Nurturing Wisdom Academy
125 South Vine
Hinsdale, IL 60521

Is your daughter smart, but you are the only one who knows it?  Does she daydream her days away, appearing to the teacher as unengaged and uninterested? Does she hide what she knows, because smart girls are not popular? Or is she ostracized because she refuses to “play the game.”

Furthermore, why do girls perform better on tests than boys in elementary school, and yet boys outperform girls in high school?  Do girls need female role models? How do you find them?

Come join the discussion about smart girls and how to empower them.

Joan Franklin Smutny is founder and director of the Center for Gifted and Midwest Torrance Center for Creativity, a Northern Illinois University Partner. She directs programs for thousands of bright, talented, and gifted children in the Chicago area annually. She also teaches creative writing in many of these programs as well as courses on gifted education for graduate students at the university level. Smutny has authored, co-authored, and edited many articles and books on gifted education for teachers, parents, and administrators, including three on the topic of gifted girls: The Lives of Great Women Leaders and You (2014), Manifesto of the Gifted Girl (2010), Reclaiming the Lives of Gifted Girls and Women (2007). In 1996, she won the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contribution to the field of gifted education.

Come join the discussion about gifted girls and how to empower them. Register today!  Registration is free for CGCC members, a non-refundable $5 for non-members.  Won't you consider joining CGCC today?  Join