Week of 4-29-19

5-1-19 Progress Reports

Our New District ATTENDANCE Zone Maps Are Live!

Our new maps are live! There are a few ways to get to the page if you need it:

1. Type in www.gcisd.net/maps

2. Linked under the "Our District" and "Parents" menus

3. Linked on the Quicklinks page

4. Linked on the enrollment/registration pages

Student Transfers

Applications for the Student Transfer Lottery will begin Monday, April 8th at 10:00 am 

until Friday, May 3rd at midnight. Check the Transfer Information page on the district 

website for information and the link to apply. The actual lottery will take place on

 Friday, May 10th.

CAREER DAY 2019

We are looking for individuals to come present at our Career Day for all students

 K-5 on Monday, May 20th. Our hope is for students to gain knowledge about

 possible careers/jobs and the college and/or experiences required to obtain these

 professions.

We would love for our guests to bring any hands on materials or pictures that 

will help the students better understand your job/career.

Please complete this survey to let us know if you are interested.

Contact Mandy Coburn, Cannon Counselor, if you have any questions. (817) 251-5684 or amanda.coburn@gcisd.net

 

GMS HOSTS STEM PARENT NIGHT

On April 29th GMS will be hosting a STEM Parent Night to showcase 

student work and provide an opportunity for parents to learn more about the middle 

STEM program. The night will run in a mini-conference format for parents and students

 in grades 4-8. During the night, parents and students will be able to attend 3 

sessions of their choice and each topic is offered multiple times.

 

Earth Day & Natural Resources

Mrs. Hall's class had a great week exploring new technology as we learned more about protecting our environment, natural and manmade resources and recycling.  We used WeDo 2.0 to build a recycling truck and Specdrums to identify recyclable and non-recyclable materials around our home. The mini-spheros helped us sort actions that were helpful or harmful to our environment and finally we designed a Bloxels video game where our character captured natural or manmade materials.  What a fun week!

Natural Resources

Today we created video games using Bloxels that showed our characters finding man made or natural resources while they fought off enemies.

Natural Resources

Today we created a model house that would show what items could and could not be recycled.  We wanted to show people how to take care of their natural resources.  Then we coded the Specdrums to make the house model interactive.

Natural Resources

Today we looked at ways to protect our natural resources and then created games with helpful or harmful things for the environment.  We then used the Sphero  minis to play a game knocking out the harmful things.

Natural Resources

Today we used Lego Story Starters to create stop motion videos on how to protect the natural resources on earth.

Week of 4-22-19

4-22 No School
4-23 Kindergarten Meet & Greet 4:00-6:00
4-25 Cubs Night Out @ Cici's Pizza
4-27 Rachel's Challenge Rally

Kindergarten Registration 2019-2020

Do you have a friend or neighbor who has a Kindergarten student that 

will attend Cannon next year?

Please help us spread the word that Kindergarten Registration for 

2019-2020 will be held throughout the week of April 23rd-27th! We will 

have a special Kindergarten Meet & Greet on Tuesday, April 23rd from 4:00-6:00 pm, 

when incoming students can meet the Kinder teachers & do an activity in a Kinder

 classroom. Registration for Kinder can be completed between 8:00-2:00, 4/23 - 4/26.

Thanks for helping us round up our incoming Cubs!

 

CAREER DAY 2019

We are looking for individuals to come present at our Career Day for all students

 K-5 on Monday, May 20th. Our hope is for students to gain knowledge about

 possible careers/jobs and the college and/or experiences required to obtain these

 professions.

We would love for our guests to bring any hands on materials or pictures that 

will help the students better understand your job/career.

Please complete this survey to let us know if you are interested.

Contact Mandy Coburn, Cannon Counselor, if you have any questions. (817) 251-5684 or amanda.coburn@gcisd.net

 

 

GMS HOSTS STEM PARENT NIGHT

On April 29th GMS will be hosting a STEM Parent Night to showcase 

student work and provide an opportunity for parents to learn more about the middle 

STEM program. The night will run in a mini-conference format for parents and students

 in grades 4-8. During the night, parents and students will be able to attend 3 

sessions of their choice and each topic is offered multiple times.

