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Special Events
Gifted students often have unique social and emotional needs. Students often relate to intellectual peers well beyond their years and find it difficult to relate to their age mates. For this reason, we find it beneficial for students to have many opportunities to interact with each other socially, that they may explore their social capacities in a safe and nurturing environment. Social events are attending by students in all grades allowing students to extend their social connections beyond their own class, thus building lasting mentor relationships.
Social events include BBQs, dances, movie nights, camping trips, forums, conferences, picnics, and scavenger hunts. Every year, two students from each grade are elected to act as representatives to a committee which oversees the organization of the Annual Conference as well as these social events. Students are encouraged to organize as many opportunities for social interaction as they wish.
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