Weatherly Heights GATE

Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) at Weatherly Heights Elementary in Huntsville, AL. Facilitated by Mrs. Griffith, gifted specialist. “We go the extra mile”

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Weatherly 4th grade GATE students put their problem-solving skills to the test in a spooky escape room! Can they outsmart the Monsters, Ghosts, and Ghouls? 🎃🕸️ #GATE #EscapeRoom #HalloweenFun

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Weatherly 4th grade GATE students dove into a Fairy Tale STEM challenge inspired by The Widow’s Broom! 🧹 Using magnets to make a broom hover taught us that bigger magnets work best! #GATE #STEM #FairyTaleScience

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Weatherly 3rd grade GATE students explored the importance of giving back while learning about service learning! 🤝🌟 #ServiceLearning #GATEProgram #FutureLeaders

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Weatherly 4th grade GATE students brought the story Papa Panov’s Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy to life by creating beautiful winter villages as part of their Fairy Tale CBU! ❄️🎄✨ #FairyTaleCBU #CreativeLearning #GATEProgram

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Weatherly 5th grade GATE students kicked off their final class with an exciting innovation challenge, as part of The Power of Innovation CBU. Creativity was in full swing as they designed solutions to save Santa’s big day! 🎅🎄 #InnovationChallenge #GATEProgram #CreativeThinking

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In honor of January 11th, “Learn your Name in Morse Code Day”, 3rd Grade GATE students made posters with their names in Morse Code. They also learned about the history, cracked some codes, and made their own codes for their GATE-mates to decipher. @HCSgate @alabamagifted

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3rd Grade GATE finished their One Word project this week.

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WHES 4th graders just finished their 20,000 Pieces of Me project! 🎨✨ They each decorated a T-shirt with tiny squares, with every piece representing a part of their identity. Together, they’ve created a beautiful mosaic that tells their unique stories! 💕👕 #CreativeKids

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Weatherly 4th Grade GATE is diving into Fairy Tales with a twist! 🦢✨ For 'The Ugly Duckling,' students got creative with a fun disguise-the-duckling activity! Can you spot the hidden duckling? 👀🦆 #FairyTaleFun #CreativeKids #GATEAdventures

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Weatherly 4th Grade took on 'Jack and the Beanstalk' with a fun twist! 🌱🏗️ For their Fairy Tales CBU, students worked on the 'Build a Better Beanstalk' activity. Check out one of their towering creations below! 🌿✨ #FairyTaleFun #STEMinAction #CreativeKids

[Weatherly Heights GATE @GATEWeatherly]

@jenmadsen18 I am!

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Parent Webinar Series
April 9, 2024, 6:00 pm CT
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My 4th grade GATE students made some pretty cool art! We read 9 versions of Cinderella from all different cultures/regions and they were tasked with creating art from a culture/region of one of the books.

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Fourth Grade GATE finished their name sculptures today.

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It’s coming along….

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Our Selfie Sculpture display!

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Selfie Sculpture time!!
Fifth grade had a blast creating sculptures that represent them.

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@GiftedTawk D. All done

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@dgticola @bdwmusic Happy for you but ☹️

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One of our 4th grade Social Entrepreneurship projects is called Kindness in a Box. They wanted me to share this on social media for them. As part of their project they made an Appreciation Station where anyone can create a card for a staff member at WHES. @HSVk12