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3rd/4th: Week of August 31, 2026

Gamma Newsletter 2026-2027 Gammas are settling into the school year and continuing to show us what an amazing group they are! This week, we had our first fire drill and practiced staying calm and responsible. We also took our first trip to the library, where students had the opportunity to learn how to check out “Just Right” books. HUGE thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness in helping us celebrate our teacher birthdays! We hope you make the most of the long weekend and we look forward to seeing you Tuesday at Parent Support Night. Math Gamma Ones continued building

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Elementary students work together at school with experiential learning.

3rd/4th: Week of August 24, 2026

Gamma Newsletter 2026-2027 Quarter 1 – Week 2: August 24 – 27 Another super week for the Gammas! We’ve been busy learning, working together, and having lots of fun! A big THANK YOU to Amy, Lorelai’s mom, for spending her morning snapping some fun pictures for us. We appreciate you! Math In math, we’ve been diving into place value and learning that the value of a digit depends on the place it holds in our base-ten system. We’ve also been practicing writing numbers in different ways, including standard form, expanded form, and word form. Both Gamma classes had a great

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Two elementary students work together at GT school in Austin.

3rd/4th: Week of August 17

What an amazing first week we had in Gamma: lots of smiles, laughter, and special moments. We are so proud of how eagerly they jumped into the new school year and can’t wait to see what amazing things are ahead! Math Both Gamma classes discussed the importance of math in our everyday lives, and collaborated to solve some fun thinking problems. They were introduced to our new problem solving stations and played some review games with classmates. We are really excited to dive into place value next week. ELA Gammas had a lot of laughs reviewing nouns, adjectives and verbs

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Elementary student's hand holding rock at micro school.

3rd/4th: Week of May 11

The final countdown is on!  We are in the home stretch, and the excitement is REAL! The Gammas are busy wrapping up units and assignments and look forward to a fun week next week! Math Gamma twos are completing their final math unit on area and perimeter by creating a blueprint for a zoo! It’s been fun to watch them apply their math skills in a real life way!  Gamma ones had a blast this week surveying  AHB students and creating graphs to display the data. ELA Persuasive essays are almost complete!  It’s so impressive to see how much they

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Elementary student interviews middle schooler at micro school.

3rd/4th: Week of May 4

This week was amazing at AHB!  The Gammas loved their trip to Barton Springs on Tuesday and learned so much about Barton Springs and the Edwards Aquifer.  They enjoyed seeing wildlife, having lunch in the park, and had a blast playing on the playground! Thanks so much to our parents who were able to drive and chaperone. We appreciate you so much! YAY! We earned 100 TWIGGY tickets so Tuesday will be Crazy Hair Day Math Gamma twos wrapped up their study of data charts this week.  They were given  100 students’ birthdays and had to organize and display the data.

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Elementary students explore park on field trip at nonreligious school.