2015-16 School Year
Wed Jul 20 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club, "Masterminds" – grades 6-8. Free.
Mon Jul 18 - Week Three of Summer of STEAM Camps, Mill Valley
Mon Jul 11 - Week Two of Summer of STEAM Camps, Novato
Mon Jun 27 - Week One of Summer of STEAM Camps, Novato and Mill Valley
Wed Apr 20 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club, "The Martian" – grades 6-8. Free.
Sat Mar 12 - Family Hour of Code at Lynwood School in Novato
Wed Jan 20 - Hour of Code Night for all MV students K-5 at Old Mill School
Wed Jan 20 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8. Free.
Jan 11, 2016 - Deadline to enter Mill Valley Labs Young Entrepreneur Prize, for all MV high school students.
Tue Dec 1 - Hour of Code Night at Pleasant Valley School
Tue Nov 17 - Hour of Code Night at San Ramon School
Sat Oct 24 - Bay Area Science Festival, Discovery Day North Bay, 10:30am-4:00pm. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa.
Thu Oct 15 - MVGATE welcomes Gene Luen Yang with his new graphic novel Secret Coders, "Harry Potter with computers instead of wands" [Wired] (Diesel Books, Marin Country Mart). Gene will lead the kids in a programming exercise, talk about the book and answer their questions. 5pm. Free.
Wed Oct 14 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8. Free.
Tue Oct 13 - SENG Guided Discussion Group for Parents of Gifted or Twice Exceptional Children, at Terra Linda Community Center, 670 Del Ganado Rd, San Rafael. Led by Anne Marie Guglielmo & Emily Hamp. Eight Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00pm. Register here.
Mon Sep 28 - First term of after-school enrichments begins in Dixie schools
Mon Sep 14 - First term of after-school enrichments begins in Mill Valley schools
Sat Sep 12 - Scott McCloud: Comics and the Art of Visual Communication, Mill Valley Public Library, 7pm (ages high school thru adults)
Mon Jul 18 - Week Three of Summer of STEAM Camps, Mill Valley
Mon Jul 11 - Week Two of Summer of STEAM Camps, Novato
Mon Jun 27 - Week One of Summer of STEAM Camps, Novato and Mill Valley
Wed Apr 20 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club, "The Martian" – grades 6-8. Free.
Sat Mar 12 - Family Hour of Code at Lynwood School in Novato
Wed Jan 20 - Hour of Code Night for all MV students K-5 at Old Mill School
Wed Jan 20 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8. Free.
Jan 11, 2016 - Deadline to enter Mill Valley Labs Young Entrepreneur Prize, for all MV high school students.
Tue Dec 1 - Hour of Code Night at Pleasant Valley School
Tue Nov 17 - Hour of Code Night at San Ramon School
Sat Oct 24 - Bay Area Science Festival, Discovery Day North Bay, 10:30am-4:00pm. Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa.
Thu Oct 15 - MVGATE welcomes Gene Luen Yang with his new graphic novel Secret Coders, "Harry Potter with computers instead of wands" [Wired] (Diesel Books, Marin Country Mart). Gene will lead the kids in a programming exercise, talk about the book and answer their questions. 5pm. Free.
Wed Oct 14 – Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club – grades 6-8. Free.
Tue Oct 13 - SENG Guided Discussion Group for Parents of Gifted or Twice Exceptional Children, at Terra Linda Community Center, 670 Del Ganado Rd, San Rafael. Led by Anne Marie Guglielmo & Emily Hamp. Eight Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00pm. Register here.
