GT Newsletter December 2018

INSIDE:





WAVE
Registration
Information

page 1


Healthy vs.
Unhealthy
Perfectionism
page 2


Tools for
Elementary
GT Learners
page 3


DECEMBER 2018


2019-2020 WAVE Registration

Information




Clear Creek ISD is gearing up for its next WAVE of GT WAVE (Webster Academy Visions in Education) is a magnet
learners. WAVE GT Magnet sixth grade registration for the school for identified gifted and talented learners at the
2019-2020 school year is fast approaching, and the District intermediate level. CCISD has two WAVE locations: WAVE
invites interested parents to attend one of the upcoming North at Westbrook Intermediate School and WAVE South
Parent Information Nights and Tours: at League City Intermediate.

Parent Information Night The WAVE program offers students the opportunity
• Westbrook Intermediate to interact with their intellectual peers from across the
302 W. El Dorado Blvd. District. Focusing on student strengths and the nature and
Friendswood, TX 77546 needs of the GT population, WAVE provides the nurturing
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 6 p.m. environment necessary for the development of creative and
confident leaders. The unique instructional design of WAVE
• League City Intermediate is intended to address the academic and social and emotional
2588 Webster Street needs of students identified as gifted and talented. WAVE
League City, TX 77573 also helps students to understand themselves and assists
Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 6 p.m. them in the development of social relationships.

WAVE Tours for Parents The WAVE commitment deadline is Wednesday, February
• Westbrook Intermediate Commons 6, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. Commitment forms, which can be picked
Monday, January 28, 2019, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. up during a parent information night, will be accepted only
Friday, February 1, 2019, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. at your child’s WAVE campus. This form reserves their spot
in the WAVE program. For other important registration
• League City Intermediate Teaching Theater information, click here.
Monday, January 28, 2019, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Friday, February 1, 2019, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.





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Healthy vs. Unhealthy Perfectionism





Perfectionism can enhance a child’s achievement and well-being or can be damaging to self-esteem and
success. Healthy perfectionism represents the characteristics that are positive for students, including
gaining a sense of pride from achievements and a drive for success. It is important to recognize the
differences between unhealthy and healthy perfectionism.


Healthy perfectionists are often more
concerned with obtaining mastery
of a given skill, while unhealthy
perfectionists are more concerned
with how they perform that skill.
Unhealthy perfectionism can impact
a student’s behavior and overall well-
being. Healthy perfectionists can be
classified by their motivation. They
form or develop personal standards
for effort and work, while unhealthy
perfectionist tends to base their
standards on evaluative concerns.

It is important for parents to encourage
children to move from unhealthy to
healthy types of perfectionism.


Click here for a perfectionism parent tip sheet.




GT Book Nook PSAT/NMSQT



Test Scores
“Letting Go of Perfect:
Overcoming Perfectionism PSAT/NMSQT Scores will be
in Kids and Teens” by Hope released on December 10th.
E. Wilson and Jill L. Adelson It is time to set up your score
pinpoints a crippling state of notifications and have your
mentality among many kids students set up their College
and teens today - the need to Board account so that they
be absolutely perfect - and will be able to view their scores
on December 10th. Here are
gives parents and teachers the some resources to help:
guidance and support they need
to help children break free of the • PSAT/NMSQT Information
anxieties and behaviors related for Parents and Guardians
to perfectionism. • Understanding your
Student’s PSAT/NMSQT
scores


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Click here for the complete list of resources and presentation
materials from the November 10, 2018 parent conference.










Tools for Elementary


GT Learners





Our exploration of thinking tools continues this edition with two more depth and complexity icons. These tools
assist students in thinking in deeper and more complex ways. Developed by Sandra Kaplan in 1995, the 11
Dimensions of Depth and Complexity differentiates curriculum in a way that assists students with utilizing a
more sophisticated thought process. These tools are illustrated using picture representations or icons:



Questions Questions
What moral principles are involved in this How are elements related in terms of the
subject? What controversies exist? What past, present and future? How and why do
arguments could emerge from a study of things change? What doesn’t change?
this topic?
Examples
Examples Connection points in time, examining a
Values, pro and con, bias, discrimination, time period, compare and contrast
judging, differing opinions, point of view, right and wrong,
wisdom






2018 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists
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Promoting Healthy Perfectionism

in the Home




Adapted from “Letting Go of Perfect: Overcoming Perfectionism in Kids”; page 108; Adelson,
Jill and Wilson, Hope; Prufrock Press Inc.






































































QUICK LINKS






• Five Tips for Preventing Careless Errors on the SAT and ACT

4 • Three Questions to Determine the Best SAT and ACT Prep for You

Connect with your GT Team



Glenda Holder

Director of Advanced Academics and Gifted and Talented
[email protected]


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DECEMBER 10 JANUARY 24
Upcoming Events
PSA/NMQST scores released by WAVE Parent Information Night
College Board League City Intermediate
6:00 p.m.
DECEMBER 20
Fall GT Selection Committee results JANUARY 28 and FEBRUARY 1
mailed to parents WAVE Tours for Parents
Westbrook Intermediate Commons
JANUARY 16 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
WAVE Parent Information Night
Westbrook Intermediate JANUARY 28 and FEBRUARY 1
6:00 p.m. WAVE Tours for Parents
League City Intermediate Teaching
JANUARY 17 Theater
WAVE tours for fifth graders 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Westbrook Intermediate
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. FEBRUARY 6
WAVE Commitment Paperwork
JANUARY 18 Deadline
First ALPHA Day for GT 3:30 p.m.
fourth graders


JANUARY 24
WAVE tours for fifth graders
League City Intermediate
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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