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By Amanda Waterman, on April 17th, 2012

If you use Facebook, you can Like PAGE of Wake County and get our updates in your news feed. We don’t post much; we won’t be flooding your feed with invitations to play Mafia Wars, but you will get more quick updates to let you know what we’re up to. Find us at http://www.facebook.com/wakepage.

Super Saturday Registration is Open for Spring 2012!

By Amanda Waterman, on March 26th, 2012

The registration link for our Spring 2012 Super Saturday event is live and ready to accept your registrations! The link is here:

https://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=229387

The event will be on April 21, 2012 at Meredith College in Raleigh. Class sessions are from 10 am-12 noon and from 1:30-3:30 in the afternoon. Lunch is available for a fee at the Meredith cafeteria, Belk West – trust us, it’s really good! There are also many lunch choices along Hillsborough Street, or you can bring a picnic and enjoy the beautiful campus.

Our class listing for this event includes the following (classes for younger students start at the top, classes for only older students are towards the bottom):

Introduction to IMACS (Grades K-1): Problem solving, logic puzzles, and games to teach thinking and reasoning skills.
Dinosaur Hunters (Grades K-3 and 4-6): Learn about fossils and how they are formed, view and touch a large collection of fossils, many of which are from right here in NC, and take home some fossils of your own!
Inside You: Introduction to Human Anatomy (Grades K-3): Budding physicians and biologists will get a chance to learn about parts of the body, including examining a real brain, heart and kidneys (animal, not human!)
LEGO WeDo Robotics (Grades K-4): Build, program and exercise a robot built with LEGO’s WeDo Robotics.
Terrariums (Grades K-5): Learn about botany while building your own miniature ecosystem in a container, which is yours to keep.
Paws Up! Endangered Animals (Grades K-5): Learn about endangered animals, including why they are endangered and what kids can do to help.
Jazz Dance (Grades K-8): Exercise your body and mind with a jazz dance class!
IMACS Summer Camp Sampler (Grades 2-3, 4-5, 6-7): Get a chance to see each of the different activities that IMACS does in its summer camps. Learn about logic puzzles, virtual robotics, and electronics.
Beyblade Science (Grades 2-5): Beyblades are toys, but their modular nature makes them a perfect tool for learning how to design controlled experiments and collect data. This class may named for the toy, but it’s really a class on the scientific method – shhh, don’t tell your kids! :-)
Yummy in my Tummy (Grades 2-6): Learn about nutrition and how to make healthy snacks and mini-meals on your own!
Energizers, Ice Breakers, and Team Building, Oh My! (Grades 3-8): Learn and play some fun games that help a group learn to function together. Great for emerging young leaders!
LEGO Mindstorms (Grades 5-8): A fun, hands-on introduction to LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots.
I’m Thinking About Thinking (Grades 6-8): This introduction to psychology will focus on identifying and learning about our own learning styles.
Theremin Outer Space Siren (Grades 6-8): Techsplorers will show you how to build an amazing electronic musical instrument you can play without even touching it.

Spring Super Saturday, April 21st at Meredith College

By Lily Phillips, on March 17th, 2012

Spring Super Saturday is fast approaching!! It will be held on April 21st at Meredith College. Registration will open soon. Check back for more information and a link to registration.

Super Saturday is a twice-yearly enrichment opportunity for PAGE members. We offer classes in a variety of topics of interest to gifted students (please note you do not need AG identification to register). Classes are for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Students can sign up for up to two class sessions — morning from 10am-12pm and afternoon from 1:30-3:30. Parent sessions are held concurrently on topics of interest to parents of gifted students. Cost is $20 per class in most cases. Parent sessions are free.

For more information and to see this spring’s class listings, check back next week!

2012 Spelling Bee champion

By Nancy Caggia, on March 7th, 2012

Michael Bono from Thales Academy qualified to go to the National Scripps Bee! Also, congratulations to Jack Cicin from Lufkin Road Middle School for an incredible job in coming in as first runner-up! Kudos to all of our Wake county finalists there on March 3!

Wake PAGE 2012 Bee March 3 @ McKimmon Center

By Nancy Caggia, on February 23rd, 2012

The 2^nd Annual PAGE of Wake County Spelling Bee is on March 3^rd, 2012. The regional bee will be held at the McKimmon Conference and Training Center, North Carolina State University, 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC 27606. Doors will open at 8am and the Bee will start promptly at 8:30am. We look forward to seeing you there!

This year the Bee will be broken into two parts. Preliminary rounds will be held in the morning. Students will spell on stage and respond verbally, unless accommodation is needed. Then, after a lunch break, we bring the finalists back for the final rounds at 1pm. Both morning and afternoon sessions will be at the McKimmon Center. Parents or guardians are responsible for bringing their spellers to the bee and are expected to remain on the premises so spellers are not left unattended. Siblings are welcome in the audience as long as they can maintain quiet for the spellers. The Bee is open to the public and all are welcome.

