==January 8, 2008 Special UAB Meeting: OppTAG Programs Through ISU (rescheduled from Dec. 11, 2007)==
Students and parents in Urbandale and throughout the Des Moines metro area are invited to join Urbandale Academic Boosters (UAB) and hear about some exciting learning opportunities offered throughout the year by the OppTAG program at IowaStateUniversity.  Maura Flaschner is Assistant Director for the Office of Admissions at IowaStateUniversity, and Director of PreCollegiate Programs for Talented and Gifted.  Maura will describe the OppTAG programs available to high academic ability students from elementary, middle, and high schools around Iowa.  Meeting details and a link to the OppTAG web site may be found at the web page http://www.oocities.org/uaboosters/ .  The meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on January 8, 2008 in the Urbandale Middle School Media Center and is free.  Emails in advance to coachtmeyer@mchsi.com would help us plan handout and seating needs.  (Our apologies about the weather-related postponement from the original December 11, 2007 date.  We've had good interest from persons planning to attend, and will hope to see you instead on January 8th, same time and location.)