Monday, March 18, 2019
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Week of 3-18-19
ONLINE AUCTION HAS BEGUN - HELP US FUND A TINKERSPACE FOR OUR CANNON CUBS!
The online auction to raise money for Cannon's new TinkerSpace
is LIVE and bidding has begun! With nearly 100 items, there is
something for everyone! You can browse and bid online or come
up to the Spring Fling on 3/21 and see everything for yourself.
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.
March 21st - Internet Addiction " Gaming"--SIGN UP HERE
More than 5 million kids may be addicted to video games.
31% of males and 12 % of females report that have felt addicted
to gaming. Come to hear from Dr Kay Trotter, PhD, LPC-s, RPT-S from
local Kaleidoscope Behavioral Health as she discusses the signs
and symptoms of this growing addiction. Learn some tips and be a
part of the discussion around online gaming and internet addiction
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!
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Glider Engineering
We completed the glider engineering challenge today. They created gliders went at least 15 feet. Way to go 2nd grade.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Flight
Today we continued to study flight then and now. We looked at some flight of the present with drones. We got to code the drones to complete 3 commands.
Monday, March 4, 2019
Forces of Flight
Today we are expanding our knowledge base about the forces of flight. We will use this knowledge in a glider challenge later in the week. We used the wind tunnel to help us learn about flight.
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Week of 3-4-19
3-7-19 Family Engineering Night 5:30-7:00
We look forward to you coming to build wall marble runs with your children.
Spring Break 3-9/3-17
If you know someone interested in STEM share the graphic below.
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 went live on February 19th for the April 27th test administration.
The online registration form will go live on May 6th for the June 19th test administration.
The exam dates and registration deadlines for each exam date are listed below:
Spring Exam Date: Saturday, April 27, 2019 | 9 a.m. Colleyville Middle School
Online Registration Opens – Spring Exam Date: February 19, 2019
Online Registration Deadline – Spring Exam Date: March 6, 2019
The online registration form will not be available on March 7, 2019
Exam Fee Payment Deadline – Spring Exam Date: March 7, 2019
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
Parent Technology Academy
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.
March 21st - Internet Addiction " Gaming"--SIGN UP HERE
More than 5 million kids may be addicted to video games. 31% of males
and 12 % of females report that have felt addicted to gaming. Come to hear
from Dr Kay Trotter, PhD, LPC-s, RPT-S from local Kaleidoscope Behavioral
Health as she discusses the signs and symptoms of this growing addiction.
Learn some tips and be a part of the discussion around online gaming and
internet addiction.
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!
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