March 12, 2004

March 12, 2004
1. M E M O R A N D U M

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

F. PHILIP HANDY,

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

JULIA L. JOHNSON

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

LINDA K. TAYLOR

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

Coordinators, District Gifted Programs

Directors, University Lab Schools

Donnajo Smith, Program Specialist for Gifted

Commissioner of Education

Challenge Grant for Gifted: Collaborative Curriculum Project 2002-03 Summaries

We are pleased to announce re-publication of the

lenge Grant for Gifted: Collaborative Curriculum

Project 2002-03 Summaries

. The original printing, which was sent in January, was discovered to have

been a misprint and we are sending these corrected versions.

Copies are enclosed for dissemination

within your district.

The Collaborative Curriculum Projects are intended to enhance the academic performance of gifted

students through the innovative redesign of instruction and meaningful collaboration between gifted

students and teachers, other students, colleagues, mentors, or agencies. The purposes of this publication

are to provide information to Florida school district administrators and teachers about the grant

opportunity and information about grant projects that have been funded in the past.

For further information about the Challenge Grants Collaborative Curriculum Projects, please contact me

at the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services,

Program Development and Services, 601 Turlington Building, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee,

Florida 32399, (850) 245-0478, Suncom 205-0478, Fax (850) 245-0955, Donnajo.smith@fldoe.org. To

access a copy of the Collaborative Curriculum Project 2002-03 Summaries, please contact the

Clearinghouse Information Center, Florida Department of Education, 614 Turlington Building, 325 West

Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, (850) 245-0477, Suncom 205-0477, Fax (850) 245-0987,

cicbiscs@mail.doe.state.fl.us or at the Florida Board of Education website,

myfloridaeducation.com/home/pub-home.htm.

Administrators, Exceptional Student Education

Renee Speisman, Institute for Small and Rural Districts

MICHELE POLLAND

Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 614 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0475 • www.fldoe.org