September 21, 2020: The 2020 NJ Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act: Requirements for Compliance
March 29, 2020: Family Day (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
March 3, 2019: Family Day featuring guest speaker Tijl Koenderink February 7, 2018
January 2017: Meet Nathan Levy, Author of Stories with Holes and Owner of Nathan Levy Book, LLC. Take a look at the incredible selection of books available for sale. Beyond Academics: Social Emotional Needs of the Gifted - Carolyn Kottmeyer, Director of Hoagies' Gifted Education Date: Tuesday January 17, 2017 (snow date Wednesday January 25); evening event Location: Mansfield Township Elementary School, 50 Port Murray Rd, Port Murray, NJ 07865 6:30 pm Book Fair with Nathan Levy 7:00 pm Parent Seminar with Carolyn Kottmeyer 8:15 pm Q & A with Gifted Panel
Parents and Educators are welcome!
January 2016: Alison Brown, VP Advocacy with NJAGC, returned to MTES for a second WCCSE-sponsored parent-teacher seminar in January 2016. IGNITING MOTIVATION Parents and teachers can often be left feeling bewildered and frustrated when they see bright and capable students who seem to have little or no motivation to learn or to achieve to the high standards of which they are clearly capable. In many instances, bright children who have not been appropriately challenged in the early years of school, can end up disengaging and losing their love of learning. Many other children, although bright, seem to have no intrinsic desire to achieve. Motivation can and usually does improve with maturity. This seminar looks at ways in which we can help and encourage our children to set meaningful goals, to develop successful time management skills, and to work towards assuming an internal locus on control. This parent information seminar addresses the following issues: - Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation - “Currency” of the day - Individual goal setting - Delayed gratification - Organization and time management - Internal locus of control - Age differences / maturity factors - Need for appropriately paced and challenging material - Structure / rewards