6-8-15

HORIZONS Showcase and Technology Festival

Agenda

Cook Middle School 2014 Participants at the Berry Center

HORIZONS 1 female student (Mrs. Peterson)
Technology 1 male and 1 female student (Mrs. Langone)

2015 Main Goal

Cook Middle School Host an evening featuring projects and presentations.

2015 Sub Goals

Student engagement
Staff engagement
Parental engagement

2016 Main Goal

Berry Center Representation from Cook Middle School.

2015 2016 Participants

Target specific populations

o GT
o Level 1

Questions
1. How many GT students are at Cook?
2. Are the GT students divided by discipline?
3. Do they have a beginning of the school year gathering?
4. Do they know each other?
5. How many Level 1 students for English, history, math, and science?

Timeline

M. Wiley, D. Sebastian, and C. Henderson

CCIS Team and C. Henderson

CCIS Team with their content GT Teachers and Level 1 Teachers

CCIS Team, GT Teachers, Level 1 Teachers, and C. Henderson

o Teachers share information with students by using visual aids such as flyers,
videos, pictures etc

Fun information session after-school with the interested students (GT and Level 1
Teachers and C. Henderson)
o Social Issue Invite Blood Chocolates
o Tech - Invite Jersey Village Voltage

December Presentation
o HORIZONS and Technology on the same day
o Students will present their projects on the stage
o Audience members and students will have evaluation forms

Scoring system

Who judges for advancement to the Berry Center?

Spring
o HORIZONS
o Technology Festival

Evaluation of HORIZONS and Technology Festival

COOK MIDDLE SHOWCASES

Meeting Agenda
September 3, 2015
2:45pm
Type of Meeting: 1) Cook MS hosting two showcases featuring HORIZONS and Level 1 students. 2)
Students from Cook MS will participate in the CyFair ISD HORIZONS Showcase (Monday, April 4th
6:00pm) and Technology Festival (Thursday, April 7th 5:30pm).
Meeting Facilitator: Chantel L. Henderson
Invitees: Alison Fleming, James Jackson, Cinnamon Knox, and Kari Ragain
I. Overview of the 2015 HORIZONS Showcase and 2015 Technology Festival
II. Cook MS participation

a) Two evening events hosted at Cook MS

b) Cook MS representation at both district events.
III. Logistics

a) Showcase 1 (Name TBD)

Theme

Students: HORIZONS and Level 1

Teacher Expectations: At least 2 student projects

Cook MS event date and time

b) Showcase 2 (Name TBD)

Theme

Students: Entire Student Body

Teacher Expectations: At least 1 student project

Cook MS event date and time

IV. Communication

Meeting with Teachers

Tracking student projects

Future meeting dates (Ms. Wiley, Ms. Sebastain, Ms. Henderson, Ms. Fleming, Mr. Jackson, Ms.
Knox, and Ms. Ragain)