SAGT

Southlake Association for Gifted and Talented



 Join/renew your SAGT membership for 2024-2025 school year!


Upcoming Events

Leveraging AI for Education


SAGT Parent Program: Leveraging AI for Education 


Tuesday, November 12, 11am-1pm 

Carroll Administration Building 


Education and AI are increasingly intertwined as our digital landscape evolves. Please register here for a presentation on AI as it relates to students. This event is free to Southlake Association for Gifted & Talented (SAGT) members and $20 for non-members.


Register here! 


 

Featured speaker: 

Suzanne Newell, Ed.D. 

Dr. Newell currently serves as Chief Education Strategist for GTS Technology Solutions. In this role, she works alongside K12 institutions with professional learning, thought partnership, and solution design. Prior to joining GTS, she served Texas K12 public education in many roles including as a teacher, campus leader, adjunct professor, and most recently as Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction - a role she held first in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and subsequently in Austin ISD until 2022.

Dr. Newell's background in curriculum design and delivery grew into a deep interest in technology and online learning during the COVID pandemic. The roles of online (and equitable) access, digital literacy, and blended learning became essential to the work of schools, and while the urgent need for remote learning has waned, the importance of high-quality learning involving digital tools is more important than ever. Most recently, Dr. Newell has made a deep commitment to understanding Generative AI in order to be a knowledgeable and supportive guide for educators who have a strong need to know but minimal time to sort through the noise. This passion to equip educators so that they may equip students and families is a major focus of her current work, and she has spent the past year speaking with groups of K12 leaders, teachers, and trustees across the state of Texas.




Mark your calendar: 


Coding Class at the Apple Store

Join us for a small group class in collaboration with the Apple Store in Southlake Town Square to learn how to "Code Your First App." Students can code and create with Swift Playgrounds and design an app using the About Me playground. They'll use Swift code to customize their app with fun fonts, background colors, emojis and more- and then bring the app to life! Recommended for children age 10 and up. Devices will be provided. Limited seating. 


Saturday, October 26th

Apple Store, Southlake Town Square

10:30AM


Sign up for a time slot here 

For SAGT members only 


Stargazing is Back! 

Join us on November 8 for the return of our popular "Stargazing" event. We will observe the stars and planets with the guidance of Mr. Graff, CSHS Physics and Astronomy teacher. Thirty minute time slots begin at 6:15pm and end at 9:15pm. 

Friday, November 8th

Dragon Observatory, behind Johnson Elementary


Sign up for a time slot here 

For SAGT members only 


Recent Event Highlights 


College Admissions Panel

On Wednesday, October 16th, Parent Programs hosted the 2024 College Admissions Panel event at the CISD Administration Building.  The interactive panel with local experts was designed to assist parents in the college application and administrations process and to discuss how to help students stand out.


Panelists included:

Stephanie Williams shared an important message that the "college admissions process is a match to be made, not a prize to be won," reminding parents and children to keep an open mind throughout the process.  Nick Kennedy added that admissions offices are more interested in applicants that can share the "why" instead of the "what" when describing activities, which was a comment agreed upon by the entire panel.  A final note was to allow kiddos to be passionate in fewer activities, in order to be "well lop-sided" vs. "well balanced." The event was well-attended by nearly 50 SAGT members.



Brain Focus and Taking Care of the Whole Child

Dr. Christina Sherrod, MD, Pediatrician at Cook Children's and Dr. Zui Pan, PhD, Professor of Graduate Nursing and Kinesiology at UT-Arlington, shared some of the impacts of our environment and how they can affect a child's ability to focus.  They provided suggested nutrition, supplements, sleep schedules and addressed signs of concern in our children.  The event was well attended by approximately 55 SAGT members.  If you were unable to attend the event, the presentations are available here and here 

Study Skills Classes 

Kids from grades 5-12 learned valuable study and organization skills from teachers, leaders, and student panels to get them ready for the new school year. This was a super popular event! 

Welcome Back to our Quest and GT Teachers! 

SAGT held a back-to-school lunch to celebrate our teachers as we start the 2024-2025 school year. 

Just as we do every year, SAGT will offer events of interest for the parents of students as well as opportunities for students and parents to learn together. 


2023-24 has been a fantastic year!  Thanks to the work of our SAGT Board along with the membership fees and donations of all our members we were able to:




Thank YOU for your membership! We look forward to another successful year!

Einstein

Andrea Schroeder

Karuna Kantor

Alisha  Thachet

Abhishek and Neelam Dube

Nick and Annie Kemphaus

Sara Changizi

Anna Simpson

Elizabeth Doros

Jennifer & Dusty Paschall

Alison Hamilton

Hyeyeon Jeong

Jennifer & Brendan McMurrer

Lakshmi Beeravolu

Lauren & Jeff Gilstrap

Tia Ellerman

Xi Chen

Yao Zhang

Hilary  Prokop

Lauren Fanninf

Jim Abraham

Shalini Selvan

Ashley Veccia

Miral Amin

Ben and Amy Green

Meghan Kinslow

Nathan Emerson

Courtney Larson

Naga Vadlamudi

Mary, Daniel Tevis

Zoe Sexhus

Chaitanyeshwari  Meesala

Kavya Yalamanchili

Gloria and Adekunle Adekola

Michelle Reeve Garland

Mary Hardenbergh

Tham  Trinh

John Engler

Aimee Martin

Bianca  Cords

Michelle Adams

Kris & Susan (Trieu) Norenberg

Brian and Erin Ingram

Renee and Zach Hotz

Sheresa and Brian Lee

Elisha Rurka

Andrea Simon

Joshua Rothman

Amrita ChatterjeeRaj

Brittany and Sushrut Shidham

DaVinci

Roopa Yarlagadda

Darren and Nikki Rich

Daisy Bartlett

Bin Cai

Yannan Sun

Zach and Shelly Heinrich

Rupal Dave

Sirisha Sankara

Melissa Karson

Imee Mantilla

Preyank Sheth

Jill & Cary Kennedy

Sahrish Soleja

Swetha Botcha

Shaqin Yang

Michael Klinkenberg

Michael Klinkenberg

Hayley Mirza

Erica  Willis

Elizabeth Morgan

Katherine & Mark Crocker

Lauren McAfee

Lori Davidson

Randi Hanlon

Kristen Nelson

Kelly Near

Cheryl Majors

Virginia and Roth Hinkle

Janine Timmermann

William Lipsmeyer,

Nikita Kennedy

Anuj Harkauli

Sarah Stojak

Matt & Gina Johnson

Anh Nguyen

Pamela Daniel

Jodi Seris