Thank you to chairman, Lenny Smallacombe, and the members of Fort Pierce Elks Lodge #1520 for bringing clothes, school supplies and toys to our students from their Backpack Community Program.
Thank you for your generosity and the joy you bring to little ones at this special time of year.
Join in our fun fundraiser for our Positive Behavior Support program. Funds will be used for incentives. $1 each day to participate.
Come join the COLT family!
February 28th is Class and Spring picture day.
All PreK through 5th grade homerooms will have a class picture taken.
PreK through 8th grade students that order a Spring picture will be the only ones individually photographed.
SGA Winter Games, Episode V: A New Dream will be held March 1st from 5:30-7:30. Come join in all the fun. Cheer your Jedi teachers on to win a pod party. The first 100 students receive a free tote-bag full of school supplies! Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Thank you to community members, District staff, Roundtable of St. Lucie County and SLC School Board Vice Chairman, Mrs. Hawley for coming to SGA for our Tunnel of Hope. Students were greeted with cheers and high fives by Treasure Hunters encouraging them to do their best on the Florida Standards Assessment for Writing.
Episode V of the SGA Winter Games, The New Dream was held on March 1st. We are happy to report the Jedi Order once again prevailed over the Dark Empire. The 8th grade UM Jedi teachers gained the trophy and won a pod party for their students.
The Extended Day program is getting ready for Spring by clearing the garden to plant some yummy vegetables. Students hope to share their harvest before the end of the school year.
Congratulations to Ms. Drayton and the SGA Advanced Band students. They received an excellent rating in their first ever Florida Bandmasters Association’s District 13 Music Performance Assessment (MPA). Way to go musical COLTS!
We had a wonder breakfast celebrating our SGAET grandparents. Thank you, grandparents, for being a positive influence in our students’ lives.
Crews were hard at work on the teacher workday & through the weekend to transform our cafeteria to reflect how we are “Geared for Success” at SGAET. Quite an inspiring revision!
SGAET would like to thank The Cora Stickney Harper Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for bringing the Constitution to life for our 4th grade students. As anticipated, performing for the students became a valued learning experience for all adults in attendance, as well as for the students.
For more information regarding the Daughters of the American Revolution, contact Regent Linda Gallup @comcast.net
Picture Day for all students & staff is on October 16th. Watch for the flyers in your child’s backpack or order on-line.
Join us in congratulating our colleagues for their hard work and dedication to excellence. We are so honored to have each of them represent our school in the SLPS 2019-2020 Night of the Stars. Gaines Academy amazing staff representatives are: Timothy Bove, 8th grade ELA teacher, is our Teacher of the Year; Tameka Wright, 8th grade ELA teacher, is our Distinguished Minority Educator; Carley Vanhoy, 6th grade Science teacher, is our Outstanding First Year teacher and Deputy Frantz Guerrier, School Resource Deputy, is our School-Related Employee of the Year. We are so honored to have each of them represent our school. CONGRATULATIONS!
Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies has been awarded a UBTECH Early Innovator Grant! SGAET is the First and Only School in Florida to be awarded an Early Innovator Grant, and just 23 schools across the nation received the award. UBTECH Education is a division of UBTECH—a global leader in intelligent, humanoid robots for consumers, business, and industry. Now, students will have the opportunity to work with UBTECH Robotics UKITs to practice engineering, coding, and apply their understanding of science and mathematics to create fully functioning robots. The students’ robots will be used to complete tasks in simulated real world scenarios. Per the U.S. Department of Commerce, college-educated STEM job-holders earn up to 39% more than non-STEM employees. In addition, between 2016 and 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that jobs in STEM fields will grow by 10.8%. At SGAET, we expect our students to be on the cutting edge of future technology. They will build and live in a world of limitless potential.
Prospective students and their parents are invited to join us on Tuesday, February 18th from 6-7PM to learn about our STEM focused magnet programs. Please RSVP at: tinyurl.com/SGAET0218.
Sybil Bell, Civics instructor, has arranged for speakers to come each Thursday in February to celebration Black History Month.
On February 6th, Andre Barnes, art teacher, and Martin Steward, technology teacher, spoke to our students and encouraged them to bring out their talents, stay focused and avoid distractions as they move through life. There was an art show of original paintings of historical and well-known famous people like Lebron James.
On February 13th, Dr. Mills, SLPS board member, spoke on putting action to the change you want to see by being the change yourself and by volunteering to help others with the same vision.
Students engaged in a Black History trivia game prior to having speakers present and gave recognition awards after the presentations. The event has been absolutely wonderful and highly educational. Students are very receptive to the speakers and are excited for the next weeks’ presentations.#SLPSMagnet