 

GOT OLD ELECTRONICS?

One man's trash is a curious STEM Cub's treasure!

Do you have any small old, broken electronics gathering dust? We are collecting these 

for our Breaker Space and our 4th grade scholars also have a project coming up and 

could use your old electronics to explore!

Suggestions for small items to donate: (No items with GLASS screens please! )

• Electronic toys - we LOVE these!
• Keyboards
• Remotes
• Small appliances (hair dryers; coffee makers; toasters; styling tools, etc...
• Clocks
• Phones
• Smoke detectors; Flashlights; Tools
• We would love to learn from anything you might have!

Please drop these items off in the front office or send them to school with your 

students to be taken to the office. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

Natural Resources

Today we used the WeDo 2.0 to build recycle trucks as we learn how to take care of our natural resources. 

Week of 4-15-19

GCISD Parent Technology Academy 
Come and learn along with 

others about the ever-changing world of technology in which your children are living!

Spring Parent Technology Academy Sessions

GCISD Technology is excited to announce our Spring Session line up with several 

new sessions. Stay tuned as more will be added to our list as we keep receiving the 

request from the community.

April 16th - Apps Parents Need to Know -SIGN UP HERE

Take part in this interactive discussion around the growing world of 

apps that students are using. Go being the scenes to hear the truth 

behind the apps and what dangers there are to those who use them

Student Transfers

Applications for the Student Transfer Lottery will 

begin Monday, April 8th at 10:00 am until Friday, May 

3rd at midnight. Check the Transfer Information page

 on the district website for information and the link to 

apply. The actual lottery will take place on Friday, May 10th.

Kindergarten Registration 2019-2020

Do you have a friend or neighbor who has a Kindergarten student that 

will attend Cannon next year?

Please help us spread the word that Kindergarten Registration for 

2019-2020 will be held throughout the week of April 23rd-27th! We will 

have a special Kindergarten Meet & Greet on Tuesday, April 23rd from 4:00-6:00 pm, 

when incoming students can meet the Kinder teachers & do an activity in a Kinder

 classroom. Registration for Kinder can be completed between 8:00-2:00, 4/23 - 4/26.

Thanks for helping us round up our incoming Cubs!

 

CAREER DAY 2019

We are looking for individuals to come present at our Career Day for all students

 K-5 on Monday, May 20th. Our hope is for students to gain knowledge about

 possible careers/jobs and the college and/or experiences required to obtain these

 professions.

We would love for our guests to bring any hands on materials or pictures that 

will help the students better understand your job/career.

Please complete this survey to let us know if you are interested.

Contact Mandy Coburn, Cannon Counselor, if you have any questions. (817) 251-5684 or amanda.coburn@gcisd.net

 

 

GOT OLD ELECTRONICS?

One man's trash is a curious STEM Cub's treasure!

Do you have any small old, broken electronics gathering dust? We are collecting these 

for our Breaker Space and our 4th grade scholars also have a project coming up and 

could use your old electronics to explore!

Suggestions for small items to donate: (No items with GLASS screens please! )

• Electronic toys - we LOVE these!
• Keyboards
• Remotes
• Small appliances (hair dryers; coffee makers; toasters; styling tools, etc...
• Clocks
• Phones
• Smoke detectors; Flashlights; Tools
• We would love to learn from anything you might have!

Please drop these items off in the front office or send them to school with your 

students to be taken to the office. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

Bodies of Water

We are learning about bodies of water this week.  To learn the locations of the oceans we coded an ocean game using Scratch and then used Makey Makey to create an interactive game board.

Week of 4-8-19

Book of the Month for April and May
 https://www.smore.com/k2hfn

Student Transfers

Applications for the Student Transfer Lottery will begin

 Monday, April 8th at 10:00 am until Friday, May 3rd at midnight. 

