Family Registration
Gifted & Talented EXPO
October 5, 2024
11:00am - 2:00pm
Host and co-sponsor: Arete Academy
Join MCGT for our first Expo event! This event will include schools, professionals, and businesses that provide services for gifted learners and their families. It will also include 6 speaking events on topics related to giftedness.
Running concurrently with MCGT's Expo, Arete Academy will be offering school age youth programming:
Cardboard Creations
11:00am - 2:00pm
For Ages 6-11
Cost: $35
Register directly with Arete Academy:
https://forms.gle/KD2fUNb89ENKhjkA6
Dungeons and Dragons
11:00am - 2:00pm
For Ages 11 -18
Cost: $60
Register directly with Arete Academy:
https://forms.gle/Np5RqTvkPxrx3CNj9
WHEN: Saturday, October 5, 2024, 11:00am - 2:00pm
WHERE: MCGT's EXPO will be held at Arete Academy, 10225 Yellow Circle Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343.
COST per family:
MCGT Members - $20
Non-Members - $40
Arete Academy Families - $20 (registration code required)
EXPO Flyer
Schedule of Speakers (2 speaker options per session):
Speaker Descriptions
11:00am - 11:50am Session 1
- ADHD and Gifted Girls & Women with Liz Adams, PhD, LP, ABPP-CN
OR
- Gifted 101 with Andrea Johnson, PsyD, LP
12:00pm - 12:50pm Session 2
- Advocacy for Gifted Learners with Kathy Geary
- OR
- 2E: Neurodivergence and Giftedness with Megan Helmen, PsyD, LP
1:00pm - 1:50pm Session 3
- School Options for Gifted Learners with Carol Malueg
OR
- What to do with Overwhelm with Josh Chambers, LPC
Schools (check back for updates!):
Arete Academy (Twice-Exceptional Students) - Minnetonka
Atheneum Gifted Magnet Program - Inver Grove Heights
Bloomington Public Schools, ISD 271
Brightmont Academy - Plymouth and Mendota Heights
Cyprus Classical Academy - Burnsville
District 196 Gifted and Talented Development - Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan
Lighthouse School - Spring Lake Park
Metropolitan Open School - St. Louis Park
Resources (check back for updates!):
A2D Academy
Act Your Age - specialty toys and games
Adler Graduate School
Code Ninjas Minnetonka
Cottonwood Center
Developmental Discoveries Neuropsychology
Geo-Game
Gifted Roads, LLC
MN Institute for Talented Youth (MITY)
MN Neuropsychology
Pam McDonald Consulting, LLC
Martha Palm MAEd. Educational Therapist - Tutor
See Me Neurodiverse
The River Coach
The Thinking Spot - science bookstore
Concessions will be available for purchase from Arete Academy Students.
Adult Volunteers
We are looking for adult volunteers for a variety of positions at the Expo, if you are able to help, please fill out the adult volunteer form.
Photo Release
By attending the MCGT Expo, attendees agree to allow their names, likenesses and images either in audio, photographic or video format, recorded onsite during the conference to be used by MCGT for educational, promotional, and archival purposes.
Financial assistance is available from the Betty Johnson Scholarship Fund: Families with gifted & talented children should not be restricted in their participation in MCGT activities because of limited funds. Therefore, the MCGT Board will accept requests for financial assistance which would enable families to attend events sponsored by MCGT, such as the annual conference or speaker events. MCGT also accepts requests for financial assistance for MCGT membership fees.
Submit a request from the Betty Johnson Scholarship Fund
Questions? Email info@mcgt.net
The Minnesota Council for the Gifted and Talented (MCGT) is a state-wide non-profit support and advocacy organization of parents, educators, and other professionals who live or work with gifted & talented children and are interested in their education and well-being.
