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

August 29, 2007 by rob.

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.

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GT Students Transistion Meeting 5/17

May 15, 2007 by rob.

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.

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

May 15, 2007 by rob.

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!

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Further Reading from Cathy Miller

April 11, 2007 by rob.

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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Subscribing to 4Eanes content

April 10, 2007 by rob.

Here is how to subscribe to get updates from 4Eanes as they are posted:

This site has a subscription feature where you can sign-up to get notified when items appear about some or all of our topics. To use this feature:

  1. you must create an account using the register feature (bottom right).  Use a simple account name.
  2. After you register, the system will email you a password to login.
  3. Login to the site (again bottom right) and fill in your profile and a new password.  WARNING: your login is case sensitive and must be exactly the same!
  4. After you update the profile, then click on “Subscriptions” (3rd row from the top under “Profile”).
  5. Pick the topics you want to get emailed about
  6. Click update preferences.
  7. You should also review your profile and change your “nickname” to be more friendly with capitals or spaces.  That is what people see when you post.

You only have to do it one time! After that, you can also comment on items.

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Eanes Elem GT Meeting Tuesday 4/10 @ 8 AM

April 7, 2007 by rob.

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

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Eanes Elementary GT Meeting on Thursday 3/8 @ 12:30

March 5, 2007 by rob.

We’re organizing an informal Eanes Elementary GT Parents meeting this Thursday (3/8) at 12:30 in the GT classroom. I’d like to keep the meeting to 45 minutes or less.

Colleen and I have been working with the district to improve communication for GT parents and also provide resources for parents and students. This is our first step to getting started. In part, we are trying to fill the vacuum left behind by the “Eanes TAG” group.

Our topics for this meeting are:

      1. * talk about what’s going on at the District level including 5 to 6th grade transition and vertical alignment of K-12 GT program.
      2. * start to organize on Eanes’ campus so we can plan educational sessions for GT parents
      3. * consider an after-school dissection for the 3 graders (they are not dissecting sharks this year)
      4. * rumors and facts (this item intentionally left mysterious)
      5. * using the 4eanes.com site to help coordinate activities

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GT: Elementary Transistion to Middle School

February 20, 2007 by rob.

Several parents have asked if the district could hold a meeting to discuss elementary GT student issues related to the transition to Middle School.  I’m talking with the GT teachers at both Middle Schools to set this up. We need your help:

  1. Ask questions in advance (post here or email to rob[at]4eanes[dot]com )
  2. Tell us what times work best (AM, Noon, PM)

Thanks!

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EanesTAG joining 4eanes.com site.

February 15, 2007 by rob.

I am taking steps to shutdown the EanesTAG site and list server.

The level of spam on EanesTAG is going up and the activity has been zero.

Recently, Colleen Dement, Laura Hirschfeld, and I have started to reorganize the EanesTAG nonprofit. In the next few weeks we will be coordinating with the District to relaunch with a new mission. We hope that GT parents across EISD will collaborate with us and the District to redefine the organization. For more information, please visit the 4eanes.com site.

If you have questions or concerns, contact me by posting a comment to this blog entry.

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Frog Dissection (using model)

February 5, 2007 by rob.

I saw an interesting frog dissection science kit ($25) yesterday that I think would make a great Science Club activity.  The kit is a model frog with organs and a skeleton.  You mold a plastic skin over the model to create a dissection model that can be “cut” with plastic scalpels.

What do people this about this option?  It is a little more pricey that most of our projects, but very educational.  You can reuse the frog.

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