2015-16 School Year

Thu Oct 15 – MVGATE welcomes Gene Luen Yang with his new graphic novel Secret Coders, “Harry Potter with computers instead of wands” [Wired] (Diesel Books, Marin Country Mart)  Workshop to follow, TBA

Wed Aug 26 – MVSD starts

2014-15 School Year

Wed Jul 15 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8

Jul 6-10 – Scratch Lab, Scratch Masters, and Build Your Own Computer camps (Mill Valley)

Sat May 23 – 5th Grade Greek Mythology Treasure Hunt with Stanford Classics Professor Rush Rehm (Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF)

Wed Apr 08 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8

Week of Apr 06 – Jun 01 – 4th term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Mill Valley

Week of Mar 23 – 2nd term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Dixie School District, Terra Linda (Dixie, Vallecito, Silveira, Miller Creek)

Mon Feb 23 – Hour Of Code Night II at Marin County Office of Education, Terra Linda (rescheduled from Dec 11)

Week of Feb 09 – Mar 30 – 3rd term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Mill Valley (Edna Maguire, Old Mill, Park, Strawberry Point, Tam Valley)

Tue Jan 27 – Hour Of Code Night at The Cove School, Corte Madera

Wed Jan 21 – Hour Of Code Night at Hall Middle School, Corte Madera

Tue Jan 20 – Hour Of Code Night at Neil Cummins Elementary School, Corte Madera

Week of Jan 12 – After-school Computer Science Labs begin in Dixie School District, Terra Linda (Dixie, Vallecito, Silveira, Miller Creek)

Wed Dec 03 – Parent Tech Leadership Meeting, Dixie School District, Terra Linda

Fri Nov 14 – Dec 19 – ScratchLab at Edna Maguire School, advanced, grades 2-5

Wed Nov 12 – Dec 17 – Fun With Computers at Edna Maguire School, beginning, grades K-2

Mon Nov 10 – Dec 15 – CodeKids at Edna Maguire School, intermediate, grades 2-5

Mon Nov 10 – Dec 15 – ScratchLab continues at Park School – grades 2-5

Week of Nov 10 – Dec 19 – 2nd term of after-school Computer Science Labs in Mill Valley

Wed Nov 05 – Hour Of Code Night II at Strawberry Point School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game Seven conflict)

Tue Nov 04 – Hour Of Code Night II at Old Mill School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game Six conflict)

Thu Oct 30 – Hour Of Code Night II at Park School (6:00pm)

Mon Oct 27 – Hour Of Code Night II at Edna Maguire School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game One conflict)

Tue Oct 07 – Hour Of Code Night II at Tam Valley School (6:00pm)

Sun Sep 28 & Oct 05 – Flashmob to Mount Diablo to see Tarantula migration – grades 4-8

Fri Sep 12 – Nov 07 – ScratchLab at Old Mill School – grades 2-5

Fri Sep 12 – Nov 07 – CodeKids at Tam Valley School – grades 1-3

Wed Sep 10 – Nov 05 – ScratchLab at Edna Maguire School – grades 2-5

Tue Sep 09 – Nov 04 – CodeKids at Tam Valley School – grades 3-5

Mon Sep 08 – Nov 03 – ScratchLab at Park School – grades 2-5

Mon Sep 08 – Nov 03 – CodeKids at Strawberry Point School – grades 1-5

Thu Aug 28 – Parents Orientation Meeting: Teaching Computer Science to Our Kids

2013-14 School Year

Mon Aug 11 – Fri Aug 15 – NEW Game Development in Python summer camp (entering grades 6-10)

Mon Aug 11 – Fri Aug 15 – ADDED Build Your Own Computer summer camp (entering grades 6-9)

Mon Aug 11 – Fri Aug 15 – ADDED CodeKids 2 summer camp (entering grades 2-6)

July 18-20 – SENG Annual Conference, San Jose

Thu Jul 17 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8

Mon June 30 – Thu July 3 – Build Your Own Computer summer camp (entering grades 6-9)

Mon June 30 – Thu July 3 – CodeKids 2 summer camp (entering grades 2-6)

Sat May 31 – Oceanographer for a Day Marine Biology Sail (grades 5-8)

Sat May 31 – Oceanographer for a Day Marine Biology Sail (grades K-4)

Sat May 24 – Presidio Ropes Leadership Course (co-ed) (grades 4-8)

Sat May 17 – Presidio Ropes Leadership Course (girls) (grades 4-8) CANCELLED

Thu May 15 – Hour Of Code Night at Mill Valley Community Center (grades K-8, all schools welcome)

Sat May 10 – Marine Mammal Center advanced lab program (grades 6-8, by invitation) (1-4pm)

