Boilermakers

Garfield School District

34 Outwater Lane Garfield, New Jersey
City of Champions

The Garfield Gifts and Talents
Triple I Program

Kimberly Santangelo
District Gifts & Talents Coordinator

Co-President of the Bergen County Consortium for teachers of the Gifted
ksantangelo@gboe.org

CLOSED- SESSION 1- MARS EGG DROP- CLOSED-

CLOSED- SESSION 2- POP ROCKETS-CLOSED

Support the Gifts & Talents Program. Purchase a T-shirt. 2 for 20 or 1 for 12. Forms will be distributed the week of April 29th.

Celebrate Earth Day! April 22, 2013

Congratulations Angela K. !

http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/airwater/aviation/2013statewinners.shtm

Congratulations to Philip K. for his 2011 achievement! http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/airwater/aviation/2011statewinners.shtm

Gifted Gets Chopped!

Using the mystery ingredients, students created new recipes.

1st mystery breakfast bag: hot dog, bread, pepper, eggs

Here are some of the new breakfast recipes!

Egg omelet with sausage and peppers
Egg mixed with pepper on a hot dog with a side of bread and butter
Breakfast sandwich with lettuce, tomato and cheese

2nd mystery breakfast bag: bread, eggs, ham, tomato

Large plate with scrambled eggs
Sunny Day Deluxe with a side of carrots
Super sized Egg Sandwich

1st mystery lunch bag: cheese, steak, peas, radishes

Steak and Macaroni
Lunch special with melted cheese
Philly Extra cheese sandwich with a side of Peas and radishes

In April, you can vote for your favorite breakfast & lunch

Gifts & Talents Showcase----JUNE 6th from 5:30-6:30 at Washington Irving School #4--- More details will follow

Nominations are submitted for grades 1-5

Acceptance letters For Current 1st grade students have been distributed

Students in grades 3-5 participated in the 2013 International Aviation Art Contest-

" My favorite Air Sport"

The following pictures were submitted:

"Having Fun"

"Hanging with Friends"

"Flying High"

"Into the Wood"

"Looking Up"

Thank you to the Woman's Club of Garfield for sponsoring our 2011-2012 Gifted Goes Green T-shirts!

Go Green Tip of the Day!

Turn off the lights when you are not using them.

Announcements:

4th grade G & T students attended the Lego Robotics workshop at the Saddle River Cultural Center. Student built their lego structures and programmed them to move!

5th & 6th grade G & T students attended a field trip to the World Games at Dwight Englewood School. Students solved world problems focusing on the following: health care, nutrition, shelter, education, sanitation, women's rights, human rights, poverty, energy, technology, international debt, desertification, deforestation, pollution, toxic waste, ozone depletion, acid rain

5th & 6th grade G & T students attended a field trip to the Meadowlands Environmental Center. Topic: Sustainable Living

2nd grade G & T students attended a field trip to

"Water Watchers" at the Meadowlands Environmental Center.

3rd grade G & T students attended a field trip to "Worms & Compost"

at the Meadowlands Environmental Center.

The 6th grade G & T students are participating in a 3 session business workshop called: Foundation for Free Enterprise

The 6th grade G & T students take care of their Green-Garden Greenhouse

Community Service: The 6th grade students read to pre-school children at Bergen County Head Start.

Summer Programs for Gifted & Talented

www.d-e.org/summer

www.montclair.edu/GiftTalent

www.giftedstudy.org

www.giftedchildsociety.com

http://madscience.org/locations/bergen/KampThemes.aspx

Summer Youth Programs

Pre-College for High School Students

Middle School Programs

www.wpunj.edu/cpe

Required Reading Assignments:

6th grade Middle School: The Egypt Game

5th grade: Castle in the Attic, Bridge to Terabithia

4th grade: A Wrinkle in Time, Castle in the Attic

3rd grade: Balloons over Broadway

2nd grade: Magic Tree House

Gifted Goes Green 2012-2013

Enchanted Castles: Grades 2-5

Medieval castles, knights and jousting tournaments.
Design a coat of armor
Defend a castle
Medieval foods to eat!
Build a castle (required)

Write a story about dragons, castles and knights
Watch Brave the Movie (required)
Life in a Scottish Castle
Book: Castle in the Attic (required reading)

Engineering: Grades 2-6
Design it
Marble Maze: Design a Track

Build a tent

What Materials are recyclable?
Build a structure using K-Nex

Ancient Egyptian Architecture (grades 3-6)
Toy Company with Moving rides (grades 3-5)
Don’t Lose your Marbles: Engineering challenge
(grades 4-5)

Math: Grades 2-5
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids (grades 3-6)
Create a Windmill using toothpicks & Popsicle sticks (grades 2-3)
Natural Resources
How big is your footprint & the Global Impact? (grades 5- 6)
Math Everywhere!
Riddles & Puzzles (required)
Height and Foot or Shoe Size:
A Scientific Survey (grades -5-6)

ART: Grades 2-6

Green Mosaics

Ancient Egypt: Bringing Mummies Back

Hieroglyphic: Let’s decode (grades 3-6)
Artists around the World
Canvas: green paintings
Origami (grades 4-6)

Research the Monarch and the Painted Lady Butterfly Scrapbook (grades 4-5)
Butterfly Pavilion

Technology: Grades 2-6
All students will participate in a required reading and technology.
PowerPoint Presentation (grades 2-5)
Web quest (grades 3-6)
QR Codes (grade 6)

SCIENCE: Grades 2-5
Motion with Rubber bands
Scientific Method (required)
Data Analysis (required)
Erupting Volcano