Here's to the crazy ones.
†The misfits.
†The rebels.
†The troublemakers.
†The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
†Because they change things.
They invent. †They imagine. †They heal.
†They explore. †They create. †They inspire.
†They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?Or sit in silence and hear a song that's never been written?Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, †we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to thinkthey can change the world, are the ones who do.
From Apple Computer
The times, they are a'changin'...
and with them, the elementary gifted ed. program
in Farmington Municipal Schools* district.
Due to changes within FMS* district, there is no longer a full day pullout program for Elementary Gifted Education.
Services are now being provided on site at each school. See individual school webpages for program descriptions and/or contact persons.
Even though G.E.O.D.E.S. eroded, this page will remain available as one small source for your information about this wonderful planet we called "Gifted."
Welcome to GEODES!
These are some of the units we studied with our GEODES students:
Lewis & Clark
World Heritage Sites
HIStory, HERstory, OURstory
Marco Polo
Electricity - A Period of Enlightenment
One Hundred Years of Flight
Einstein - One Hundred Years Later
Jamestown - Transformer Style
The Drought
Benjamin Franklin - the Tricentennial
Earth, Wind, and FIRE*!
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 Don't forget ... you may bring a NUTRITIOUS snack for our midmorning/ or afternoon break. Â Â + * + * * + * +
> Books/Resources for Parents & Teachers <
Helping Gifted Kids SOAR: Â A Practical Guide for Parents and Teachers by Carol Ann Strip
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Re-Forming Gifted Education: Â Matching the Program to the Child by Karen B. Rogers
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Creative Home Schooling for Gifted Children, A Resource Guide by Lisa Rivero
Raising Your Child To Be Gifted: Successful Parents Speak by Joseph R. Campbell
Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide For Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, And Energetic by Mary S. Kurcinka
Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School (2nd Edition) by Judith Wynn Halsted
Once Upon a Heroine : 400 Books for Girls to Love by Alison Cooper-Mullin ,Jennifer Marmaduke Coy
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