Thu May 01 – Park School Code Kids begins

Wed Apr 30 – Hour Of Code Night at Strawberry Point School (5:30pm)

Mon Apr 28 – Tam Valley Parent Tech Champions Meeting (5:30pm)

Wed Apr 23 – Marine Mammal Center class and tour (grades 3-5) (3-5pm)

Wed Apr 23 – Private tour of Pixar Animation (grades 6-8) (3-5pm)

Tue Apr 22 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8

Sat Apr 12 – Marinovators Young Makers Day, San Rafael (10am-4pm)

Wed Apr 9 – Edna Maguire Code Kids begins

Tue Apr 8 – Old Mill Code Kids phase 2 begins

Mon Apr 7 – Park School Hour of Code Night (6:00pm)

Thu Apr 3 – Tam Valley School Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)

Thu Mar 27 – Marin County Office of Education Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)

Tue Mar 25 – Edna Maguire Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)

Mon Mar 24 – Marin County Office of Education volunteers meeting (for HOC Night) (5:00pm)

Wed Mar 19 – Edna Maguire Hour of Code Night parents meeting

Wed Mar 5 – Autodesk Gallery private tour – grades 3-5

Tue Jan 21 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club

Mon Dec 9 – Hour Of Code Night at Old Mill School – grades K-5

Sat Nov 16 – Super Saturdays start at Dominican University

Wed Nov 13 – Autodesk Gallery (and more) – grades 6-8

Sun Nov 10 – Marine Science Adventure – grades 5-8

Sat Nov 09 – Marine Science Adventure – grades K-4

Sat Nov 09 – Presidio Ropes Leadership Course – grades 5-8

Sat Nov 02 – Gifted Symposium in Napa for Parents & Educators

Sun Oct 20 – Math Contest at MV Mathnasium

Wed Oct 16 – Guiding the Gifted Child, with SENG founder Dr James Webb

Tue Oct 15 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club

Thu Sep 26 – Old Mill School’s Math Olympiad begins weekly practices, every Thursday

Wed Sep 25 – Marin Math Circle begins three sections (grades 3-4, 5-8, and 9-12)

Sun Sep 22 – Mount Diablo Tarantula Migration Hike

2012-13 School Year

Jan 28, Feb 25 and Mar 25 – Join Sally Peck, principal of Kentfield’s Bacich Elementary School, in a community book-reading and discussion of Tony Wagner’s book, “Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World.” Bacich Library, Kentfield. [Kentfield PTA]

Mon Dec 10 – Parents Meeting and Strategy Session, 6:30 pm MV Community Center, 180 Camino Alto

Sat Nov 10 – Pacific Leadership Institute team-building Adventure Challenge, 9am-1230pm at Fort Miley in SF

Tue Nov 06 – Middle School Book Club Returns, 6:30 pm MV Public Library

Sun Nov 04 – SF Bay Oceanography & Marine Biology Sailing Adventure, 12noon-3pm at the Bay Model in Sausalito

Sat Nov 03 – California Association for the Gifted Symposium, 8:30am-4:30pm in Napa County

TBD in Oct – Behind the scenes at the Marine Mammal Center’s animal hospital, Sausalito

TBD in Oct – Autodesk Gallery Tour II, One Market Street SF.

Sun Sep 30 – Greek Drama Day at Stanford; behind the scenes at The Wanderings of Odysseus, 2pm Stanford University Nitery Theater

2011-12 School Year

Thu 06 Sep – Bio & Nanotech Night at Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market in SF. [Instructables]

Wed 05 Sep – Tim O’Reilly speaks on “The Birth of the Global Mind” at the Fort Mason Center. [Long Now Foundation]

Thu Jul 19 – Advanced Reader Book Club, 6:30pm MV Public Library

Fri Jun 15 – Last day of school 2011-12

Thu May 24 – GATE trivia café, 3:15-4:30pm, Edna Maguire Room 12 [MVSD]

Wed May 23 – Autodesk Gallery Tour, 3:30-5:00pm, One Market Street SF.

Thu May 17 – Maker Faire private tour, 11:00am-2:00pm, San Mateo

Wed May 16 – second tour of Pixar

Sun Apr 22 – Mythology Treasure Hunt, 2:00-5:00pm, Legion of Honor SF.

Wed Apr 18, Apr 25, May 02, and May 09 – Photography workshop with Frederic Larson, 3:10-4:10pm, Middle School room 40.

Wed Apr 04 – Private Tour of Pixar, 3:30-5:00pm, Emeryville

Mon Apr 02 – Scratch programming language, 3:00-4:30pm, Edna Maguire Room 12 [MVSD]