Garland Area Parent Association for Gifted and Talented

• Questions that Parents of Young Gifted Children Ask the Most - Duke Gifted Letter
• A Consistent Definition of Giftedness - Duke Gifted Letter
• IQ Tests and Gifted Children - Duke Gifted Letter
• What Does It Mean to Be Gifted? - Duke Gifted Letter
• Choosing the Right School for Your Gifted Child - Duke Gifted Letter
• Magnet Schools: Offering Distinctive Learning Opportunities - Duke Gifted Letter
• Ability Grouping and Gifted Children - Duke Gifted Letter
• Musical Talent: Innate or Learned? - Duke Gifted Letter
• Many Kinds of Minds: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences - Duke Gifted Letter
• Perfectionism: When Excellence Isn't Good Enough - Duke Gifted Letter
• Should 7th Graders Take SAT or ACT Prep Courses? - Duke Gifted Letter
• Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate? - Duke Gifted Letter
• The Many Faces of Acceleration: Creating an Optimal Match for the Advanced Learner - Duke Gifted Letter
• Distance-Learning Opportunities on the Internet - Duke Gifted Letter
• Telementoring: Opportunities for Virtual Mentoring - Duke Gifted Letter
• Multipotentiality: Issues and Considerations for Career Planning - Duke Gifted Letter
• Harnessing Gifted Girls' Emotional Strengths - Duke Gifted Letter
• Identity Conflicts in Gifted Adolescents - Duke Gifted Letter
• Gifted High School Students' Survival Skills - Duke Gifted Letter

Scholarship Programs & Contests

The Center for Gifted Studies - Think Out Loud PR Contest
Prufrock Press - Creative Kids Writer's contest
Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award 
The application for From the Top's $10,000 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award is now available online. Approximately twenty-five student musicians will be selected annually to receive $10,000 to support his/her education and artistic development, perform on a live taping of National Public Radio show From the Top, and participate in a Cultural Leadership workshop in order to create and implement his/her own performance outreach activity. Applications are accepted on a rolling admission basis.