Week of 8/28

Thanks so much to all of you who were able to make it out to our annual gifted parent meeting last week! I hope that you found our meeting informative!

If you have a 6th grade gifted learner and were unable to make it, I will be sending home an envelope with a couple of forms that I would love for you to fill out and return! I am asking all the students whose parents did not make the meeting bring the forms back signed by Friday, September 1! If you have any questions about any of the forms or would like to know more about Enrichment at HMS, please feel free to send me an e-mail!

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As most of you know, last week was our first day for Enrichment in 6th grade and this week will be our first full week! I am incredibly excited to get to know all of you and learn with you this year!

Please know that your teachers are very supportive and respectful of your time in our Enrichment classroom. Be sure to continue communicating with them about what went on in class and if there is any homework that you need to do. Be sure to write in your planners so that you don't forget!

This week in Enrichment, we are continuing to get to know one another with a variety of activities and challenges to get us thinking in various ways. As we've discussed in class, Enrichment is a time in which we learn about ourselves as people and as learners. Each challenge, experiment, exercise, and project that we do is an opportunity to strengthen our strengths and work through our challenges!

Next week, we will begin our Technology and Innovation unit by looking at various types of technologies and how they affect our world in today's society! We will also slowly introduce our expectations for Genius Hour (or our Passion Projects). I can't wait to see what you guys are passionate about!

Again, if any of you have any questions, please feel free to send me an e-mail! Thanks, and have a great week!

2017-2018 School Year!

Happy new school year!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we are holding a Gifted Parent Meeting on Wednesday, August 23 from 6:00-7:00 PM. At the meeting, I will discuss what gifted/enrichment looks like at the middle school for 6th and 7th grade. I will also be discussing enriching extracurricular activities that are offered by the school along with other information pertinent to gifted learners.

I will be sending home a reminder note with our 6th grade gifted learners on Monday, August 14!

EDIT: The meeting will be in the Media Center/Library at HMS

Thanks!

Happy New Year!

I hope that you all had a wonderful winter break! I cannot believe that this school year is already half-way over!

Before we dismissed for the break, we had many students present either their Genius Hour projects, which are their self-selected projects, or their group projects about Acceptance!

I must say, that I have been very impressed with the many presentations that have  gone above and beyond our rubric that we created. We had students create trivia games and hand out prizes to audience members after their presentations, we had students give tutorials on how to create and decorate various treats, and we had many students present in very original and creative ways!

As the new year begins, some students will still need to present their learning as we continue to work through our unit on Acceptance. Throughout this semester, Genius Hour will continue as the students are greatly engaged in their topics of interest!

I am very excited to see what this semester will bring!