*******Gift Rap*******

A Monthly Newsletter Especially for Gifted Teenagers

Our objective is to let you know about great activities, free stuff, amazing new areas of interest and some plain old fun and enjoyment too. We value intelligence and will endeavor to find exceptional, high-powered enrichment to enhance your life and learning.

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Suggested Events for March:

GO TO: www.DiscoverTeenergy.com "Teenergy Activities" for details.

Canadian Ecology Centre

Canadian Voyageur Adventures

Canoe Ontario –Canoe Expo

Deep River Science Academy

***HTS Camps, Richmond Hill

(IF YOU ARE REALLY GOOD IN SCIENCE AND IN GRADES 12 OR OAC AND YOU MIGHT LIKE A SUMMER JOB AS A TEACHERS ASSISTANT AT THIS CAMP, PLEASE SEE ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE)

McMichael Summer Art Camp

Moorelands Camp (apply to be a summer camp counsellor for disadvantaged kids)

Ontario Science Centre Science School (apply now for next year)

Summer Opportunity in Applied Research (SOAR)

Toronto Sportsmen’s Show (during March Break)

U. of Toronto Dept. of Computer Science Summer Coarse

YMCA Young Leaders Course

Encounters With Canada (one week in Ottawa. Until end of May)

What Gifted Students Are Doing

Valerie P. and Carolyn M. are involved with all kinds of leadership training workshops and conferences that you can attend. Check with your Student Council for details.

Jennifer H., OAC, has been woefully neglected. She has been busily working on the yearbook without recognition until now.

Yi-Mei T. and Justine W., Gr. 10, will be writing AP Psychology exam in May. Time to register is now, by the end of the month.

Queen’s University Mini Enrichment Program is still registering until

March 2. Go to the website for details.

MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS!! On Saturday, Feb. 17th, Emma W. Gr. 9, Katherine L. & Sarah L. Gr. 10, and Cristina C. Gr. 12 won the Ontario Student Debating Union Metro Debating Finals Tournament title!!!! Held at UTS school in Toronto.

On top of that, Sarah L. won the #1 best debater award out of over 40 delegates in the division. The others placed below 12th. They now go on to the provincial finals to be held in Kitchener in February.

Congrats. Forty-five students in our school gifted program went to the Toronto Catholic District School Board Gifted Conference on Feb. 20. I think this is a new record.

Janice C., Gr.11, will be contacting an architect shortly for a possible mentorship. She is also attending the Ontario Model Parliament.

Interesting New Websites

One Hundred Teen Chatrooms

-exceptional site!! Chatrooms on any topic

http://www.partyhearty.com/chatroomsteenagers.html

French Radio Stations in Canada

http://www.radiorfa.com/index_IE.htm

Literary and Rhetorical Terms for English Literature

-these are all the writing devices found in literature

http://’elza.lpi.ac.ru/WritersGuide/literary/literarytermstoc.html#PoetTool

The Canadiana Resource Page (everything in Canada)

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Canadiana/README.html

Dangers of Cell Phones

http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Environment/Energy/Electromagnetic_Field/Cell_Phones/

Multiple Intelligences as a Way of Selecting a Career

http://pzweb.harvard.edu/ami/mibasics.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/oh/themidas/links.html

http://www.newhorizons.org/bibmishelf.html

Universities/Colleges that DO NOT REQUIRE SAT’s for Entrance

http://www.fairtest.org/optional.htm

See world cities in real time by live camera.

www.camvista.com

Strange But True Facts On Many Interesting General Topics

http://sbt.bhmedia.com/

Strange Science Theories and Major Scientific Goofs

http://turnpike.net/~mscott/

How To Actually Do (step by step instructions) Many Unusual Dances

http://fandango.ch.cam.ac.uk/contra/dances/

Comics – Buying, Selling, Collecting

http://www.collectortimes.com/comics.html

All about energy from the wind

http://www.awea.org/

Ideas from University Profs on How to Get Great Grades

http://gamma.rwu.edu/users/cjt/gouldgd.htm

Westcoast Teen Travel Connections

http://www.westcoastconnection.com/world.htm

Ghost Hunting and Hauntings

http://www.theshadowlands.net/ghost/

Download Some Amazingly Super Cool 3D Screensavers

http://www.3dfiles.com/

Take a Virtual Tour of a Firetruck (Why???? You figure it out and let me know.)

http://www.rtis.com/reg/bryan/fire_ems/E2/E2newL.htm

Mystery Site Just For Fun

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/

University Entrance Requirements for all Ontario Universities (put this in your favorites and keep it. It is good to 2003)

www.ouac.on.ca/news/jan2001

The End. See you next month.

Da Boz