20th Annual Green Bay Scholastic Chess Championship

Practice your chess skills and have some fun!

Who: All students in grades 1-8 (Two levels 1-5 and 6-8)

When: Saturday, January 28, 2017

Where: Washington Middle School (314 S. Baird St.)

Time: Register between 8:45 and 9:15; Award Ceremony approximately at 2:00 p.m.

Cost: $10.00

All students will compete in 4 rounds

Bring your own bag lunch

Informational Flyer

Sponsored by the Green Bay Chess Association and the Green Bay Area Public Schools

PBS KIDS Writers Contest - Congratulations to Madi, Bay Harbor 3rd grader!

Congratulations to Madi, Bay Harbor 3rd grader, for placing in the 2016 PBS KIDS Writers Contest! Her story, "Monkey and Madi", received a 3rd grade Story Award and she participated in an awards ceremony in Sun Prairie, WI on May 14th, 2016.

To view the announcement, click here:
http://wpt.org/education_and_parents/pbs-kids-go-writers-contest

Congratulations Morgan! - 'Listen to a Life' contest winner

Fourth-grader Morgan Behrend is one of 11 national award winners in the 'Listen to a Life' contest sponsored by the Legacy Project. Morgan interviewed her grandmother Darlene Smith and wrote the story below, titled, Poor in Money, Rich in Heart as part of a Gifted and Talented pull out enrichment project. Congratulations to Morgan and all of our G/T students who submitted entries!

Fox 11 News Story on Morgan's surprise: 

http://fox11online.com/news/local/green-bay/suamico-fourth-grader-surprised-with-national-writing-award

WBAY News Story on Morgan's surprise: 

http://wbay.com/2016/05/16/suamico-4th-grader-wins-national-writing-award/

View more about this contest and read the winning entries here: http://www.legacyproject.org/contests/winners.html

 

2nd Annual Elementary Writing Conference

On Thursday, May 5th the HSSD G/T team hosted our 2nd annual Elementary Writing Conference at Heritage Hill in collaboration with West De Pere, East De Pere, Plymouth, Seymour and Green Bay School Districts. 11 HSSD fourth graders attended and participated in writing sessions with four local published authors focusing on different aspects of writing. One of these authors was Bay Port alum, Dennis Rockhill, author of 7 published books and co-founder of Proto GB, a Makerspace located in the Brown County Central Library. He autographed copies of his book, Polar Slumber,  and posed for pictures with our students.  

This was a great opportunity for our gifted writers to network and extend their learning. 

To view a short "highlight reel" from the day, click here: https://youtu.be/JSk4jEeUmi4

Delta Kappa Gamma Writing Contest Winners

Congratulations to our HSSD GT students whose stories placed in the Delta Kappa Gamma writing contest. Ellie in grade 6, Will in grade 5, Bennet, Bella and Mason in 4th grade and Amelia in grade 3. Students could write a creative writing story or a personal narrative. Will and Mason took first place in their division so their stories will move on to the state competition. Congratulations to all of the participants for sharing their stories in writing!