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Science Lab Clean-up: Saturday 9/13 9AM

Principal Acosta and I have coordinated a Science Lab Clean-up day for Saturday 9/13 from 9 to Noon.  Mrs Acosta will be there so this will be a fun time to work with her.This is a service project so parents and students should come prepared to help sort materials, haul boxes, and build shelves.  

We will provide refreshments.BONUS: Rob will be running some science demos for students who attend.

Note: No Ike - Yes Cleanup! 

Rocket Launch Friday 9/5

We’re going to have a rocket launch on Friday 9/5 starting 6 PM at the Rollingwood Baseball Fields (Rollingwood Drive by the Pool).

Rocket kits (both ready-to-fly and you build it) are available from Hobby Town (near Strait Music), Hobby Lobby (near Toys-R-Us) , and other fine purveyors of science products.   You should write your cell # on your rockets.  I only plan for a rocket to last 3 launches so invest your time/money appropriately.  I have lots of left over rockets from the world record setting Troop 990 launch.  They need minor repairs but are free to a good home if you want one.

REMEMBER TO BUY EXTRA ENGINES for your rockets.  I try to have extras (usally $1/each) but can make any promised.

Eanes Elem GT Parents Meeting on Friday 8/31 @ 8 AM

Parents of GT students at Eanes Elementary are invited to meet the new GT teacher, Erin Krieger, on Friday 8/31 from 8 AM to 9 AM in the GT classroom.

Austin Cave Festival on 10/27 (plenty of advanced notice)

The 6th Annual Austin Cave Festival will be held at the Village of Western Oaks Karst Preserve on October 27, 2007, and the District will begin accepting applications for this year’s Conservation Awards in July. More information on both the Festival and the Awards can be found in the newsletter and on our website.

PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THE MAY - AUGUST 2007 AQUIFER
BULLETIN: http://www.bseacd.org/newsletters/currentnewsletter.pdf

GT Students Transistion Meeting 5/17

The middle school GT teachers are holding transition meetings with at all elementary schools.  These meetings are for 5th graders and parents are welcome to attend.  The meeting for Eanes Elementary is on May 17th during GT @ Eanes: Rhoni McClennahan, the HCMS GT teacher, visits with our children to talk about the HCMS GT program.

5/21 @ 8 AM: Transition meeting for or 5th grade parents

EISD has a general middle school GT transition meeting scheduled for May 21st 8 AM @ EISD Board Room (behind West Lake High)

This is a parents only forum about Middle School GT transition hosted by our middle school GT teachers: Carol Reese (WRMS) and Rhoni McClennahan (HCMS). This is an open event for 5th grade GT parents across the whole district.

Middle school and pre-5th grade GT parents are welcome too!

Further Reading from Cathy Miller

At our meeting, Cathy Miller mentioned the habit of doing something just because we’ve done it in the past.  I followed up with her and she suggested checking out Ian Jukes’ site for more information.

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Eanes Elem GT Meeting Tuesday 4/10 @ 8 AM

We’re planning an Eanes Elementary GT coffee on Tuesday 4/10 from 8:00 to 8:30 in the Counseling Center.

The topics include:

  • Cathy Miller introduction and EISD GT hiring practices
  • Coordinate after school dissections for 3rd Graders
  • Discuss Hill Country MS transition
  • Collect questions for Bill Bechtol’s GT vertical alignment presentation later this spring

Baking Frogs

Actually, the title should be Baking & Frogs….

Our baking science meeting was a big success!  Thanks to the Goss family for hosting (and keeping all the extra cookies).  This is an easy an fun experiment to try at home.  Just get 2+ recipes worth of Tollhouse cookies.  Make one batch as the control.  Then split the other into two parts.  Select 1 ingredient as the variable and put all of that into one part and none into the other.  For example, the recipe calls for 2 eggs: put both into one half and none into the other.  Do that for each ingredient (flour, sugar, butter, egg, salt) to test all the combinations.  Sugar, flour (use 1/2 & 3/2), and salt make the most dramatic examples.

I am still taking advanced orders for Frog kits.  You can send me the $25 via school (Alex in 5th or Isaac in 3rd) or drop it by my house.  The kits can be used 3 times but only have the parts for 1 frog.  The instructions claim it only takes 15 minutes to make a new frog.  If you have multiple impatient scientists in your family then you may want to consider getting a kit per scientist.