GT with Mrs. G
September 24, 2018
Spirit Week at SSS!
Essay Contests!
The Elks Lodge is sponsoring a contest for 5th-8th graders. The topic is "What makes you proud of America?" Essays are limited to 300 words and are due by December 15.
The VFW post is sponsoring a Patriot's Pen contest on the topic of "Why I Honor the American Flag" for students in grades 6-8, and audio essay competition for high school students.
Full details for both are available here, or students can see me for more info.
Literacy Night at PSPL
Be sure to take a look at the calendar of events at PSPL and find a fun event to participate in. So many exciting options to choose from!!!
FHS Drama Club Presents Two Plays
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WKU Super Saturdays set to begin in October
Dates: October 20, 27 and November 3, 10, 2018
Place: WKU's Campus, Bowling Green, KY and Louisville, KY
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $100
Course offerings will be released soon. Click here to request more information!
KAGE Parent Night September 24
KAGE Parent Night Fall 2018
A session designed to provide parents with information and ideas to use in parenting their gifted children.
(Co-Sponsored by LexKAGE)
Monday, September 24, 2018, 7:00 – 8:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Hilton Downtown Lexington, 369 Vine Street, Lexington, KY
Working with the School to Meet the Needs of Your Gifted Child
presented by Mary Evans, Ed.D.
About the program: Advocating for your gifted child at school can seem like a daunting task. This session will offer tips to help you and your child communicate with school personnel so you can work more effectively as a team to address your child’s unique needs.
Parent Night registration is FREE for current KAGE members and $10 for non-members (this includes a trial three-month KAGE membership. This trial membership allows you all the benefits of KAGE membership, including the KAGE newsletter, for three months. At the end of the trial period we hope you will renew at the $30 yearly rate!) If you have questions about your KAGE membership contact the KAGE office at kage@wku.edu or 270.745.4301.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR PARENT NIGHT.
REDUCED FEES FOR PARENTS TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE:
KAGE is offering a special opportunity for parents to attend the KAGE Fall Workshop. Fees for the KAGE 2018 Fall Workshop on September 24 will be half-price for parents and guardians of gifted children. Please note: you may not be a certified employee of any educational system to take advantage of this offer. For more information, contact the KAGE office at kage@wku.edu or 270.745.4301.
Extracurricular Activities
KYA (Grades 7&8)
No Workshops this week. Fees are due this Friday!
To join our Y club Remind group, text @f9c6cg to 81010
When: November 4-6 (Sunday-Tuesday)
Where: Crowne Plaza Louisville
How Much: $260 (before financial aid/fundraiser)
Financial Aid: http://www.kyymca.org/financial-aid/
Deadlines: Fees/Registration info must be turned in before Fall Break (9/28)
Fundraiser: Coffee has been shipped and should be ready to be distributed this week!
Middle School Academic Team
This handout went home a few weeks ago.
Thanks to Amber Craft for providing great snacks for us! We will need more when we get back from Fall Break. Let me know if you can help!
To join our Academic Team Remind group, text @fmsacade to 81010
What's Happening in Room 201
ATLAS (Advanced ELA Grades 7&8)
We will be fine tuning our dystopian projects this week.
Due dates:
Friday, 9/28: IRA #2 AND Dystopia Project (We will work on these!)
To join our Remind class, text @atlascla to 81010.
Future City
Some teams are changing directions with their challenges. That's okay!
Journalism
We will continue working on our stories and building our Literary Journal site, The Panther Papers. It is slowly growing!
More Services
Primary Talent Pool : New Schedule! I won't be here on Tuesday or Wednesday, but I will try to get 2nd graders on Thursday to makeup that time. First and second graders wrote some excellent diamante poems last week. I hope to have those typed up and ready to share soon. Third graders are really digging KET's News Quiz every Friday. We learn a lot, get to be a little competitive, and come up with new ideas for ways to make the world better. So exciting!
4th Grade- I will see 4th grade ONLY on Thursday this week. We will meet with our mentors, who have been working on some interesting projects that they will share with us. Next quarter, we will start working with our mentors on our entrepreneurial projects.
Mrs. Elly Gilbert
Elly Gilbert
Gifted and Talented Teacher/Coordinator
Middle School Academic Team Coach
Middle School KUNA/KYA/Y Club Sponsor
The Frankfort Tribune Advisor
Frankfort Independent Schools
Email: elly.gilbert2@frankfort.kyschools.us
Phone: 502-875-8658
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/470863783400677/
Twitter: @mrsellygilbert