Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events and Important Reminder

8-29 Cannon Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 9:00am
8-30 National College Colors Day- wear a college shirt or color
8-30 Summer Reading Logs due to Mrs. Wagner
9-2 Labor Day no school
9-5 Curriculum Night 5:30-6:15
9-20 PTA Back to School Picnic & Involvement Fair
10-28 PTA Spooky Skate 6:00-8:00





Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Patterns of Movement

Today we engineered the spinners that we will use in the marble run on family engineering night.  We are really excited to build the marble runs with our parents. 

Monday, February 25, 2019

Patterns of Movement

Today we worked with commercial marble runs to build our background knowledge about how they work. This way we will be ready for our Engineering Night Challenge with our parents.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Week of 2-25-19





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ORDER YOUR CHILD'S RACHEL'S 

CHALLENGE T-SHIRT TODAY!

This year, the GCISD Rachel's Challenge Rally
 will be on Saturday, April 27th. If you would 
like to order a Rachel's Challenge t-Shirts for 
your child, they are now on sale! The deadline
 to order is March 1st.



 

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.

Come and learn about the power of Minecraft in education, get tips directly for
 Microsoft on parental settings for use at home.



Friday, February 22, 2019

Patterns of Movement

Today we continued to explore patterns of movement using Chain Reaction kits.  We created spins and for the ball to travel through while it was rolling down the tracks. 

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Patterns of Movement

Today we explored patterns of movement with a number of different objects.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Museum Field Trip

We had a wonderful trip to the museum to learn more about engineering. 

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Engineering Week

Today we had a visit from Blake Wallace a Lockheed Martin Engineer.  He taught us about making paper airplane and some aerospace engineering.