Welcome to the SD-AGC Home Page. This site is a viable communication tool for our work with gifted and talented students in South Dakota . Let us know how we can be of more assistance to you as teachers, students, parents and those who support Gifted Education.

Recently, we mailed a brochure titled “Lack of Gifted Education in South Dakota Stands Out” to all superintendents and legislators in the state. That document appears here on our web site. In the past 10 years since the repeal of the categorical aid mandate that funded gifted education, we have watched as, one by one, public school districts have cut out gifted education programs. Gifted education programs remain in only 17 public school districts across South Dakota.

Please join with me and other SD-AGC members in increasing support of educational opportunities for gifted and talented students. Every child, including the gifted child, should have an opportunity to learn something new in school every day.

Thank you.

Rose Des Camps, President

Upcoming Conference Schedule

July 20-21, 2009
7th Annual Institute for Teachers of Gifted Youth
University of South Dakota
Keynote Presenter: Dr. Karen Westberg
Ph.D. in Gifted Education
University of St. Thomas

November 5-8 , 2009
NAGC 56th Annual Convention and Exhibition
St. Louis, Missouri
Keynote Speakers:
Howard Gardner and Josh Waitzkin