<div style="color:black;font: 14pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><font size="4">Of interest to those in the gifted community in southwest Ohio:</font></span></span></span><br>
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<pre style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span></span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black;">HIGH-IQ SOCIETY MENSA TO OFFER ADMISSION TEST </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span></span></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<div class="yiv5334258370MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">(Kettering, OH)</span></b><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-yiv3964147586apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> – Dayton Area Mensa, the local
chapter of the international high IQ society, will hold <span style="font-weight: bold;">an admission testing
session on Monday evening, September 30, 2019, 6–8 p.m. at</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">t the Kettering-Moraine Branch Library
at 3496 Far Hills Ave., Kettering</span>. <span class="yiv5334258370gmail-yiv3964147586apple-converted-space">Test-takers should arrive about 15-20
minutes prior to testing to complete registration. Late-arrivals cannot be
accommodated once testing has started. Each test-taker must have a photo ID and
the $60 test evaluation fee, which is charged by the national Mensa office
to cover expenses of the testing program, including purchasing the right to use
the copyrighted test. <br>
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<div class="yiv5334258370MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-yiv3964147586apple-converted-space"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The test is open to anyone age 14 and older</span>, but
parental permission to take the test is required for those ages
14-17. Applicants of any age can also use prior evidence from a wide
variety of other standardized IQ tests to qualify.</span></span></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5334258370MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-yiv3964147586apple-converted-space">Dayton Area Mensa
has members from elementary school age through early nineties. Mensa </span>members
come from many walks of life, races, faiths, ethnic backgrounds and income
levels. They include engineers, homemakers, teachers, military personnel, actors,
athletes, mechanics, students, and CEOs, and they all share one common trait —
high intelligence. The Dayton chapter has over 200 members in the greater
Dayton-Springfield-Middletown area and regularly organizes lunch and dinner
groups, games nights, movie nights, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">gifted youth activities</span></span>,
picnics and visits to various educational, cultural, and just plain fun events
around the area.</span><span></span></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv5334258370gmail-yiv3964147586msonormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">An online practice test one can take in
privacy of home or office is available at </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://www.us.mensa.org/join/mht/">https://www.us.mensa.org/join/mht/</a></span><span style="color: black;">.
While it won’t qualify one for Mensa, it’s good practice for the supervised
test. During September 2019, America Mensa is offering the practice test for
$8.99, a 50% savings over the normal charge of $18. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black;">For
additional information or to pre-register for the supervised test, please
contact <a rel="noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:testing@dayton.us.mensa.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:testing@dayton.us.mensa.org">testing@dayton.us.mensa.org</a> or call 937-546-7885. Preregistration is
encouraged. Walk-ins will be accepted until testing supplies run out. Also see Dayton
Area Mensa’s website at </span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.dayton.us.mensa.org"><span style="font-size:11pt;">www.dayton.us.mensa.org</span></a></span><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black;text-decoration:none;">,</span></span><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> the U.S. national site
at</span></span><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black;"> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.us.mensa.org"><span style="font-size:11pt;">www.us.mensa.org</span></a></span><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></span><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></span><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">and the international site
at </span></span><span class="yiv5334258370gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.mensa.org">www.mensa.org</a>.</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span></span></span></span></font></div>
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