S

School S is the location where I have been involved in Gifted and Talented Education the longest. It presently is moving in the direction of adopting a "[|Schoolwide Enrichment Model]" as envisioned/prescribed by [|Sally Reis and Joseph Renzulli], of the University of Connecticut.

A space such as this (notice I did not say "this space") may be highly useful for parents of my students, especially at S. I have been asked by a parent there if I don't have a blog. It may be that it becomes necessary to have a regular posting for events at each school.

It seems odd to me that there is less technology integration for students at S, and yet the S parents have a far greater integration of technology in their lives than the parents of students at my other schools. S has an e-newsletter; no other does. S has a parent email list, which excludes only about 30 out of 250 students. All of this has happened in the last six months, due to the efforts of two particularly dedicated parents.

I showed the cartoon below to a parent, and her face drained white. "That's just the way they just selected the new principal here!"