Please join us via Zoom on Wednesday, May 5th from 12:30-1:30pm for our monthly meeting.
For our last session of the season, join Williamson County Schools teachers Julie Boggess, Emily Hollett, and Renee McKnight for a conversation about summer enrichment activites.
Don’t Let the Summer Slip By Without Books
Julie Roberts Boggess will speak on the following topics proving that books are wonderful tools to help children grow during the summer.
Just Right Books: Finding the right book for an advanced reader can be quite a challenge.
Bibliotherapy: Using books to help with the social-emotional needs of a gifted child.
Fostering a Love of Books: Helping children learn to love reading for pleasure and not just to complete an assignment.
Math Matters
Emily Hollett and Renee McKnight will discuss ways to make everyday summer activities into opportunities for math enrichment. They'll briefly cover some ideas for at home math activities as well as questioning strategies that can be used to target mathematical thinking no matter what the activity! They’ll also present a variety of other learning opportunities in the form of online platforms, books, games, and camps/programs that all target mathematical mindsets. Resources will be provided to enhance advanced mathematical reasoning skills including test preparation for the PSAT, ACT, and SAT.
Julie Roberts Boggess is an elementary librarian at Pearre Creek Elementary School in Franklin, TN. She enjoys working with elementary and middle school students in Saturday and summer programs offered by the Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. Julie has earned a masters in elementary ed. with an emphasis on gifted education and a second masters in library media studies. She has published two books with her mother, Dr. Julia Roberts: Teacher's Survival Guide: Gifted Education: 2nd Edition and Differentiating Instruction with Centers in the Gifted Classroom.
Emily Hollett has been teaching for 13 years, with ten of those in WCS. She has been in gifted education for the last seven years, and is passionate about working with and advocating for gifted learners. In her spare time, she also develops curriculum for gifted students, and was recently awarded the TAG Curriculum Award for a multidisciplinary unit she co-authored with Anna Cassalia, another WCS gifted educator. She currently serves students at Grassland and Creekside Elementary Schools. Emily lives in Nashville with her husband and three daughters.
Renee McKnight has been teaching for 28 years, with 25 of those teaching upper-level mathematics in high school. She has spent the last three years working with WCS students in gifted education. Renee has a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics/computer science and Master’s degree in Administration and Supervision with a Gifted & Talented endorsement. She is currently serving students in the WCS OLP. Renee and her husband live in Franklin where they enjoy quality time with their two daughters, two sons-in-law, and five grandchildren.