The Patrick Straut Foundation Board met on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 to plan for the spring 2021 scholarship season and fundraising events in support of the scholarships. All Board members were present and Lisa Lee, WRHS GT Center teacher joined for a portion of the discussion.

Discussion Topics included:

1. Checking in—it has been a crazy year for us all.

2. Current balance in scholarship fund.

3. Tentative Dates for 2021 Scholarship: May 1, 2021 GT Night, Application Deadline April 10, 2021.

4. Fund Raising Ideas: FB Fundraiser starts 3/16/2021, Raffle signed Patriot’s jersey or football by Dalton Keene, Chatfield alum., Email campaign to previous donors, WRHS GT teachers to email current Center school parents, and explore fundraisers at local restaurants (try to find an option that would be county wide (Jeffco). All recognize the concerns related to COVID-19 and that they will not subside before fundraising window again this year.

5. Carrying the work of the William and Mary PA forward. Terri applied to present at NAGC in Aurora this fall. Discussed the spiral model. Ideation patterns of gifted adolescents differ from neuro-typical peers.

The William and Mary School of Education, Center for Gifted Education seeks School Counselors Who Have Experienced Suicide Attempts or Completions in Their Schools. They are seeking participants for a study of suicidal behavior and academic pressure. If you are a school counselor who has had experience in the past 10 years with middle- or high-school aged students who engaged in suicidal behavior, from attempts to completion (not including ideation), we would appreciate your input to an anonymous online survey, which should take approximately 25 minutes.

Please find more information about the research at their website,  http://bit.ly/Counselor_Study.

Please share with other counselors. This is important research.