GT/Eagle Program

GT IDEAS Raffle Ticket Fundraiser

The drawings for top prizes in the GT IDEAS Raffle Ticket Fundraiser for this school year took place at approximately 1:00 pm today (Monday, November 6, 2023).  The following winners were drawn:

• 1st Place (Oculus Virtual Reality) / Brad Stroud (sold by Hadley Stroud at Buford Elementary)

• 2nd Place (58" SMART TV) / Karrie Light (sold by Gabriel Buhl at Buford Elementary)

• 3rd Place ($100. Amazon Gift Card) / Anna Tate (sold by Anna Tate at Harrisburg Elementary)

We thank all who supported our fundraiser this year.  The total raised (after prize & printing expenses) was $11,679.00 .  Funds will be used to purchase additional Smithsonian Science instructional kits and to refurbish existing kits as well as to cover the scholarships that are offered through G/T IDEAS for identified academically and artistically gifted and talented high school seniors (an annual expense). 

We continue to improve our academic G/T Program through the incorporation of research-based practices and materials designed to promote thinking and reasoning. This year our district’s Gifted and Talented Program is pleased to announce an affiliation with Harvard University’s Education Department. Through this affiliation, we will implement a variety of practices and strategies designed to strengthen and enhance student thinking. The program is called Making Thinking Visible (MTV) and it is an important part of Harvard’s Project Zero.

Many of our teachers have already taken part in MTV training workshops this summer and some have even attended the most recent MTV conference (along with educators from across the globe) in an effort to gain expertise in the introduction of thinking routines. Other teachers will be trained with MTV during this school year. Many of the G/T Program teachers will also be taking coursework through Harvard this year as well. For more information about visible thinking please visit the following site:
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/projects/visible-thinking.