A message to our community:
It all began in 2016 over a cup of coffee between two parents. The casual trading of anecdotes relating to their students’ elementary classrooms became the seeds for a new grass-roots parent group. Today - after twenty-one newsletter distributions, twenty parent representatives, seven speaker events, four school district committee participations, three annual Gifted Ed Day visits, two group name adoptions, and one SMPG* parent series - the Shoreline Hi Cap Parent Association (SHCPA) is announcing its next phase of growth! SCHPA is seeking a team of four passionate and energetic parents to form its new leadership beginning with the 2020-21 school year.
As co-leaders since 2016, Linda Tsai and Missy Liu will be completing their terms in June 2020. Don’t let the work for Highly Capable advocacy, parent education, and community-building end in Shoreline! If you would like to see SHCPA’s mission continue, stop by our next leadership meeting on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the Shoreline Library. Learn about the group’s new goals regarding incorporation and fundraising as the next steps in its journey, and how you can become a part of change.
Contact shoreline.hicap.advocacy@gmail.com with questions. Thank you!
Your SHCPA leadership team:
Missy Liu, Mary Kate Horwood, Megan Menis and Linda Tsai
*SMPG stands for SENG Model Parent Group. The SENG acronym refers to the "Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted" organization.
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Our Accomplishments and Milestones
January 2016: The concept of the Shoreline Hi Cap Advocacy Group forms
May 2016: First public meeting at Meridian Park Elementary takes place with over 40 parents attending
August 2016: Facebook group goes live (over 90 requests to join during the first hour)
October 2016: First speaker event: Austina De Bonte of the Northwest Gifted Child Association
December 2016: Missy Liu, Linda Tsai, and Jane Wiebe introduce the group’s mission and objectives during a scheduled five-minute presentation to the Shoreline School Board
March 2017: Website goes live
August 2017: First newsletter is distributed to the community
February 2018: Participation in the district’s Hi Cap Advisory Committee begins
February 2018: Over 30 Shoreline parents and students travel to Olympia for the annual Gifted Ed Day event and to meet with our legislators
April 2018: The "Anxiety" forum in co-sponsorship with the Shoreline Special Needs PTSA takes place, bringing together a panel of five local professionals and attracting over 150 attendees
September 2018: Name change to “Shoreline Hi Cap Parent Association”
January 2019: Shoreline hosts first regional Hi Cap leader summit
February 2019: First 10-week SMPG (SENG Model Parent Group) series in Shoreline
March 2019: Shoreline PTA Council co-sponsors Austina De Bonte's third visit to Shoreline
WHAT'S NEXT FOR SHCPA?
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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"How to Be a Powerful Advocate for your Gifted Student"
Presented by Marcia Holland, Northwest Gifted Child Association
Date: Monday, September 30, 2019
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Meridian Park Elementary School
17077 Meridian Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133
Gifted students have complex needs and being labeled "gifted" doesn't mean school is easy for them. In this meeting, sharpen your set of "tools" to better advocate for your child with the teacher, principal, school and district. Such as:
* The steps of effective advocacy
* Barriers that need to be overcome to be persuasive
* What it is about Highly Capable kids that leads to the need for accommodation
* The legal basis that supports advocacy for Highly Capable students
* Specific tactics that advocates can request
* What to say to your own children about giftedness so they can also be advocates
We welcome all interested families to attend this free speaker event! Register at Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/y5fnsx5p
About Ms. Holland – Marcia Holland has been involved in supporting excellence in education for children since her sons were students in the Renton School District in the 1970s and 1980s. Marcia has served on the board of the Northwest Gifted Child Association on and off over the last 30 years. Her focus has always been educating others – parents, educators, administrators and legislators – about the unique learning needs of children who learn at markedly faster and more complex rates than their chronological peers. Having been an unserved gifted child herself, she remembers the sense of frustration, isolation and “marching in place” of her K-12 experience.
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Many thanks to the families who attended the Hi Cap playdates this summer! Special kudos to Meridian Park parent, Gretchen Knudsen, for hosting!
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Parents: Need some ideas regarding BACK-TO-SCHOOL TRANSITIONS in your household?? You still have time! Here are some practical tips with helping your kids (and yourself) to make that switch from the alarm clock-free summer mornings to meeting the chimes of the school bell.
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Who Are We?
The Shoreline Hi Cap Parent Association is a parent-based organization that was formed in the spring of 2016 by those who saw a desire for increased communication, collaboration, and advocacy among the families of our Highly Capable learners.
Join our Facebook group! Check out our website: www.shorelinehicap.org
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