Deerwood

Academy
Gifted & Talented Education (GATE)
Maternity Leave
Parents, please keep in mind that
Mrs. Taylor will be on maternity November 1, 2017
leave starting after Thanksgiving Volume 2 Issue 3
break until February. During her
leave there will be a substitute to
facilitate gifted activity inside
Upcoming
the school. Someone from the Events:
gifted office will be facilitating
all first look testing and two of
November:
7- NO SCHOOL
our gifted classroom teachers will 8-Meeeting of the Minds (K-2)
be leading Meeting of the Minds. 9-Meeting of the Minds (3-5)
20-24- NO SCHOOL
Expect the calendars and 28-Parent Academy
newsletters to continue to come Looking Ahead:
home at the beginning of each Dec. 1-18 TTCT Testing
month and be posted on our Jan 10-Feb 9- CoGAT Testing

website: *The meeting of the minds in

www. Deerwoodgate.weebly.com December and January will be led
by Ms. Joseph-Haynes and Ms.
GATE Program Goals: Bankston

1. Ensuring teachers have adequate

support, resources and training.
2. Providing more opportunities for
parent engagement. Please feel free to
3. Increasing Deerwoods GATE contact me with any
population. questions!
4. Creating opportunities for
Academic Competitions inside and Laura Taylor
outside of school. Laura.taylor@atlanta.k12.ga.us