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Upcoming Events

Join us in-person or online for upcoming advocacy meetings, meet-ups, conferences, and more!

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Apr
17

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465

Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
May
15

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465

Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465

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A Peek Inside Undergraduate Programs in Computer Science
Jun
6

A Peek Inside Undergraduate Programs in Computer Science

Computer science offerings are rapidly changing to meet professor research interests and student demands. In this webinar, I'll go over some of the recent changes and additions to programs at colleges like Cornell, Harvard, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon and I will provide advice for aspiring computer science applicants.

The webinar will be held live on Thursday, June 6 at 7:00 PM EST via zoom. All registrants will receive a recording.

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqdu6tpjgrGNSaCgFg0xrepqO2LMv0d4G5

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IDEAL4Summer Enrichment
Jun
10
to Jun 21

IDEAL4Summer Enrichment

Are you looking for fun summer activities for your child aged 5-14? Look no further than IDEAL4Gifted’s Super Summer Enrichment Program! June 10-14 and June 17 - 21, your child can participate in daily live programming guided by the IDEAL4Gifted team. It’s fun from anywhere at IDEAL4Summer Enrichment. With classes scheduled at 9:00-11:30, 12:00-2:30, and 3:30-6:00 (Eastern time) children from all over the U.S. can take part. The 3:30 to 6:00 classes can also be after-school enrichment for kiddos who might still be in school in June!

Perfect for busy parents who want to keep their children engaged during the summer break. Exciting challenges and shorter time commitments, make it easier to fit into your schedule. Outdoor camps are great but your child probably craves some mental exercise too with adventures, challenges, and projects like "Egypt and You," "Codes and Ciphers," "Dragons and Mythical Creatures," "Build Your Business," "Solar Mechanical Robots," and 13 more choices.

It is an excellent way for your child to learn, play, and socialize with other campers who have similar interests. It also saves time and money while offering your child a fun, safe, and enriching environment.

Take advantage of this opportunity to give your child an unforgettable summer experience. Registration is NOW live. Reserve your child’s spot today! https://form.jotform.com/240524959637164 Space is very limited. (Max. class size is 9)

Find out more at https://ideal4gifted.org/summer-enrichment-2024/

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Jun
19

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465

Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Jul
17

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465

Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465

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KITE Summer Program
Jul
29
to Aug 2

KITE Summer Program

An exceptional experience for a gifted/accelerated learner, the unique KITE Summer Program offers challenge as well as opportunities to meet and work with academic peers. Activities are hands-on and project-based and focus on critical and creative thinking, collaboration and conversation.

Visit us at kaleidoscopekids.com
Contact the office via email or phone (978) 494-3978

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Mar
20

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465

Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Feb
28

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465
Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465

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MAGE Games Day!!
Feb
11

MAGE Games Day!!

Join us at KaiPod, Newton for a fun day filled with games for all ages!

Kids can play games while parents can chat. Members of the MAGE board will be available to answer questions about this wonderful community.

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Gift-a-Palooza
Feb
1
to Feb 4

Gift-a-Palooza

This 4-day celebration by Gifted & Thriving is dedicated to helping individuals and families in our Gifted and Multi-Exceptional community move from a place of surviving to thriving – by coming together to share and explore our unique experiences, challenges and joys. Come watch MAGE co-Presidents Karen and Michelle speak at 2:45pm on Saturday February 3rd!!!

www.giftedandthriving.com

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Neurodivergent & Strong: Developing Our Superpowers
Jan
24

Neurodivergent & Strong: Developing Our Superpowers

Register Here

As legendary psychologist, Dr. Joseph Renzulli, once said, “No one cares about Einstein’s ability to paint, or Picasso’s ability to complex math.” Why, then, are we obsessed with focusing on what we can’t do well and doing it better? Superheroes don’t spend their whole lives focusing on their struggles. If they did they probably wouldn’t be super! They’re super because of the way they use their powers to make the world a better place!

