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MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The 2012 Annual Conference is February 6 - 7, 2012 in Lexington at the Marriott Griffin Gate. There will be lots of great speakers, presentations, networking opportunities, vendors, and more. Keynote speakers will include Marcia Gentry, Ph.D., Director of the Gifted Education Resource Institute at Purdue University, and Jonathan Plucker, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University. An Evening for Parents will be held on February 6. Click here for more information, including a call for proposals, and watch for registration information coming soon.

Nicholas Green Distinguished Student and KAGE Service and Advocacy Awards will be presented at the 2012 Annual Conference. The Service and Advocacy Awards provide recognition of exceptional service and/or advocacy in support of educating Kentucky's gifted and talented children. Click here for more information on the Nicholas Green Student award, and go to the Conference 2012 page for a nomination form for the Service and Advocacy awards.

KAGE membership is essential now more than ever! Click here to download a timely column, The Importance of Joining Your State Gifted Organization, by Dr. Julia Link Roberts and Tracy Ford Inman. Share with others!

And don't forget to check our OTHER RESOURCES page. We have links to lots of valuable resources for parents, educators, and students. Some of our past speakers have graciously allowed us to post their handouts on this page.

THE WHITE PAPER entitled Kentucky's Future: Mining Untapped Treasure - Children and Youth of the Commonwealth Who are Gifted and Talented , is available here.

Click here to view the video Gifted Education: Let's Do It!, developed by the Kentucky Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education.

KAGE is affiliated with the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC), and is housed at Western Kentucky University in the Center for Gifted Studies. KAGE is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that receives no government funding. We are supported solely by membership dues, our annual conference, sale of publications and donations.

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