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Celebrating Gifted

April 2025

Celebrating GiftedApril 2025

Greetings to our GT Community!

Happy April! As we step into a new month, we are excited about the opportunities ahead for our gifted and talented students. Spring is a season for showcasing growth, and we look forward to seeing our students continue to explore, create, and challenge themselves in new and exciting ways.


This month, we have several engaging activities to share that will nurture the students' unique talents and curiosity. We encourage you to stay connected with us and support your child’s journey by fostering creativity and critical thinking at home.


Thank you for your continued partnership in your child’s education. If you have any questions or need any support, please don’t hesitate to reach out.


Wishing you and your family a wonderful and inspiring April!


Sincerely,

FBISD GT Department.

District GT Showcase - April 11, 2025 πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“— District GT Showcase - April 11, 2025 πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“—

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Our District GT Showcase will go live on April 11th, we encourage parents to visit the district YouTube channel to view student projects from across Fort Bend ISD. New Projects will be added daily!



Click here to visit the virtual District GT Showcase

GT Summer Camps πŸ“˜ GT Summer Camps πŸ“˜

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All our summer camp programs are currently sold out. However, if you are interested, you can enter your child’s information on the waitlist, and you will be notified if space becomes available. You can find more information about our summer camp program on the GT Summer Camp webpage.


GT Summer Camp Webpage

GT Summer Camp Waitlist

FREE TAGT Parent Webinar πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“— FREE TAGT Parent Webinar πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“—

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April 8, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Listen, Liberate, & Support: Teaching Gifted Students to Self-Advocate


Too often, programs for gifted learners may not completely meet their unique intellectual & psychosocial needs. During this session, Dr. Joy Lawson Davis will discuss the importance of listening to gifted learners to gain a better understanding of their aspirations. interests and goals. Self-empowerment strategies, tips for making programs more accessible, vignettes of diverse students advocating for themselves, and recommendations from parents aimed to improve student success outcomes will be shared.


TAGT Webinar Webpage

The Innovator's Toolkit πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“— The Innovator's Toolkit πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“—

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National Inventors Hall of Fame

Check out hands-on STEM activities you can do at home or on the go! Developed by the National Inventors Hall of Fame education team, these activities build confidence and creativity for kids of all ages and interests.


NIHF Website

Sugar Land Arts and Music Festival πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“— Sugar Land Arts and Music Festival πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“—

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April 26 & 27, 2025 Smart Financial Centre Plaza

This is an annual event hosted by the Sugar Land Cultural Arts Foundation! Attendees will be able to see and purchase works from local, national, and international artists, including paintings, sculptures, glass, photography, jewelry, pottery, and more. This event also hosts live music, children's activities and more! Tickets start as low as $10!


Sugar Land Arts and Music Fest Webpage

The Menil Collection Neighborhood Community Day πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“— The Menil Collection Neighborhood Community Day πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“—

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April 5, 2025, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Enjoy an afternoon of art, music, poetry, and family activities in celebration of the museum’s vibrant neighborhood and the 30th anniversary of the Cy Twombly Gallery. Participating organizations include DACAMERA, Houston Center for Photography, Inprint, The Menil Collection, Plant It Forward, Rothko Chapel, Watercolor Art Society, and Writers in the Schools (WITS).


Special for Neighborhood Community Day, experience Jean Tinguely’s Fountain sculptures on the museum’s lawn. Created in the late 1960s, both are kinetic assemblages of scrap metal and found lawn equipment. Activations will take place at 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. for 20 minutes.

Menil Collection Neighborhood Community Day

GT Learning Plans πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“— GT Learning Plans πŸ“˜πŸ“™πŸ“—

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GT students are working to complete their GT Learning Plan goals. April is the final phase of the GT Learning Plan goal achievement process. During this final phase, students are completing their goals and evaluating their efforts to determine what changes, if any, should be made when setting goals for next school year and beyond. Final conferences to review the GT Learning Plan will begin in early May for GT students.


GT Learning Plan Web Page

GT Academy News πŸ“˜πŸ“™ GT Academy News πŸ“˜πŸ“™

Right after Spring Break, GTA sixth graders traveled to the Houston Food Bank and the University of Houston on the perspectives field experience. On campus at QVMS, every GTA sixth grader was also led by a professional artist in the creation of a perspectives painting.


Right before Spring Break, GTA seventh graders traveled overnight on the annual Texas Journeys field experience to Austin and San Antonio. On this trip, students toured the Texas State Capitol and Bob Bullock Museum in Austin and the Alamo, Historic Market Square, and San Jose Mission in San Antonio. Students experienced Texas history firsthand, considering it from the conceptual lens of order and chaos.


At the same time, GTA eighth graders visited the Houston Holocaust Museum as part of a multi-day field experience connected to their research about the Holocaust and World War II and their reading of Night and of a novel of choice. The conceptual focus of this line of study was transformation and balance.


In other big news, the GTA is in the midst of closing out the application process for next year with hundreds of anxious 5th graders waiting to find out if they’ve been accepted to the academy.

GT Mentorship Class of 2025 Showcase πŸ“— GT Mentorship Class of 2025 Showcase πŸ“—

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April 28, 2025, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

We are pleased to invite our community to join the GT Department in celebrating the accomplishments of the students in the Class of 2025. Students will have their original research on display, and we will have the opportunity to recognize all of our generous mentors who have volunteered their time and talents to our students this semester. This special event will be held at James Reese Career and Technical Center, located at 12300 University Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77479.


GT Mentorship Web Page

THANK YOU to the Class of 2025 Mentors πŸ“— THANK YOU to the Class of 2025 Mentors πŸ“—

434th District Court (Honorable Judge J. Christian Becerra), Bellaire Dermatology (Dr. Craig Teller), Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services (Dr. Connie Almeida), Houston Methodist Legal Services (Michael Smith), Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital (NICU - Theresa Walters, RN, MSN, RNC-NIC; Radiology and Imaging - Eugenio Ferrer, MBA, CNMT, RT(N)(ARRT); Orthopedics - Mark Vann II, MD; OB/GYN - Riaellen Tatlonghari, MSN, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM), Houston Methodist Research Institute (Stefano Cassarin, PhD, Mahwash Kassi, MD; Daniel Kiss, PhD; Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH; Homer Quintana, MCTM), LEAF Engineers (Audrey Billings), Memorial Hermann Southwest (General Surgery - Brett Solomon, MD; Neurosurgery -James Cochran, MD; Pathology, Richard Brown, MD); Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (OB-GYN - Adeola Atilade, MD and Leslie Rafana, DO), My Houston Surgeons (Sean Boutros, MD), Planned Community Developers (Wende Buckley), Rice University Computer Science (Konstantinos Mamouras, PhD); Sienna Dermatology (Alinnah Ballin); Strike Marketing (Shari Okin), Sugar Land Strategic and Government Affairs (Teagan Trammel); and Unlimited Prosthetics, Inc. (Erika Sanchez).

FBISD GT Department

Fort Bend ISD GT Web Page

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