Week 1-28-19

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!

GCISD Community Showcase at TECC

Have you ever wondered what goes on inside of a GCISD classroom? Have you ever

 been curious about how LEAD 2021 looks in action? Join GCISD for a Community 

Showcase at the Technology Education and Career Center (TECC) at Grapevine 

High School on January 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m for a tour led by students 

and staff. This opportunity is limited to the first 20 participants. Click here to sign 

up for this Community Showcase.

RACHEL'S CHALLENGE SHIRT CONTEST

Students, you could be the artist behind our new Rachel's Challenge shirt

 for 2019 and everyone could be wearing your artwork. See the details in the 

 flyer. Spanish Flyer

GCISD Parent Technology Academy is BACK! 

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.

February 12th - Hour of Code - Parent Edition -SIGN UP HERE

Come dive in and experience what students across GCISD do each day with

 hands-on activities around coding

Doodle 4 Google 2019

Another year, another Doodle 4 Google contest. This year's Doodle 4 Google is 

the eleventh in a row. The theme of this year's Doodle4 Google art contest

 is  "when I grow up, I hope..."  The contest is open to students in Kindergarten 

through 12th grade in the United States. To enter the contest students 

should create a drawing that represents something that inspires them. 

The drawing, of course, must include the word Google somewhere within it. 

The artwork must be submitted on this official entry form.This year's 

national Doodle 4 Google winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship 

and a $50,000 technology prize package for his or her school. 

 Check out this video about the 2nd grader who was the 2018 contest winner!