The regional bee will be a lot of fun and will have some great prizes. Immediately following the afternoon part of the bee, there will be an awards ceremony. Prizes will be distributed, including some prizes given in a drawing open to all contestants. Winners must be present to claim their prizes. The final winner of the bee will receive an all-expenses paid trip for two to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May!

This event is sponsored by PAGE in conjunction with NCSU, Carolina Hurricanes, and the News & Observer. Thanks to also to prize donors: Oxford University Press, Techsplorers and Merriam-Webster.

(& save the date: April 21 for SuperSaturday at Meredith College….details to follow!)

PAGE sponsoring information session on School Choice

By Amanda Waterman, on November 8th, 2011

On December 8 at 6:30 p.m., Wake County Public School Systems is giving a helpful information session designed to walk parents through the process of selecting a school through the new Choice Student Assignment Plan for 2012-2013. The meeting will be in room 202/A on the second floor at Cameron Village Library. As this session is arranged by PAGE, the presenters from WCPSS are prepared to address specific needs of academically and/or intellectually gifted students/AIG and advanced learners and have data readily available to answer your questions.

Flyer – School Choice Information Session for AG

Fall Super Saturday – November 12 – Registration

By Amanda Waterman, on October 28th, 2011

This fall’s event has many new classes! We’ve made some new community partnerships, and continue to get support from our old friends. We are working on a couple of last-minute additions, but this is our class listing as of now:

10am-12pm (Grades K-2) Introduction to IMACS

10am-12pm (Grades K-5) Lego WeDo Robotics

10am-12pm (Grades K-8) Tennis Clinic

10am-12pm (Grades 2-4) Introduction to Batik Fabric Dyeing

10am-12pm (Grades 3-5) Introduction to IMACS

10am-12pm (Grades 3-6) Introduction to Google Sketchup

10am-12pm (Grades 4-6) Make Your Mark

10am-12pm (Grades 4-8) Group Drums

10am-12pm (Grades 6-8) I’m thinking about thinking…

1:30pm-3:30pm (Grades K-5) Lego WeDo Robotics

1:30pm-3:30pm (Grades K-8) Tennis Clinic

1:30pm-3:30pm (Grades 1-2) Robot Olympics

1:30pm-3:30pm (Grades 3-5) I’m thinking about thinking…

1:30pm-3:30pm (Grades 5-8) Introduction to Batik Fabric Dyeing

Registration is open: https://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=224476

Bee Informational Meeting 10/26

By Nancy Caggia, on October 1st, 2011

We will hold one more Spelling Bee meeting at Cameron Village Library on October 26 at 7 p.m. For future updates, specific to the Spelling Bee, please consider joining our Bee listserve by emailing wakespellingbee-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

News: Bee Informational Meeting 9/26 and registration open until 10/17

By Nancy Caggia, on September 7th, 2011

An informational meeting will be held September 26 at 7 p.m. at Cameron Village Public Library 2nd floor. Please come if you would like to help volunteer and/or learn more about our 2nd Annual PAGE of Wake County Spelling Bee!

Please make sure your school is enrolled so your students may participate! Interested schools must enroll with the Scripps National Spelling Bee at spellingbee.com by October 17, 2011.

Wake PAGE is sponsoring this program in which ALL Wake county children can participate. In partnership with The News & Observer and North Carolina State University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) and College of Education (CED), the final county event will be held March 3, 2012 at the McKimmon Center.
The champion of the 2nd Annual PAGE of Wake County Spelling Bee will win an all-expenses-paid trip to compete in the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee. There will be other prizes for our area’s top spellers, including reference books and gift certificates. Each year, as millions of viewers tune in to the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on television, millions of students are inspired by the nation’s largest and longest-running educational competition. In addition to improving students’ spelling skills and increasing their vocabularies, spelling bee participation provides valuable experience in developing poise—a necessary skill for success in public speaking, performing arts and athletics.
For a child to participate, their school must enroll with the Scripps National Spelling Bee at spellingbee.com by October 17, 2011.
When you enroll at spellingbee.com and pay the materials and enrollment fee of $109, you will receive online access to the 2012 Classroom Pronouncer Guide, the 2012 School Pronouncer Guide, study lists for your students, Great American SpellCheck materials, award certificates, and local spelling bee program information. Once a school is enrolled, the school bee can be run by the school administration, staff or by interested parents.

We look forward to providing this wonderful opportunity to your students. Please join us in making this an educational event for the children at your school.

Super Saturday Fall 2011 needs help!