45th Annual CAGT Conference 2023 – Imagine, Believe, Grow
We are coming down the stretch for our 45th annual CAGT Conference 2023 – Imagine, Believe, Grow. We hope you will join us this year, October 8-10th at the Embassy Suites in Loveland for yet another great event for educators, administrators, mental health personnel, parents and students! Different conference events are now open.
2023 Conference Schedule -To get a quick glance of our Keynotes, Signature Series and Breakout Sessions click here to see the incredible offerings for this year’s conference. (schedule is subject to change)
Scholarships – Nominations are now closed
Leadership Awards – Nomination window is closed
Exhibitors and Sponsorships – Registration is Now Open!
Conference Registration is Now Open!
Call for Proposals – Submissions are now closed
Youth Impact Awards – No Longer Accepting Nominations
Check out the descriptions below and for specific information about the events, click on the green buttons. Please check out and apply for our many scholarships, nominate a colleague for one of our CAGT Leadership Awards, or register to be an Exhibitor or Sponsor at the conference. Hope to see you this fall!
2023 CAGT Leadership Awards
Nominations for the 2023 CAGT Leadership Awards are now closed. Please check back next March to nominate deserving individuals for the 2024 Leadership Awards in the following categories: George T. Betts Inspiration Award, Jacquelin Medina Visionary Leadership Award, Parent of the Year, Educator of the Year, Administrator of the Year, Special Advocate of the Year, and the Lifetime Achievement Award at CAGT’s 46th Annual Conference.
CAGT Conference Scholarship Applications
This year’s CAGT Scholarships to attend the 2023 annual conference Imagine, Believe, Grow are now closed. Please take advantage of the many scholarships to attend next year’s conference and learn from local, national and international experts from the field of gifted education. We will be offering four scholarships to attend conference for educators, administrators and mental health providers interested in learning how to better their pedagogy to support the needs of gifted students and programming at their schools. In addition to our Colorado Scholars and Leaders in Action scholarships, we offer scholarships to help send our teachers of color and our mental health support personnel to conference. Don’t miss these opportunities to attend the 2024 conference! Check back next March for more information and to apply.
2023 Call for Proposals
The window for submitting presentation proposals for CAGT’s 2023 Annual Conference Imagine, Believe, Grow is now closed. Please consider sharing your knowledge and expertise about our gifted children and their unique needs at our 2024 conference next October. Our professional conference offers over 80 presentations from experts in the field of gifted education and has an annual attendance of over 800 educators, administrators, parents and community members. Proposals for breakout sessions for next year’s conference will open in March of 2024. See you then!
Youth Impact Award Nominations
The 2023 Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented (CAGT) Youth Impact Awards are now closed. Each year these awards are granted to children ages 7-18, who have made a positive, meaningful, and beneficial impact on others in their classroom, school and/or community. CAGT chooses four children from the state of Colorado who will be named CAGT Youth Impact Award Students: one student for the Junior Division (ages 7-9), one student for the Senior Division (ages 10-12), and two students for the Masters Division (ages 13-18). All four students who are selected receive a CAGT Certificate of Excellence and a cash reward. Please consider nominating students who you feel are deserving of this award for our 2024 Youth Impact Award when nominations are open next March.
Exhibitors and Sponsorships
Exhibitors and Sponsors – Come join us for our 45th Annual Conference, Imagine, Believe, Grow. We would love to have you exhibit and/or be a sponsor at our 2023 conference at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, October 8-10th as it is your support that helps make our conference a success! Information for both exhibiting and sponsoring will be available in early April. If you would like to place an ad in the conference program, please check here for pricing.
We hope you join us this next fall!
The 2022 CAGT Leadership and Youth Impact Award Winners!
Leadership Award Winners
George T. Betts Inspirational Award:
Roger Dowd (Arvada)
Jacquelin Medina Visionary Leadership Award:
Michelle DuBois (Boulder)
Nisia Patalan (Durango)
Lifetime Achievement:
Sandy Malouff (Santa Fe Trail BOCES)
Special Advocate Award:
Christine Daugherty (Northeast BOCES)
Educator of the Year:
Emily Abell (Littleton)
Julia Lumsargis (Monte Vista)
Youth Impact Award Winners
Junior Division
Presley Hardin
Prairie Hills Elementary, Thorton
Senior Division
Gavin Linville
Erie
Masters Division:
Jameson Johnson
Grandview High School, Cherry Creek
Daniela Ortiz
Resurrection Christian School,
CAGT’s 4th Annual Art Contest Winners!
CAGT would like to congratulate our 2022 Art Contest Winners
Elementary K-2 Division
1st Place – Ritvi Rahul Pawar – 1st Grade
Ritvi wants to make her own world beautiful by doing wonderful things she likes. Color your own world.
2nd Place – Fiora Mariotti – 2nd Grade
Surfing Upside Down
3rd Place – Hendrix Petty – 1st grade
Bob the Gifted Gorilla
Elementary 3-5 Division
1st Place – Kishan Ajith – 3rd grade
Nature provides us with many gifts, unconditionally. So we need to save our planet Earth
2nd Place – Aoife Beal – 3rd grade
Different Dimensions of Me (self-portrait)
3rd Place – Danny Henes – 4th grade
“Without Labels” – Our giftedness is more than the labels we’re given, more than the diagnostics, more than the scores we produce. Our giftedness is our story to unfold and tell as we live it. It never fades, it may change, but it is who we are unconditionally.
Middle School Division
1st Place – Sofia Lyon – 8th grade
Infinite Knowledge
2nd Place – Elliot Kuehler – 7th grade
A burgeoning confidence leads a daydreaming student toward new possibilities.
3rd Place – Elliot Sibson – 7th grade
I am gifted!
High School Division
1st Place – Samantha Stephens – 11th grade
“YOU CANNOT BE HAPPY” -centered on the pressure of being labeled as “gifted” at a young age.
2nd Place – Anya Adkins-Trotta – 10th grade
Unconditional: no limits. “Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
3rd Place – Joshua Cho – 11th grade
I created a self portrait of myself developing unique aeronautical technologies on the moon.
Congratulations to all of our winners and every student who submitted their interpretation of our conference theme this year – Unconventionally, Unconditionally Gifted. The artwork was remarkable and we hope to see even more incredible entries at our next conference!
Here is a peek at all of the artwork, but remember voting is closed.
Elementary Division – K-2
Elementary Division – 3-5
Middle School Division
High School Division