It’s exciting enough sneaking into the movie theater — how about sneaking into the movie studio?
Pixar is the hottest animation studio on Earth — Toy Story, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, the latest Oscar-winner Brave, on and on. And they don’t give tours.
Well, they gave us a tour…
Our pals at It Takes A Village present their May Parent Education event,
“Raising Resilient Girls”
Speaker: Simone Marean
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Girls Leadership Institute
Thursday, May 8 at 7pm, Strawberry Point School
Our new friends at Marin Homeschoolers invite MVGATE families to their
Second Annual Homeschool Information Evening
Mon Apr 28, 6:00-9:30pm
Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse, 267 Buena Vista Ave
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Good piece in yesterday’s Boston Globe: new research assesses the costs to society of failing to promote gifted education. (2000 words)
Veteran GATE parents will recognize the challenges this article describes; new GATE parents need to get up to speed.
MV GATE’s mission in computer science learning is to bring a rich array of world-class programs to any interested school or child in Mill Valley, then to extend that model to other interested districts and communities.
MV GATE offers a growing range of computer science learning programs. “Hour of Code Night” is a delightful free evening program in which kids grades K-8 and their parents do their first hour of coding together. Hour of Code Night was a great success at Mill Valley’s Old Mill School, earning raves from parents and front page coverage in the Marin IJ. MV GATE is now extending the Hour of Code Night program to every elementary school in Mill Valley, as well as to a county-wide audience with the Marin County Office of Education. (see comp sci event calendar)
“CodeKids” for grades 1-5 is MV GATE’s follow-on program, continuing the Hour of Code Night experience as an after-school or evening program for any interested school or community. Upcoming programs will add increasingly advanced topics to let kids go as far as their interests and creative energies take them. Game design? A hunt for giant prime numbers? Softbots? We’re there!
It’s about starting early to learn a new way of thinking: one that builds a better mind and helps with any future career. Because software is devouring the world and transforming every single thing it touches.
For more information on MV GATE’s computer science programs, please contact us via email at MVGATEAC@gmail.com
Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club
Grades 6-8 – Advance registration required
Tuesday Apr 22, 2014 from 6:30-7:30pm
Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Avenue
The eigth meeting of the mighty “Pizza and Pages Book Club” will be Tuesday April 22, 2014. Read Trash by Andy Mulligan and get ready to discuss it with your fellow readers and eaters over pizza and dessert.
The Marine Science Sailing Adventure on SF Bay returns Sat May 31! The Adventure last November was a terrific time, full of science and ecology and seamanship, and an opportunity to make new friends and welcome new kids to MVGATE. Our sold-out cruise was a magnificent day for kids and parents alike. Now it’s your turn!
The Marine Science Sailing Adventure on SF Bay returns Sat May 31, this time for younger kids! The Adventure last November was a terrific time, full of science and ecology and seamanship, and an opportunity to make new friends and welcome new kids to MVGATE. Our sold-out cruise was a magnificent day for kids and parents alike. Now it’s your turn!
MVGATE announces our return to the Autodesk Gallery — this time just for younger kids, grades 3-4-5! The tour gives a remarkable glimpse of the world our kids will live and work and compete in, brought to us with the help of three wonderful MVGATE parents and Marin’s own world-leading software company, founded right here in MV. We’re thrilled to bring this technology opportunity to younger kids for the first time, and we hope to see you there.
Gary Stager will speak on “The Technology and Creative Learning Revolution”
Marin County Office of Education
1111 Las Gallinas Avenue, San Rafael
Thu Feb 13, 4:00-5:30pm
Register for free here
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