Utah Association for Gifted Children

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10/15/2025

Hi everyone, I hope the organization is well. You should probably remove me as an administrator of this page. I made a personal post that was accidentally (by me) posted to the UAGC account. There was a kind person who helped me correct that.

Rule of thumb, old people like me should probably have their devices monitored 😂

Seriously, you should remove me as an administrator. Thank you to all people who care about education and about providing access to learning for vulnerable students. Bless you all.

UAGC Annual Conference - Andi McNair was fabulous! Thanks to all who attended and thanks to the board and committee for ...
06/13/2024

UAGC Annual Conference - Andi McNair was fabulous! Thanks to all who attended and thanks to the board and committee for 2 great days.

Free Event Tuesday Night at Woods Cross High School. 6:30-7:30, June 13th. Come hear from Christine Deitz - fabulous spe...
06/08/2023

Free Event Tuesday Night at Woods Cross High School. 6:30-7:30, June 13th. Come hear from Christine Deitz - fabulous speaker and advocate for gifted education.

Last CHANCE registration! Annual UAGC Conference is June 13th & 14th. Join us for one or both days!
06/08/2023

Last CHANCE registration! Annual UAGC Conference is June 13th & 14th. Join us for one or both days!

04/30/2016

IN THIS ISSUEMessage from the PresidentUAGC Annual ConferenceCall for 2016 Award NominationsGifted Education Leaders Take Message to WashingtonFormer UAGC President Appointed to New Role

04/27/2016

Utah Association for Gifted Children promotes the development of quality services to provide educational opportunities for gifted students in Utah.

Shari Taylor, President of UAGC; Teri Mattson, Executive Consultant for UAGC; and Sheri Sorensen, Vice President for Adv...
03/21/2016

Shari Taylor, President of UAGC; Teri Mattson, Executive Consultant for UAGC; and Sheri Sorensen, Vice President for Advocacy of UAGC were among more than 50 leaders from throughout the country, taking part in the National Association for Gifted Children’s annual advocacy event held March 5–8 in Washington D.C.

03/19/2016

Michael Clay Thompson has the best, most eloquent response you will ever find.

03/19/2016

Last fall, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) published a working paper by researchers Thomas S. Dee and Hans Henrik Sieversten titled The Gift of Time? School Starting Age and Mental Health. The well-developed study quantifies the effects of predicating enrollment in formal schooling o…

Significant legislation impacting Gifted and Talented students is being debated in a Senate committee on Tuesday. We ne...
04/12/2015

Significant legislation impacting Gifted and Talented students is being debated in a Senate committee on Tuesday. We need your help. Please contact Senator Orrin Hatch, a committee member, and encourage he support the additions for gifted and talented students. A sample post is provided. Please copy and paste this as a message to the Senator. It would be even more effective to modify the post to include your personal views and information. To contact Senator Hatch, please use the following link: http://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-orrin

Sample Message to Senator Hatch (please personalize):

"The HELP Committee is considering the reauthorization of ESEA beginning next Tuesday morning April 14. The legislation overhauls what is currently known as No Child Left Behind. We are very pleased that the bipartisan draft bill includes several additions related to gifted and talented students, including disaggregating student data at each achievement level on the state report cards and requiring that states describe how they plan to improve teachers’ skills in identifying the specific learning needs of gifted and talented students in their plans for using Title II professional development funds.

However, we need your assistance to gain support for an amendment to retain a research program focused on underrepresented gifted students because the Javits program is not part of the committee draft bill.

Please support the ESEA additions related to gifted and talented students and support to retain a research program focused on underrepresented gifted students."

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