Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education

A very special thank you to those hard working individuals who had the foresight and the dedication to create MT AGATE, the Montana Association of Gifted and Talented Education organization.
Charter Members

Last Name	First Name	City
Adams	Margaret	Great Falls
Bartelt	Andrea	Great Falls
Bartholomew	Kim	Miles City
Beck	Alene	Billings
Byrne	Judy	Lewistown
Camp	George	Missoula
Capener	Elaine	Missoula
Criswell	Mary	Lewistown
Croff	Clayton	Billings
Donnelly	Carolie	Glendive
Doohan	TP	Alberton
Ely	Nancy	Billings
Fenton	Judi	Havre
Frank	Zara	Billings
Frank	Charles	Billings
Gilliland	Hap	Billings
Gundlach	Don	Miles City
Hanninen	Gail	Kalispell
Hedrick	Irene	Livingston
Henningsem	Betty	Dillon
Hetrick	Helen	Glasgow
Hunt	Madgie	Missoula
Kaney	Lanor	Anaconda
Kirkpatrick	Kathie	Billings
Latham	Margaret	Lewistown
Lemelin	Robert	Anaconda
Leppein	Jann	Billings
Longin	Jim	Lewistown
Lukenbill	Nancy	Helena	Blessing
McAtee	Alan	Missoula
McDermott	Fran	Billings
McGuire	Pat	Lewistown
Munro	Robert	Anaconda
Nelson	Penny	Wolf Point
Nichols	Ron	Stevensville
Olson	Shirley	Billings
Pattee	Kathy	Bozeman
Peters	Sally	Bozeman
Putman	Marsha	Billings
Raslson	Sally	Anaconda
Riebhoff	Jann	Bozeman
Rink	Marjorie	East Glacier
Rubio	Julie	Billings	Dufresne
Scoles	Vivian	Billings
Scott	Edith	Glasgow
Selby	Ed	Billings
Seston	Karen	Helena
Shutey	Rudy	Butte
Silverman	Donna	Butte
Smith	Stephanie	Billings
Stair	Sue	Colstrip
Strand	Chuck	Miles City
Tracy	Virginia	Anaconda
Troxel	Christine	Missoula
Vidal	Gayle	Kalispell
Walker	Sharon	Helena
Warne	Caroline	Billings
Wegner	Florence	Wilsall
Whitmer	Lynn	Billings
Willmuth	Nina	Bozeman	Black
Wilson	Sidney	Lewistown
Youngblood	Sheila	Butte

“Expecting all children the same age to learn from the same materials is like expecting all children the same age to wear the same size clothing.”~ Madeline Hunter ~ “Every child deserves an equal opportunity to struggle.”~ Mary Slade ~ “It would be a loss for all kids if we made schools one track and all kids did the same things at the same time.”~ J. O’Neill ~ “One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar!”~ Helen Keller ~ “To learn a particular concept, some children need days, some ten minutes. But the typical lockstep schedule and curriculum ignores this fundamental fact.”~ Marilyn Hughes ~ “You can never hold a person down without staying down with him.”~ Booker T. Washington ~ “Excellence in education is when we do everything that we can to make sure they become everything that they can.”~ Carol Tomlinson ~ “The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way.”~ Howard Gardner ~ “There is nothing so unequal as the equal treatment of unequals.”~ Justice Felix Frankfurter ~ “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round heads in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them, because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”~Apple Computer Advertisement~ “When once the child has learned that 4 and 2 are 6, a thousand repetitions will give him no new information, and it is a waste of time to keep him in that manner.”~ J.M. Greenwood, 1888 ~ “Give me rigor or give me mortis!” ~ Michael Clay Thompson ~ “If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.”~ F. Wikzek ~ “Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”~ Benjamin Franklin ~ “Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.”~ Leonardo da Vinci ~ “The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.”~ John Stuart Mill ~ “What happens to the rat that stops running the maze? The doctors think it's dumb when it's just disappointed.”~ Mark Eitzel ~ “Wisdom begins with wonder.”~ Socrates ~ “States and Provinces and curricula around the world track students by age. This practice is so common that we do not think of it as tracking. With few exceptions, a six year old must go into first grade even if that six year old is not ready or was ready for the grade one year earlier.”~ Zalman Usiskin ~ “As a society we must be able to admire ability, to support ability, to celebrate ability and to nurture ability. It must be as socially acceptable to support genius that is intellectual as it is to support genius that is athletic.”~ Michael Clay Thompson ~ “Closing the achievement gap by pushing down the top is like fostering fitness by outlawing marathons.”~Helen Schinske ~ “Keeping a child who can do sixth-grade work in a second-grade classroom is not saving that student's childhood but is instead robbing that child of the desire to learn.”~Ellen Winner ~ “My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.”~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ~ “No paradox is more striking than the inconsistency between research findings on acceleration and the failure of our society to reduce the time spent by superior students in formal education.”~ M. J. Gold, 1965 ~ Dad/Mr. Incredible: “It's psychotic. They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity, but if someone is genuinely exceptional...” Mom: “This is not about you, Bob. This is about Dash.” Dad: “You want to do something for Dash? Then let him actually compete. ... Because he'd be great!”~The Incredibles ~

Updated: May 2008
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Darla Williams
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