February

To my parents, I apologize for all the confusion. Boy, our fields trips this year have been crazy. The Spelling Bee is at the Clarion Mall on February 9th. We will be going to Union High School for Equations. Let's hope these events go as scheduled. Next month we have a few more events scheduled. Keep an eye out for details.

The Start of the Second Marking Period

It is now the start of a new marking period. I want to thank Miss Lauer for teaching during my maternity leave. I think the students had a good start to the year. We will be starting to prepare for all the upcoming competitions, such as Ling, Equations, and Chess. Happy Fall everyone! The cool weather has arrived.

See You Later, Alligator

I know I haven't been teaching the GEM classes for months now due to my new schedule, but I am always checking in on "my" students. It sure has been an interesting year, having to adjust to new teachers, and next year will bring more of the same. But... I promise to return to the classroom once my maternity leave comes to an end.

Students, keep focused until June. Enjoy your summer break and work hard for your teachers in the fall. Even when I am at home I will still keep tabs on how things are going.

See you when I see you!
Mrs. Gorog

Chess Tournament

Six students from Keystone participated in the Annual RIU#6 Elementary Chess Tournament. They won the tournament! Go Keystone!

LinguiSHTIKS

Three students participated in a LinguiSHTIKS training. This very challenging grammar game would be very tough for almost all adults. This game is making me relearn how to correctly use sentence types or structures, all uses of nouns, verbs, adjectives, clauses, prepositions, etc...

The Renaissance Fair

September 26th, 2009 Keystone Elementary's gifted class went to the Pittsburgh Renaissance Fair. All the gifted students and their families went into the fair and did all kinds of things! Like, some of them got to preform on a stage, watch a fire breather, watch a jousting match, play games and ride rides. They had good food like, giant turkey legs, corn on the cob, iced tea, lemonade, brownies, chicken, keilbasa, beans and sugar, and sinse it was so damp the sugar in the packets became one big hunk of sugar! Oh and don't forget about the gift shops! You could buy stuff like, wooden swords, fake eye patches, wooden shields, wooden barrels that could really hold water, wooden axes and toy puzzles (also wooden.) Then you could buy stuff like, cologne, air fresheners, tobacco, wine, CDs and wooden flutes. I would encourage everybody to go next year. I'll bet you'll like it and come back again the next time you get the chance.

By Alexander

Welcome Back

Welcome back to a new school year. I hope you enjoyed your summer and are feeling ready to start off the year great. This year our theme is the Renaissance time period. We will be taking a couple of field trips, making art and costumes, reading and researching, and hopefully having a great time while learning. If you know anyone with a Renaissance skill, please let me know. We would love to invite them in to our class.