Author Fair Coming to Town

The Batavia CANDO is sponsoring an Author Fair featuring author/illustrator team France and Tad Mitchell of Where Is The Sears Tower? and  Liesl Shurtliff, Chicago author of Rump:  The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin.   All students, families and educators are invited to this event.  Come learn what inspired these authors and learn about their journey from  elementary student writers to published authors today!

Saturday, February 8, 2014   1pm-3pm  at the Batavia Public Library

Parent and Educator Seminar

Batavia's CANDO (Challenge Advocacy Network Development Organization) is sponsoring a seminar for parents, educators, and community members about the unique characteristics of gifted children. Liz Hutchins, an Aurora University instructor and a former BPS gifted coordinator will be the key speaker for the evening. Ms. Hutchins teaches a gifted seminar offered through Aurora University and has a great deal of experience and expertise in the field of giftedness.  

This event is free and open to all community members.  Anyone who is interested in learning more about what it means for a child to be gifted would find this seminar very helpful as Liz will be discussing characteristics of giftedness as well as the differences between gifted and talented children.  

The seminar, "How Well Do You Know Your Gifted Child?" will be held on January 6^th, 2014 at the Rotolo Middle School Learning Resource Center from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.   For more information about CANDO or this seminar, interested attendees should go to: http://bataviacando.weebly.com or email BataviaCANDO@gmail.com.