The sad reality is that much of society prescribes to the medical model: a deficit-based way of thinking that focuses on isolating our weaknesses and developing them.

There is a better way…The strength-based, talent development model is the answer and it’s changing everything in the field of neurodiversity, psychology, and beyond!

Don’t miss this talk where we will explore how we can empower our kiddos to identify their superpowers and wield them in leading strength-based lives!

Speaker Bio:

Mr. Sam, MEd, is a growth-minded, two-time Fulbright Scholar and Director of Young Scholars Academy, a strength-based, talent-focused virtual enrichment center that supports twice-exceptional, neurodivergent, and gifted students and their families.

Mr. Sam is a neurodivergent educator who has ADHD. As an ADHD learner, he has a tremendous understanding of, experience in, and respect for all things related to neurodiverse education.

Before founding Young Scholars Academy, Mr. Sam taught in a variety of capacities—including nearly a decade at Bridges Academy—at an array of programs in the US, Europe, and Asia. Travel and culture are near and dear to him. He has led 2e students to over 7 countries for immersive cultural and educational trips.

Mr. Sam has been featured in the documentary 2e2: Teaching The Twice Exceptional, the textbook Understanding The Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students, 2nd Ed., Variations Magazine, over 20 podcasts, 10 seminars, 2e News, and other publications.

Register Here

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Jan
17

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465

Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Dec
20

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84222380374?pwd=QTJrSDFkbE0vYlo4YkRmL1lSRlBndz09

Meeting ID: 842 2238 0374
Passcode: 448616

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Nov
20

Thankful Side of 2E Free Webinar

So often with twice exceptional (2e) children, the adults around them (and the child too!) focus on their deficits and the associated struggles. But all of these have strengths to their profiles too. For example, a strength of dyslexia is that of visualization and three-dimensional thinking (which is very useful for architecture and engineering or designing). Sequential, fact-based, and right or wrong thinking of many ASD students serves as their superpower. Companies seek out folks with this profile because they can do excellent work with linear concepts like programming. The ADHD child can hyperfocus on their area of passion to get things done.
We need to define these students as gifted individuals - because of their strength areas - who happen to need some scaffolding, and not define them by their need for scaffolding. What if we helped our 2E students see the great strengths of their profiles, supporting the mindset shift from woeful to thankful, improving self-concept through awareness of their weaknesses AND strengths?
Explore the strength-based lens of twice exceptionality with Dr. MaryGrace Stewart, president emeritus of MAGE and founder of Ideal4Gifted, during November's MAGE Webinar.
Register Here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApf-qtrToqHte-EnWDZFSd9kt-poI5m-9g
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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Nov
15

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84222380374?pwd=QTJrSDFkbE0vYlo4YkRmL1lSRlBndz09

Meeting ID: 842 2238 0374
Passcode: 448616

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Oct
18

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84222380374?pwd=QTJrSDFkbE0vYlo4YkRmL1lSRlBndz09

Meeting ID: 842 2238 0374
Passcode: 448616

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MAGE Annual Conference at Harvard Graduate School of Education
Oct
15

MAGE Annual Conference at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Please join us for our annual conference in partnership with Harvard Alumni for Education. Come listen to our keynote by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Jeff Riley and talks by specialists on Gifted and 2E Education in our diverse world. We are so pleased to be able to gather the community again in person after 4 years.

See you there!

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Social Thinking Boston
Oct
12
to Oct 13

Social Thinking Boston

Join expert speakers Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC-SLP and Dr. Pamela Crooke, PhD, CCC-SLP in beautiful Greater Boston for two days of in-person learning! Earn a Certificate of Completion and 11 hours of CE credit, for eligible professionals.

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"But, I'm not you!"
Sep
25

"But, I'm not you!"

A perspective in understanding your family’s hardwiring

September 25th, 2023

6:30 – 8:30pm

Fusion Academy Hingham

In this fun, interactive workshop parents and young adults will be able to identify their unique personality styles and that of those around them to maximize strengths and increase positive communication.

