Leap Write In: with Karen Benke
Thursday April 18, 6:30-8:00pm
Mill Valley Public Library, Children’s Room
Grades 6-8
Middle school writers will receive encouragement, guidance, and take part in compelling writing adventures to stimulate their “one-of-a-kind” minds. Participants will each receive a copy of Karen’s book LEAP WRITE IN!
Register here. Call 415-389-4292 x 4741 for further information.
Rip the Page: with Karen Benke
Monday April 15, 3:30-5:00pm
Mill Valley Public Library, Children’s Room
Grades 3-5
Kids will write poetry with “word tickets,” take part in imaginative word experiments, and help decorate the library’s Poetry Wall for National Poetry Month. Participants will each receive a copy of Karen’s book, RIP the PAGE!
Register here. Call 415-389-4292 x4741 for more information.
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’re giving us a tour…
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At Old Mill Math Team today they worked on a problem that Jeff liked so much he had to share:
All counting numbers are arranged in the triangular pattern as shown by the first four rows:
1
2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
and so on.
Q: What is the first number in the 13th row? Why?
(Extra credit: what’s the first number in the 1,001th row?)
P.S. Park parents: your brand-new Math Club will launch on Friday 3/22! Give Shawn & Nicole & Erik and your principal a big “thanks!”
On this sunny February day it’s hard to imagine that summer break is still four months away, but it is… And it’s not too early to plan a summer full of enrichment activities for your academically gifted or creatively talented child.
Here’s a DRAFT of the Mill Valley GATE Summer Guidebook, 2013 edition (PDF file).
We’ve curated a wide selection of enrichments for GATE kids in all grades. But it’s a work in progress: please help improve the Guidebook by sharing your suggestions, edits, and recommendations in the comments below. We’ll work in your ideas and publish a new version soon.
— Your MVGATE Parent Volunteers
Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club
Grades 6-8 – Advance registration required
Tuesday April 23, 2013 from 6:30-7:30pm
Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Avenue
The next meeting of the mighty “Pizza and Pages Book Club” will be Tuesday April 23, 2013. Read “The False Prince,” the first book in a new trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielsen and then join your fellow readers for a lively discussion over pizza and dessert.
You can borrow The False Prince from the library (of course) or buy a copy from The Depot or Amazon.
Register online or by calling the Library at 415-389-4292 x4741 to reserve your place.
This club is getting popular — Meeting #3 just took place, with our biggest attendance ever: sixteen middle schoolers, boys and girls, came on Tuesday evening to discuss a really good book and enjoy each others’ insights. Congratulations to MVGATE parent instigators Bruce Berrol and Elizabeth Leane, and to our fine Mill Valley Public Library.
Our friends in the It Takes A Village Special Education PTA are holding a parent education event next week that could apply to all families:
Anxiety in Adolescents
Thursday, February 7
7:00 pm at Park School
360 E. Blithedale Avenue
No RSVP necessary
Dr. Keith Sutton will discuss stress, anxiety, and anxiety disorders in adolescents and children. You’ll learn how anxiety develops, practical tips on how to help your child with their anxiety, and when to get outside help.
W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D. has been working with adolescents for over 14 years and works with general stress and anxiety, as well as anxiety disorders such as phobias, OCD, trauma, and other anxiety disorders. He is the director of the Bay Area Center for Anxiety and Past President of the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California.
UPDATE: Dominican University had to cancel Super Saturdays for Feb-Mar 2013 because of low enrollment. :-( But they’ll try again to offer Super Saturdays this Fall and Winter, and the regular Summer Odyssey program (July 15-26) will proceed as scheduled.
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Great news: The much-loved Summer Odyssey program at Dominican University* is expanding to offer Saturday morning enrichments starting in February.
Super Saturdays will begin with your choice of five classes for GATE kids in grades 4-8, held from 9am-noon on four Saturdays (2/2, 2/9, 2/23, 3/2):
In addition to being a fun project-based learning experience, it’s a great way to build your GATE peer group.
Complete info & signup (PDF) at SODU’s website. Register now, and tell ’em MVGATE sent you. Continue reading
A parent who attended last night’s presentation on Common Core Math standards strongly recommends the event. Two more sessions will be given:
Wed Dec 5, 6-8pm at Del Mar Middle School, 105 Avenida Miraflores, Tiburon
Thu Dec 6, 6-8pm at Bacich School, 699 Sir Francis Drake, Kentfield
Common Core is the new (almost) national curriculum, and the MVSD views it as their framework for all future in-class differentiation. How CC affects ICD is critically important to all our gifted students — and for that matter, to all students who learn differently.
If you went to the speech or watched the video, please share your thoughts & questions with MVGATE parents here in the comments!
(Looking for Math Club & Math Team? They’re here.)
Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club
Grades 6-8 – Advance registration required
Tuesday January 29, 2013 from 6:30-7:30pm
Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Avenue
The next meeting of the mighty “Pizza and Pages Book Club” will be Tuesday January 29, 2013. Read the fast-paced dystopian novel “Legend” by Marie Lu and then join your fellow readers for a lively discussion over pizza and dessert.
You can borrow Legend from the library (of course) or buy a copy from The Depot or Amazon.
Register online or by calling the Library at 415-389-4292 x4741
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