a
few things he would like to tell them (as well as the people in their
lives).<br>
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<strong>Resources</strong><br>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4474/54/">Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing “Never Good Enough”</a>
is a guide that explains myths about perfectionism and provides a new
paradigm with practical steps to turn the negative into positive, build
resilience and develop optimism.<br>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4475/55/">The Purpose Challenge</a>
is a free online toolkit aimed at high school students in the process
of applying to college. They also offer a college essay contest for a
chance to win money for college.<br>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4476/56/">Your Passport to Gifted Education</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4477/57/">30 Under 30 2018: The Teenagers</a>
<font size="2">(Forbes)</font></li><li>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4457/58/">The longest-running study of genius kids reveals what it takes to be highly successful</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4458/59/">How being poor and gifted is like skiing in Trinidad</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4478/60/">Speaking from experience: A radically accelerated gifted student</a>
<font size="2">(The
High
Flyer)</font></li><li>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4479/61/">What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4480/62/">Having A ‘Gifted’ Kid Is More Complicated Than It Seems</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="about:blank">Daydreaming is good: It means you're smart</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4481/65/">Do ‘good’ parents prep their kids for gifted exams?</a>
<font size="2">(Chalkbeat)</font></li><li>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4495/68/">Bright vs. gifted: An unnecessary distinction</a>
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<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4484/69/">Ten Websites for Gifted Kids</a>
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Irene Vazquez,
2017 Davidson Fellow
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Reaching Across Distances to Break Down Barriers</font></h3>
<em>Irene Vazquez of
Houston
was awarded
$25,000 for
her
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/3787/71/">Davidson Fellows</a> project, "<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4485/72/">Ebb and Flow: Translating Lives and Transition</a>."
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<font color="#2071d3"><strong>What kind of impact can your Fellows project, “Ebb and Flow: Translating Lives and Transition” have on society?
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In today’s America, we cannot afford to live a life
untranslated. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and
saturated with different perspectives. No longer can we sit in our
separate neighborhoods, schools, and churches and say that we tolerate
each other; if we are to thrive, we must take active steps to understand
one another.
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My project is a writing portfolio centered around the
theme of translation. My work implores people to reach across distances,
break down barriers of any kind — temporal, geographic, linguistic.
Translation does not just apply to language; every time we explain a
scientific concept, write something down, try to explain vast
abstractions like love and grief, we are translating. In order to
appreciate our stories, we must look at them like a foreigner would,
strange, delicate, and full of possibility. Taking each word into our
hands. Feeling its weight. Molding it, shaping it, until something
beautiful and new is born.
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<font color="#2071d3"><strong>What are some of your short-term and long-term plans? </strong></font>
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I’m wrapping up my first semester at Yale University, where
I’m a prospective Ethnicity, Race, and Migration major. I’d like to
pursue the interdisciplinary study that the major provides, continuing
to interrogate the intersections of ethnography and literature that
characterized my portfolio. I’m involved in the literary scene here at
Yale, where I’m a part of WORD: Spoken Word at Yale, the Yale Literary
Magazine, and Broad Recognition, Yale’s feminist publication.
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During my time at Yale, I would like to finish my first full-length collection of poetry, tentatively titled
<em>Ex-Votos</em>. This collection will explore iconography in the Mexican cultural imaginary and how it appears in everyday life.
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After Yale, I would like to continue to write or pursue a career in politics or grassroots organizing.
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<font color="#2071d3"><strong>Please describe your academic setting and some positive experiences with mentors.
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This semester at Yale, I’ve been splitting my courses between
fulfilling distributional requirements and pursuing courses within my
prospective areas of study. In the Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
Department, I’ve been taking a class called “Race, Empire, and Atlantic
Modernities” which is co-taught by Professor Anne Eller (in the history
department) and ER&M Director of Undergraduate Study Dixa Ramirez.
In that class, we take an interdisciplinary look at the Caribbean and
its role in the creation of modern structures. I’ve learned so much from
my two professors about the work that they’re doing in furthering the
field of Caribbean studies.
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I’m also taking a class called “Composing and
Performing the One-Person Play” with Professor Hal Brooks. Professor
Brooks has directed many one-person plays in the American theatre scene
including “No Child” and “Thom Pain.” I’ve learned a great deal about
the different ways that the one-person play can be created and the role
it plays in the expansion of our notions of the theatre.
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<em>“Radical
acceleration . . . will reintroduce you to a learning environment where
you have a higher likelihood of learning, you’ll meet people from all
different backgrounds and get a chance to improve your maturity by
interacting with adults and professionals, and you might actually earn
something more valuable than a high school diploma along the way.”
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-- Noel Jett, in </em>The High Flyer<em> op-ed, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://ditdlyris.davdgrp.com/t/806065/53568/4478/73/">Speaking from experience: A radically accelerated gifted student</a>
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