Students in HPISD's Talented and Gifted programs are using analytical and critical thinking skills in their daily learning units. Here are just a few examples of the special learning occurring in our TAG classrooms.
Second-grade TAG students have been studying inventive thinking and inventors. After a lesson on the inventor, author and cartoonist Rube Goldberg, the students tried their hand at creating their own zany inventions. Keep an eye out for one of them on a store shelf one day. Third-grade TAG students are studying heart health. The students are looking forward to hosting several guest speakers in the near future, and they are especially excited to dissect pigs' hearts with assistance from a community expert. TAG students in fourth grade recently researched enigmas and developed their own cases for and against the reality of these enigmas. They also presented newscasts about enigmas, basing them on Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio broadcast, War of the Worlds.
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 On November 20, Dr. Nathan Scott McClanahan, President of The Doctor Tutors, discussed SAT vs. ACT – Preparing for Testing. He talked for almost two hours on the differences between the tests, when you should take them, how/when to prepare, and many other very useful things.
Below are handouts/resources from the session:
On October 31, several 6th and 7th grade students attended the TEDxKids event. Katrina Csaky, MIS 6th grader, was selected to do a performance of her original poem. She did an incredible job!
To see Katrina's performance, click HERE (look for Session 2 video, starting at time 17:36).
Bigfoot speaker from the Woodape Conservancy spoke to the Bradfield 4th grade Explorations.
 On October 23, an amazing panel of TAG moms (Christine Goff, Wendy Herrick, Jennifer Lake, and Elizabeth Showalter) talked to a packed room about very helpful things they have learned over the years from parenting TAG children.
Summary List of "What I Wish I Knew" More Resources: List of resources from Jennifer Lake AwesomeMath Academy Hoagies' Gifted Education Texas Association for Gifted and Talented (TAGT) National Association for Gifted Children Davidson Institute for Talent Development HPHS Academic Planning Guide HPHS Counseling Department  On September 24, Micah Lyles, HPHS Lead Counselor, gave a great presentation on Private Liberal Arts Colleges vs. Public Universities. This was part of a series of PC-TAG Education Programs for this year. If you missed the presentation, click HERE to view the slides.
 The PC-TAG Board recently held a retreat to plan for the 2014-2015 school year. The retreat's featured speaker was Janet Hale, one of PC-TAG's founders.
PC-TAG began 22 years ago, and continues in its original mission to advocate for gifted children in HPISD. PC-TAG Parents Book Club -- The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT (Sept 25)8/17/2014  PC-TAG Parents' Book Club meets on Thursday, September 25 at 7:00 pm at Christine Goff’s home, 3933 Wentwood Drive, 75225.
Our September book is The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT, by Debbie Stier. It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying for the SAT. Aware that Ethan was a typical teenager (i.e., completely uninterested in any test) and that a mind-boggling menu of test-prep options existed, she decided – on his behalf -- to sample as many as she could to create the perfect SAT test-prep recipe. Debbie’s quest turned out to be an exercise in both hilarity and heartbreak as she took the SAT seven times in one year and in-between “went to school” on standardized testing. Here, she reveals why the SAT has become so important, the cottage industries it has spawned, what really works in preparing for the test and what is a waste of time.
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