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About Us

Our Vision

We envision a time when all students, including gifted and talented students, are given an appropriate educational experience that matches their abilities and potentials, where there is ample opportunity for their intellectual challenge and growth, and those who work with them are adequately trained to appreciate, understand, and nurture their unique talents.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide an organization for Educators, Psychologists, Parents, Policy Makers, Administrators and others to learn about the unique educational and affective needs of gifted and talented children and how to meet these needs effectively in our schools, families, and communities. It recognizes that gifted children come from all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and have diverse abilities and interests.

Our Board

CAG BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007-08

There are thirteen members serving on the CAG Board of Directors.  If you are interested in the possibility of joining the board, please let us know.  The current members are:

Dave Anderson

Tolland

Teacher of the Gifted, South Windsor

Melissa Dobbyn

New Canaan

Parent Advocate

Katie Augustyn

Westport

Parent Advocate

Sabra Gallo

Westport

Parent Advocate

Brooke Burling

Monroe

Parent Advocate

Helen Garinger

Norwalk

Psychologist, University Professor

Lorraine Conway

Easton

Teacher of the Gifted, Newtown

Barbara O'Neill

Old Greenwich

Gifted Program Coordinator, Greenwich Public Schools

Kristin Coombs

Essex

Parent Advocate

John Ryan

Bristol

Citywide Teacher of the Gifted, Bristol

Rhonda M. Lehman Davenport

Newtown

Diversity Consultant, Learning Strategies Coach

Martha Shoemaker

Old Lyme

Classroom Teacher, Waterford

Ann Discenza

Burlington

Parent Advocate