Check the Transfer Information page on the district website for

 information and the link to apply. The actual lottery will take

 place on Friday, May 10th.

Kindergarten Registration 2019-2020

Do you have a friend or neighbor who has a Kindergarten student that 

will attend Cannon next year?

Please help us spread the word that Kindergarten Registration for 

2019-2020 will be held throughout the week of April 23rd-27th! We will 

have a special Kindergarten Meet & Greet on Tuesday, April 23rd from 4:00-6:00 pm, 

when incoming students can meet the Kinder teachers & do an activity in a Kinder

 classroom. Registration for Kinder can be completed between 8:00-2:00, 4/23 - 4/26.

Thanks for helping us round up our incoming Cubs!

CAREER DAY 2019

We are looking for individuals to come present at our Career Day for all students

 K-5 on Monday, May 20th. Our hope is for students to gain knowledge about

 possible careers/jobs and the college and/or experiences required to obtain these

 professions.

We would love for our guests to bring any hands on materials or pictures that 

will help the students better understand your job/career.

Please complete this survey to let us know if you are interested.

Contact Mandy Coburn, Cannon Counselor, if you have any questions. (817) 251-5684 or amanda.coburn@gcisd.net

GCISD Parent Technology Academy 
Come and learn along with 

others about the ever-changing world of technology in which your children are living!

Spring Parent Technology Academy Sessions

GCISD Technology is excited to announce our Spring Session line up with several 

new sessions. Stay tuned as more will be added to our list as we keep receiving the 

request from the community.

April 16th - Apps Parents Need to Know -SIGN UP HERE

Take part in this interactive discussion around the growing world of 

apps that students are using. Go being the scenes to hear the truth 

behind the apps and what dangers there are to those who use them

MATH TELESCOPING EXAMS

Testing opportunities for telescoping in math for the 2019-20 school year 

are available in the spring and summer for GCISD students who are completing Grades K - 7.

The Math Telescoping Information Packet will be available on the district

 website under the For Parents and Students Directory by selecting the link for

Acceleration Exams, Math Telescoping, Grades K - 7.

Parents will find information about the requirements to qualify for Math Telescoping 

and instructions about the TWO STEP Online Registration Process. There will be links 

to print the Information Packet, begin the TWO STEP Online Registration Process to 

register for the spring exams, view the TEKS on the TEA website, and download Study

 Guides for the exams purchased from UT-Austin.

The online registration form will go live on May 6th for the June 19th test administration.

The summer exam dates and registration deadlines for each exam date are listed below:

Summer Exam Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 9 a.m. Heritage Middle School

Online Registration Opens – Summer Exam Date: May 6, 2019

Online Registration Closes – Summer Exam Date: May 20, 2019

The online registration form will not be unavailable on May 21, 2019

Exam Fee Payment Deadline – Summer Exam Date: May 21, 2019

GOT OLD ELECTRONICS?

One man's trash is a curious STEM Cub's treasure!

Do you have any small old, broken electronics gathering dust? We are collecting these 

for our Breaker Space and our 4th grade scholars also have a project coming up and 

could use your old electronics to explore!

Suggestions for small items to donate: (No items with GLASS screens please! )

• Electronic toys - we LOVE these!
• Keyboards
• Remotes
• Small appliances (hair dryers; coffee makers; toasters; styling tools, etc...
• Clocks
• Phones
• Smoke detectors; Flashlights; Tools
• We would love to learn from anything you might have!

Please drop these items off in the front office or send them to school with your 

students to be taken to the office. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!

 

Patterns in the Sky

We explored models of the phases of the moon.

Patterns in the Sky

Today we learned about how the moon goes through phases.  We created animated gifs of the moon and the phases.

Zoo Math Project

This week we are working on a Zoo Math Enrichment Project.  We had to select animals to buy for our zoo on a budget.  Today we built some of the animals using WeDo Lego Robotics.