Mrs. Thompson's June 2018 TAG News
Gifted Education News for Rush Creek Elementary
Rush Creek's Destination Imagination Team "Six Smarties" went to Globals in Knoxville, TN!!
All 4 of our Destination Imagination teams competed at the state tournament on April 21st. The team of Six Smarties won 3rd place in the State and got to go compete at the Global competition in Knoxville TN. It was an experience to remember! They did a great job receiving 16th place out of 85 teams! They had many wonderful opportunities such as competing in "Cupcake Wars," ziplining, many STEM challenges as well as recreational activities. Here are some pictures that captured our week.
Opening Ceremony!
Fun photo moment!
Beautiful night after the Opening Ceremony
Touring the University of Tennessee stadium
MGMS also at Globals
The RC DI team from last year (Manly People - now seluR atosenniM) also went to Globals. We enjoyed watching their performance!
Making friends with a team from China
A team from China let us borrow their sheet when we found out our sheet was not the right color. They watched our performance and we enjoyed trading pins afterwards.
The Duct Tape Costume Ball!
We rocked out Instant Challenge!
Grade 5 Math Master's Team
A total of 40 Rush Creek students on 8 teams competed in Shoreview April 20th with many other outstanding math students around Minnesota. We had great results! Students are coached by Jenna Diem (Grade 5 teacher) and Laura Thompson (TAG Teacher).
Fast Fact Winners
Zach Schindel, Aiden Steel, Oliver Walseth, Gabe Hockett, & Grant Sandell
Individual Round Winners
Gabe Hockett, Grant Sandell & Brody Berglin
5th Place Team
Colin Ames, Oliver Walseth, Gabe Hockett, Brody Berglin & Raegan Fritts
Congratulations to the 2018 CML Winners!
Grade 2 National First Place winner - Sawyer Bjugstad
Sawyer had a perfect score on all 3 meets so he had the top score in the nation!
Gr. 2: 2nd Place
Carter Good
Gr. 2: 3rd Place
Piper McAvey, Cade Gilbert, & Nico Sluiter
Gr. 2: 4th Place
Eli Sorbel & FInn Starkey
Grade 3 District Winner - Owen Breitenfeldt
Gr. 3: 2nd Place
Sophie Nelson & Allison Faatz
Gr. 3: 3rd Place
Tanya Sai
Gr. 3: 4th Place
Lauren Liu, Calvin Lindquist, Olivia Runkle, & Morgan Savage
Grade 4 District Winner - Cody Locketz
Gr. 4: 2nd Place
T.J. Hintzman, Madelyn Good & Mady Nash
Gr. 4: 3rd Place
Andy Huynh & Isabel Bauerly
Gr. 4: 4th Place
Luke Nelson
Gr. 5 First Place: Max Miley, Brody Berglin & Raegan Fritts
Gr. 5: 2nd Place
Grant Sandell
Gr. 5: 3rd Place
Gabe Hockett
Gr. 5: 4th Place
Cooper Hensel & Wyatt Bjugstad
Perfect Scores!
These students earned a medal for having a perfect score on a Wordmasters Meet!
Lauren Van Heuveln
Grade 3 - Mrs. Hritzko
Grady Mandle
Grade 4 - Mrs. Prin
Madelyn Good
Grade 4 - Mrs. Westrum
Grade 4 Egg Drop!
We had a beautiful day for our egg drop on Tuesday. The goal was to build a container so that BOTH eggs survived! We had many students who accomplished this. These students received a button and are pictured with their class below. Everyone who participated also received a certificate. Egg McMuffins were enjoyed by all who participated the day after. An egg-ceptionally good time was had by all!
Mrs. Faatz's Class
Mrs. Hehn's Class
Mrs. Prin's Class
Mrs. Tannuzzo's Class
Mrs. Weiland's Class
Mrs. Westrum's Class
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF TAG!
This year has been such a rewarding year with my students, even though it has flown by too fast! I love my student's curiosity, motivation and LOVE of learning. I am so lucky to have my dream job and work with such great kids and families! Have a wonderful summer!
Mrs. Thompson
Email: thompsonlaura@district279.org
Website: http://schools.district279.org/rl/
Phone: 763-494-4549