What participants can expect:

  1.  A fun and humorous experience that widens our understanding of ourselves and our loved ones.

  2. Participant personality typing and interpretation to develop a fundamental understanding of preferred communication styles.

  3. Break out group activities aimed at understanding our unique hard wiring.

  4. A brief understanding of Jungian theory of archetypes and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Sep
20

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Recurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84222380374?pwd=QTJrSDFkbE0vYlo4YkRmL1lSRlBndz09

Meeting ID: 842 2238 0374
Passcode: 448616

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Fusion Academy: Transition to College - Expert Panel Q&A
Sep
20

Fusion Academy: Transition to College - Expert Panel Q&A

Fusion Academy Hingham

Invites You to Attend our

Transition to College – Expert Panel Q&A

The transition from high school to college marks an important milestone along the path from adolescence to adulthood but is also known to be a difficult adjustment for most students.
Through this event Fusion Academy aims to support parents with navigating the steps in the transition to college process, share local resources and give opportunity to ask questions to our panel of experts*
*(panel includes: Neuropsychologist, College Counselor, Educational Consultant, EF Tutor, Coach, Special Education Advocate and Educational Therapist)

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SENGChat: Is Being Young, Gifted, and Black a Blessing or Curse?
Sep
12

SENGChat: Is Being Young, Gifted, and Black a Blessing or Curse?

Over 50 years ago, Lorraine Hansberry—the iconic playwright and activist, coined the saying, "young, gifted, and black." Nina Simone used her words in a tribute song to her friend, which I grew up singing without understanding its meaning.

"To be young, gifted, and black is  where it's at."

When I was a child, my parents said; I had to be twice as good as my fellow white students to get half of what they took   for granted. 

Fast forward 30 years, as a parent, I expected  that life would be better for my son.

Unfortunately, that has not been my experience. Despite being an educator myself and having the ability to speak the language of his teachers, being black and gifted has not made life  easier.

Join me as I discuss what it is like to be black and not fit the norms. To be black and undervalued by the people educating you. To be black and masking to get by. To be a parent of a gifted  child and what you can do to help them succeed when their educational establishment seems determined to ensure their failure.

In her song, Nina states
"In the whole world, you know
There are a million boys and girls
Who are young, gifted, and black
And that's a fact"

But if you look at the gifted programs in the United States, you are led to believe that Nina is mistaken. Students of color are significant in their absence.

About the Presenter:

International Educator Maria M. Kenned  is The Director of the Bridges Educational Group.

Speaker, author, and advocate  Maria has been an educator for over 30 years, teaching students and training  teachers to tap into the strengths of their gifted and challenged students.  Maria received her B.Ed. and M.Ed. in education from Manchester University  and earned Advanced Teacher Status for her ability to develop curriculum and her skills within the classroom. Maria believes that effective   educators must continue to learn and grow. With this in mind, she constantly reads and works closely with leading educators in the field of 2E education.

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MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting
Aug
16

MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting

Everyone is welcome to join the MAGE Advocacy Zoom Meeting that regularly meets on the third Wednesday of the month. Email advocacy@massgifted.org to join the advocacy mailing list to stay up to date on meeting agendas, reminders, and any last minute changes.

Reoccurring monthly zoom link also provided below.

Please join us online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83100216465

Meeting ID: 831 0021 6465
Or one tap mobile: +13017158592,,83100216465#

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Deadline for new GHF Virtual Co-Op
Aug
15

Deadline for new GHF Virtual Co-Op

“But what about socialization?” Homeschoolers HATE the stereotypes this question evokes, but for gifted/2e kids, providing opportunities to find likeminded peers isn’t as simple as joining the local park day, and gifted enrichment programs are scarce and usually costly. We aim to remedy this for our families… with our families! Learn more about and apply to the GHF Virtual Co-Op by August 15

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