G/T Quarterly
A Newsletter for Lewisville ISD Parents of Gifted Students
March-May 2024
This newsletter provides LISD families with information and resources to support their gifted learners.
SUPPORTING STUDENTS
Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented (TAGT) Parent Webinar
April 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Speaker: Andrea Brucella Finnegan
The Emotional Challenges of Gifted & Twice-Exceptional Children & How to Help Them Rise Above Them
"Our gifted/2e students often experience more adversity in school due to their complex, cognitive nature. They are often misunderstood or thought to be doing fine, when on the inside, they may not be. Low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression are just some of the emotional issues that this population of wonderfully neurodiverse children and teens are prone to struggling with, and some are silently struggling without parents or teachers even aware. Explore the emotional implications of common scenarios in school that fuel difficult emotional challenges for neurodiverse students. Help to remedy these struggles by learning about what parents and teachers can do to create support and resilience."
TAGT G/T AWARENESS WEEK
APRIL 1-5, 2024
The Texas Association for Gifted & Talented Students celebrates G/T Awareness Week the first full week of April every year. This event was created to increase awareness and encourage support of gifted education in Texas. Through online community discussions and social media posts, parents, educators, and advocates come together to celebrate giftedness. All throughout the week, TAGT will push out information and create conversations to dispel myths and provide a deeper understanding of the purpose of gifted education. This April, TAGT asks you to share #whyGT matters to you, your family, and your school.
AROUND THE DISTRICT
Follow your child's teachers on social media and LISD G/T Services on Twitter @LISD_GT and Instagram @lewisvilleisd_gt .
Check out a few samples below of the amazing things happening across #lisdGT.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
March 9 & April 6 | Teen Anime Club | Carrollton Public Library at Hebron & Josey | 2:00-3:30 PM
March 23 | Gaming Adventures | Carrollton Public Library at Hebron & Josey | 11:00 AM -1:00 PM
March 23 | Gateway to the Globe | Farmers Branch Historical Park | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
March 29 | Pinecone Science | River Legacy Nature Center | 1:00-2:00 PM
April 20-21 | Fort Worth LEGO Brick Convention | Dickies Arena
through August 10 | Family Days at SPARK! | SPARK Dallas | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
through September 22 | T. Rex: The Ultimate Predator | Perot Museum of Nature & Science
through September 30 | Dinosaurs at the Dallas Zoo | 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
SUMMER CAMPS & EVENTS
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
PhET
Check out these science and math simulations for all grade levels. Click here!
Creative Writing Exercises
100 ideas to get anyone writing! Click here!
Enrich
Activities to get you thinking like a mathematician. Click here!
LISD Gifted & Talented Services
Website: https://www.lisd.net/gt
Location: 1565 W Main St, Lewisville, TX 75067, USA
Phone: 469-948-8046
Twitter: @LISD_GT