Troy University will host the Fifth Annual Gifted Education Conference for parents and teachers of high-ability K-2 students at the Dothan Campus on Saturday, April 6, from 9:30 – 3 p.m. in the Michelin Room in the Library/Technology Building.
 
This year’s theme is developing early interest in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
 
The free event is sponsored by the College of Education and is aimed at helping parents and teachers better meet the needs of high-ability students in kindergarten through second grade.
 
“Typically, students are not identified and served in gifted programs until third grade. Therefore, we want to provide parents and classroom teachers with techniques that can enrich the curriculum for K-2 students prior to enrollment in a gifted program,” said Dr.

April 1st, 2013 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the Troy SportsPlex

There will be a fun zone  with a 65ft obstacle course. There will be fun activities such as football toss, radar gun throw, and cornhole. We will also have a timed obstacle race in our fitness zone.  In the education section there should be different tests to measure the children's fitness as well as have educational materials on fitness for the children and their parents. There will be goodie bags and t-shirts available for the first kids that show up. There is a limited supply of goodie bags and t-shirts so it is a first come first serve basis.  Children must have parental/legal guardian supervision at all times.

Everyone will have a great time and a better understanding of how to live an active, healthy lifestyle!

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Author Tiara L. Hawthorne will hold a book singing event on Monday, March 25th from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, located at 101 Trojan Way in Troy. Hawthorne, a resident of Brantley, AL, will be available to sign copies of her book, Pick Up Your Weapons and Fight!

It took me a while to recognize in my Christian walk that I was a soldier on the battlefield for Christ. For many years, all I could think about was being in the military. Little did I know that I had already been chosen, predestined before I was yet formed in the womb, to fight on the battlefield for the Lord.
 
Tiara L. Hawthorne has endured the rigorous training required to become a member of the best military in the world. She has done the pushups, the running, and the sweating. She has heard the bark of a drill instructor's commands.