News Release: Canton Public Schools Opening Minds, Transforming Lives 4 Market Street, Suite 100, Canton, CT 06019 www.cantonschools.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2014  860-693-7704 CONTACT: Dr. Jordan Grossman (860) 693-7704, ext. 5008 [email protected] Minds in Motion Enrichment Program Returns to Canton in November CANTON, CT – Register your K-8th grade children for the November 8th Minds in Motion event to be held at Canton Middle/High School. Minds in Motion, the Connecticut Association for the Gifted’s (CAG) signature student enrichment program, provides children opportunities to explore areas of interest that are rarely part of the everyday classroom. While students participate in workshops, parents attend thoughtprovoking, special-interest workshops. Although this event is co-sponsored by CAG, it is open to all interested students, every age-eligible child is welcome and encouraged to attend! Student workshops include LEGO WeDo Robotics, Circus! Creative Movement! Yoga!, Fun with Optics, Photography Basics, How to Solve a Crime, and many more fun programs. Workshop faculty include educators and professionals from Talcott Mountain Science Center, Kids Artspace International, Babson College, and CT Destination Imagination. Adults can network with other parents, collect free literature, attend workshops and attend for free, Music and Movement in Early Childhood, keynote from Lillie Feierabend, renowned music educator. The five adult workshops include Conversations, Challenges and Critical Mass, Using Academic Competitions to Extend Learning Opportunities for your Gifted Child, 5 Keys to Understanding the Twice Exceptional Child, Nine Ways to De-Stress with Yoga and Breathing!, and Doing it All or Doing what Matters Most: An Interactive Workshop to build a vision and plan that best fits YOUR Family. Minds in Motion is presented by the Canton Public Schools and The Connecticut Association for the Gifted. Registration is $20.00/child for CAG members and $30.00/child for non-CAG members. Seats are first come, first served, so register early at http://www.ctgifted.org/website/publish/newsroom/index.php?Minds-in-Motion-38. ###