The money raised from the Deanan Popcorn fundraiser will cover our field trip listed below. I will schedule some speakers to come speak with students on the biomes we are studying. Please note the events and dates below.
Meet the New Director for Advanced Learning in NISD at the GT Advisory Council Meeting on January 15. See below for the flyer. February 26 is our Fuddruckers & LaserQuest Fundraiser Night for the GT Programs in NISD. Check back for more information soon to come. Ellison ALPHA students are scheduled to take a field trip to the Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. We will participate in the Terrarium Ecosystem Program while at the Gardens. We will leave school about 9 am. We should have space for parents to ride with us on the bus if they choose. Please make sure you have your background checks completed before the field trip. I will check about a week or two before the trip for a list of parents eligible to chaperone. I am also planning a field trip to Friedrich Wilderness Park. More information on that later. Please make sure background checks are done asap. The ECO-ADVENTURES ALPHA NIGHT for Ellison will be Wednesday, May 27th. Students will share their final research project displays with family and friends. We will begin this project either end of March on beginning of April. Some information is posted on the Research tab of our website. More information will be added later. The Braun Station 2nd Annual ALPHA Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, May 24th from 12-3 at Phil Hardberger Park West off NW Military. We would like to have the Ellison End of Year Picnic that day as well. I spoke to our 4th grade ALPHA kids and they thought that might be fun to have both groups together. I hope you will be able to attend! We had so much fun last year even with the little rain we had that morning. It's gonna be so great! More information as the date approaches. Students are working on several projects that will be completed independently or in teams after instruction. I have posted some of the big questions we will answer in this unit in a previous post.
Here are some of the assignments we will complete.
Our Braun Station Deanan popcorn fundraiser was a great success! The money raised will help fund our field trips, speakers, and the "Happiness Is" Anthology. *Speakers are being scheduled. I scheduled the Stevenson Middle School GT teachers to come visit with our 5th grade ALPHA students on January 6th at 8:30 am. They spoke with students on middle school registration and the expectations of the Stevenson GT program. Meet the New Director for Advanced Learning in NISD at the GT Advisory Council Meeting on January 15. See below for the flyer. February 26 is our Fuddruckers & LaserQuest Fundraiser Night for the GT Programs in NISD. Check back for more information soon to come. Braun Station ALPHA students are scheduled to take a field trip to the Botanical Gardens on Monday, March 23rd. We will participate in the Terrarium Ecosystem Program and visit the Rainforest Adventure Exhibit while at the Gardens. We will leave school about 9 am. We should have space for parents to ride with us on the bus if they choose. Please make sure you have your background checks completed before the field trip. I will check about a week or two before the trip for a list of parents eligible to chaperone. I am also planning a field trip to Government Canyon. More information on that later. Please make sure background checks are done asap. I have scheduled our Braun Station ECO-ADVENTURES ALPHA NIGHT for May 21 at 6pm in the cafeteria. Students will share their final research project displays with family and friends. We will begin this project either end of March on beginning of April. Some information is posted on the Research tab of our website. More information will be added later. The Braun Station 2nd Annual ALPHA Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, May 24th from 12-3 at Phil Hardberger Park West off NW Military. I hope you will be able to attend! We had so much fun last year even with the little rain we had that morning. We will be inviting Ellison GT families to join us as well. It's gonna be so great! More information as the date approaches. Parents, I will be reviewing the desert projects and other student work over the break and as soon as I get back from break. I will also review each student's progress as it applies to Scholarly Behaviors. The GT "report cards" called Student Performance Reports will go home with the regular classroom report cards in January. If you would like to have a conference before or after the reports go home, please let me know. I try to make myself available for conferences as much as possible. I am at Ellison on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and some Mondays. I am at Braun Station Thursdays and Fridays and every other Monday. In the meantime, you are welcomed to review your child's science notebook, his/her work on the student showcase on this website, and the blog for our projects and activities. I hope to add more projects to the showcase when we get back from break. I have attached a blank copy of the student performance report for you to review. Not all areas will be completed for the fall. Our main research project will take place in the spring.
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