Thank you everyone!

The Da Vinci Auction was held on Saturday, May 1 2010 at the St. Charles Country Club and was a success! Many thanks are due to all the hardworking volunteers and the hard-spending attendees!

More details and analysis to follow. After we all catch up on some sleep!

Dr. Kelly Johnson speaker program a success!

Last Friday, April 16, Da Vinci parents and parents of gifted children in the greater Fox Valley Community were able to hear from local Neuropsychologist Dr. Kelly Johnson about giftedness and executive functioning. Her talk, titled Executive Functioning: How to Help Your Gifted Child Get and Stay Organized was an excellent and thorough review everything from the science of the brain and how certain skills and behaviors develop through practical tips for how to help a child who struggles with organization and executive functioning achieve success.

Handouts from the talk will be available on Da Vinci's website soon. Additionally, Dr. Johnson recommended these resources:

Norman Doidge, The Brain that Changes Itself

Sharon Begley's, The Plastic Mind. 

She also mentions that Larry Dossey included a study in his book Healing Words, that focuses on plant health in relation to speech.

Proceeds from this Da Vinci Academy Parent Education event benefited the 2010 Auction. Future events are planned for the 2010-2011 school year.

Here are some photos from the event:

 The dessert deserved its own picture.