Gifted Education News
Bloomingdale Elementary School
School Mission:
To ignite a passion for
learning and teaching
at high levels.
School Vision:
From school to the
world: All students
prepared for pro-
ductive futures.
Let’s Remember
Our Bear
Necessities:
Be Prepared to Learn
Expect Excellence
Accept Responsibility
Respect Everyone
Show the Golden Rule
Points of Interest
 February 2, 2018
Progress Reports Issued
 February 6, 2018
District Spelling Bee
 February 11, 2018
S uper M useum Sunday
Volume 1 Issue 2
Effective Learning Continues in Bloomingdale’s
Gifted Resource Classes
Our students are enjoying
this marking period in
their Gifted Resource
classes. First grade stu-
dents are creating fairytale
stories using technology
so that the stories will be
used as entries in the
Georgia Media Festival.
The second grade stu-
dents are reading books in
preparation for our Quiz
Bowl Competition in
March and are also design-
ing Coastal Erosion post-
ers. The third grade stu-
dents continue to work
on lessons from their
Hands-On-Equations unit.
They have also been
Fourth & Fifth Grade Students Become Keen
Investors in the Georgia Stock Market Game
The fourth and fifth grade
gifted students have recently
completed the Georgia
Stock Market Game. The
competition involved building
a hypothetical investment
portfolio by researching pub-
licly traded companies, read-
ing business publications, &
by crunching the numbers to
buy stocks. Each team
started the competition with
Winter 2018
reading quiz bowl books
and participating in a novel
studies unit for the book
entitled, Time for An-
drew. They will also be
enjoying experiments in
our Kitchen Chemistry
class. The fourth grade
students are continuing
with their Hands-On-
Equations unit. They are
also working on their
“Acid, Acid Everywhere!”
unit and are using prob-
lem-solving skills to make
decisions in their acid spill
scenario. The fifth grade
students are continuing
their lessons from the
Hands-On-Equations unit.
$100,000 and then they
learned to buy and trade
stocks and mutual funds listed
on the NASDAQ Stock Market
and the New York Stock Ex-
change. Each team worked
together each week to evaluate
their portfolios. The goal was
to possess the highest equity in
their portfolios at the end of
our competition. Our students
did a wonderful job of compet-
They are also enjoying their
student choice unit of
“Pirates.” Several fourth
and fifth grade students are
also reading novels and
writing questions in anticipa-
tion for Georgia Book
Awards Media Quiz Bowl
Competition in March.
ing with public /private school
teams at both elementary and
secondary grade levels. Out
of 76 teams in Georgia, we
had a 4th grade team that
placed 8th overall. Congratu-
lations to the “Smarties” for
their outstanding perform-
ance and to all of our stu-
dents for being keen inves-
tors! Mrs. LaClair and Mrs.
Lindblad serve as advisors.
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Bloomingdale Students Qualify for Duke TIP

Congratulations to six of
our 4th and 5th grade
students as they recently
qualified for the highly
selective 4th-6th Grade
Talent Search sponsored
by the Duke University
Talent Identification Pro-
gram. Students were
selected because they
achieved a qualifying
score in the 95th percen-
tile or higher on specified
sections of a nationally
recognized norm- educational programming.
referenced standardized These students will be hon-
test or on an approved ored at a reception in the
state test. These stu- near future. Learn more
dents recently received about this outstanding op-
correspondence concern- portunity at www.
ing this honor. As an ac- tip.duke.edu/456gts.
tive participant in the tal-
ent search, these stu-
dents will gain recogni-
tion from Duke Univer-
sity, access online enrich-
ment testing, and be ex-
posed to independent
learning materials and

How To Raise A Successful Gifted Student

The following suggestions are
great for helping your gifted
child achieve success:
“It’s kind of fun 1) Nurture their gifts-Gifted
students generally do not excel
to do the in everything. You must actively
observe the areas that they
impossible!” seem to excel in and give them
time and opportunities to pur-
-Walt Disney sue those interests.
2) Plug them in– Find extra-
curricular activities for them to
participate in that allow them
to explore their talents. En-
courage them to join clubs,
sports programs, attend semi-
nars, enter competitions, and
attend summer institutes.
3) Teach them the 4 C’s– In
our 21st century world, using
the skills of communication,
collaboration, critical thinking,
and creativity are considered
to be the most valuable assets
to be successful. Give them
opportunities to practice these
skills at home. Students would
benefit greatly from creating
their own family newspaper,
designing a collage of family
photos, playing family games,
completing puzzles, participat-
ing in community service pro-
jects, sharing favorite books,
or demonstrating creative
dramatics. Article taken from
Gifted Education Students Are
More Than Just Really Smart
Kids by Anthony Colucci

Bears Compete in STEM Competitions at EXPO

Congratulations to the
gifted students that partici-
pated in the 2018 STEM
Competitions at the Savan-
nah-Chatham Public Schools
EXPO on January 20, 2018!
We were well-represented
in the following competi-
tions: Public Service An-
nouncement, Straw Tower
Building, and the Egg Drop.
Our 4th-5th grade Public
Service Announcement
have learned a great deal
Team placed 2nd place over-
from practicing their crea-
all in their division. The stu-
tive problem-solving skills.
dents created a PSA about
the STEM career of Telecom- We will be ready for next
year! Great Job Bears!
munications. Our K-2nd
grade Straw Tower Building
Team also placed 2nd in their
division. The 4th –5th grade
team for the Egg Drop de-
signed a container that sur-
vived the second floor drop.
All students enjoyed prepar-
ing for the competitions and