GATE

Gifted And Talented Education

GATE
Gifted and Talented Education
Grades 4, 5 and 6

Mrs. Heather Oros
Teacher of the Gifted
Activities Director
[email protected]

Mr. Michael D. Penn
Teacher of the Gifted
STEAM Coordinator
[email protected]

(E-mail is infinitely better than telephone for us, but if you must...)
Voice Mail: (412) 492-1200 x 3659 (Oros) or x 3665 (Penn)

GATE Class Schedule during Titan Times for 2022-2023

*Students attend during Titan Time after demonstrated skill within cycle rotations.

*We are always available clarify questions for you. If you have any questions at anytime, please email us.

[email protected] and [email protected]

*If you have any difficulties keeping up with your regular education classwork, or need additional enrichment, GATE instruction can be modified to support your needs.

Currently in GATE Class

During the next few GATE classes we will be going over classroom procedures and expectations for the class. Students will be enrolling within their grade level GATE classrooms to view announcements and select individual projects.

ATTENTION 6th GRADE GIRLS:

The University of Pittsburgh's Society of Women Engineers would like to invite your 6th, 7th, and 8th grade female students to SWE++. SWE++ is a 7 week course designed to teach the basics of the Python coding language, in the course your student can expect to interact with other science, technology, engineering, and math focused middle school girls, learn coding concepts, and implement those concepts into fun activities. No prior coding or Python knowledge is required, as the program will build up from the beginning concepts of computer science into more challenging and engaging topics.

SWE++ starts on September 18th and will be every Sunday from 10am - 12pm until October 30th. September 18th and September 25th will be hosted virtually through Zoom and the remaining weeks will be in-person on Pitt's campus. Please read more about the program on the Eventbrite sign up here: SWE++ Sign-up Link Click Here
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swe-fall-2022-tickets-409664155517

*** A limited number of seats are available for SWE++ on a first come, first served basis. Depending on certain conditions more students may be accepted.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at [email protected]

Sincerely,

Maggie Killmeyer
PittSWE SWE++ and Computer Day Chair
University of Pittsburgh
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/swe-fall-2022-tickets-409664155517

Anytime throughout the year:
Please check out our Google Sites with a lot of information that we have discussed in class, enrichment, and other interesting topics.
GATE Google Site
https://sites.google.com/shaler.us/saes-gate-extra-page/home

Enrichment

Within our Google Classroom we will have our Google Sites linked so you can view different enrichment opportunties. It will iinclude enriching topics we are discussing within GATE, topics/skills from your regular education classroom, and opportunities being offered within the community.

Middle School GATE Students Interview on COVID

On July 26th, two of our middle school students – Kathryn L. and Christian M., had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Jha, former Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and current Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Jha is a renowned global expert on public health and has been featured on Good Morning America, MSNBC, Fox News and other national media outlets. When you have a few minutes, please check out this video and newspaper article. As you will see, our students asked tremendous questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_WvWwqGDqM