A Girl from Yamhill opens readers’ eyes to the childhood of Beverly Cleary. She started off life in Yamhill, Oregon, living on a farm that her father loved working but left her mother feeling like a slave. She and her parents moved to Portland, Oregon, where she stayed until it was time for her to go to college. Throughout the years in Portland, Beverly Cleary recounts her attempts to feel love and affection from her mother and the struggles her family endures during the Great Depression.
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The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) at William & Mary University (College of William & Mary), is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, and parents in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals.
Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the CFGE has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center. In 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded CFGE the funds needed for a summer residential camp for low income, high-ability children, for four consecutive years. In 2015, William & Mary alumni, Mike and Nancy Petters, through the Petters Family Foundation, provided additional financial support to the program. In 2016, the Petters Family Foundation has committed to fully fund the program for the next four years. Camp Launch is only the beginning of the Center for Gifted Education’s goal to bring educational equality to all gifted students.
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