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News for Klein Parents of Gifted & Advanced Learners
September 25, 2018
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RSVP to the GT Summit: Parent Sessions/Student Challenges!
40 Challenge sessions for K-12 learners including the FTC and FRC Robotics Teams!
Saturday, Sep 29, 2018, 09:00 AM
KMPC 7500 FM 2920 Klein, Texas
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UPDATE: IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIP: PSAT/NMSQT October 10, 2018
Klein Forest High School Official SAT Ambassadors hosted this past week's PSAT/SAT Challenge: Essay and Writing at the KMPC. Students worked in study group's analyzing a top scoring essay, worked through exercises on Khan Academy, and wrote an essay that is scored on the Khan Academy platform.
Khan Academy is the official practice portal for the exam. Please visit this website especially for parents, which provides information regarding the prep! For more information on the PSAT/NMSQT please click here.
We look forward to more students earning this AMAZING college opportunity in 2018-19!
Mindshift
By Elissa Nadworny
KQED News: Mind/Shift
For the full article: Click Here!
Sylvia Acevedo grew up on a dirt road in New Mexico. Her family was poor, living "paycheck to paycheck."
After a meningitis outbreak in her Las Cruces neighborhood nearly killed her younger sister, her mother moved the family to a different neighborhood. At her new school, young Acevedo knew no one. Until a classmate convinced her to become a Brownie Girl Scout.
And from that moment, she says, her life took on a new path.
On one camping trip, Acevedo's troop leader saw her looking up at the stars.
"I didn't know that there were planets," Acevedo remembers, "I didn't know there were constellations." Her troop leader pointed out the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and a few planets. Later, when the girls were earning badges, Acevedo's leader remembered her fascination with the stars and suggested she try for her science badge.
Read the rest of the story here.