Mon Sep 28 - First term of after-school enrichments begins in Dixie schools
Mon Sep 14 - First term of after-school enrichments begins in Mill Valley schools
Sat Sep 12 - Scott McCloud: Comics and the Art of Visual Communication, Mill Valley Public Library, 7pm (ages high school thru adults)
2014-15 School Year
Aug 10-13 - Adventures in Engineering, Programming Minecraft Mods camps (Mill Valley)
Wed Jul 15 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Jul 6-10 - Scratch Lab, Scratch Masters, and Build Your Own Computer camps (Mill Valley)
Sat May 23 - 5th Grade Greek Mythology Treasure Hunt with Stanford Classics Professor Rush Rehm (Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF)
Wed Apr 08 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Week of Apr 06 - Jun 01 - 4th term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Mill Valley
Week of Mar 23 – 2nd term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Dixie School District, Terra Linda (Dixie, Vallecito, Silveira, Miller Creek)
Mon Feb 23 – Hour Of Code Night II at Marin County Office of Education, Terra Linda (rescheduled from Dec 11)
Week of Feb 09 - Mar 30 - 3rd term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Mill Valley (Edna Maguire, Old Mill, Park, Strawberry Point, Tam Valley)
Tue Jan 27 – Hour Of Code Night at The Cove School, Corte Madera
Wed Jan 21 – Hour Of Code Night at Hall Middle School, Corte Madera
Tue Jan 20 – Hour Of Code Night at Neil Cummins Elementary School, Corte Madera
Week of Jan 12 - After-school Computer Science Labs begin in Dixie School District, Terra Linda (Dixie, Vallecito, Silveira, Miller Creek)
Wed Dec 03 – Parent Tech Leadership Meeting, Dixie School District, Terra Linda
Fri Nov 14 - Dec 19 - ScratchLab at Edna Maguire School, advanced, grades 2-5
Wed Nov 12 - Dec 17 - Fun With Computers at Edna Maguire School, beginning, grades K-2
Mon Nov 10 - Dec 15 - CodeKids at Edna Maguire School, intermediate, grades 2-5
Mon Nov 10 - Dec 15 - ScratchLab continues at Park School - grades 2-5
Week of Nov 10 - Dec 19 - 2nd term of after-school Computer Science Labs in Mill Valley
Wed Nov 05 – Hour Of Code Night II at Strawberry Point School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game Seven conflict)
Tue Nov 04 – Hour Of Code Night II at Old Mill School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game Six conflict)
Thu Oct 30 – Hour Of Code Night II at Park School (6:00pm)
Mon Oct 27 – Hour Of Code Night II at Edna Maguire School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game One conflict)
Tue Oct 07 – Hour Of Code Night II at Tam Valley School (6:00pm)
Sun Sep 28 & Oct 05 - Flashmob to Mount Diablo to see Tarantula migration - grades 4-8
Fri Sep 12 - Nov 07 - ScratchLab at Old Mill School - grades 2-5
Fri Sep 12 - Nov 07 - CodeKids at Tam Valley School - grades 1-3
Wed Sep 10 - Nov 05 - ScratchLab at Edna Maguire School - grades 2-5
Tue Sep 09 - Nov 04 - CodeKids at Tam Valley School - grades 3-5
Mon Sep 08 - Nov 03 - ScratchLab at Park School - grades 2-5
Mon Sep 08 - Nov 03 - CodeKids at Strawberry Point School - grades 1-5
Thu Aug 28 - Parents Orientation Meeting: Teaching Computer Science to Our Kids
Wed Jul 15 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Jul 6-10 - Scratch Lab, Scratch Masters, and Build Your Own Computer camps (Mill Valley)
Sat May 23 - 5th Grade Greek Mythology Treasure Hunt with Stanford Classics Professor Rush Rehm (Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF)
Wed Apr 08 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Week of Apr 06 - Jun 01 - 4th term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Mill Valley
Week of Mar 23 – 2nd term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Dixie School District, Terra Linda (Dixie, Vallecito, Silveira, Miller Creek)
Mon Feb 23 – Hour Of Code Night II at Marin County Office of Education, Terra Linda (rescheduled from Dec 11)
Week of Feb 09 - Mar 30 - 3rd term of after-school Computer Science Labs begin in Mill Valley (Edna Maguire, Old Mill, Park, Strawberry Point, Tam Valley)
Tue Jan 27 – Hour Of Code Night at The Cove School, Corte Madera
Wed Jan 21 – Hour Of Code Night at Hall Middle School, Corte Madera
Tue Jan 20 – Hour Of Code Night at Neil Cummins Elementary School, Corte Madera
Week of Jan 12 - After-school Computer Science Labs begin in Dixie School District, Terra Linda (Dixie, Vallecito, Silveira, Miller Creek)
Wed Dec 03 – Parent Tech Leadership Meeting, Dixie School District, Terra Linda
Fri Nov 14 - Dec 19 - ScratchLab at Edna Maguire School, advanced, grades 2-5
Wed Nov 12 - Dec 17 - Fun With Computers at Edna Maguire School, beginning, grades K-2
Mon Nov 10 - Dec 15 - CodeKids at Edna Maguire School, intermediate, grades 2-5
Mon Nov 10 - Dec 15 - ScratchLab continues at Park School - grades 2-5
Week of Nov 10 - Dec 19 - 2nd term of after-school Computer Science Labs in Mill Valley
Wed Nov 05 – Hour Of Code Night II at Strawberry Point School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game Seven conflict)
Tue Nov 04 – Hour Of Code Night II at Old Mill School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game Six conflict)
Thu Oct 30 – Hour Of Code Night II at Park School (6:00pm)
Mon Oct 27 – Hour Of Code Night II at Edna Maguire School (6:00pm) (note new date due to Game One conflict)
Tue Oct 07 – Hour Of Code Night II at Tam Valley School (6:00pm)
Sun Sep 28 & Oct 05 - Flashmob to Mount Diablo to see Tarantula migration - grades 4-8
Fri Sep 12 - Nov 07 - ScratchLab at Old Mill School - grades 2-5
Fri Sep 12 - Nov 07 - CodeKids at Tam Valley School - grades 1-3
Wed Sep 10 - Nov 05 - ScratchLab at Edna Maguire School - grades 2-5
Tue Sep 09 - Nov 04 - CodeKids at Tam Valley School - grades 3-5
Mon Sep 08 - Nov 03 - ScratchLab at Park School - grades 2-5
Mon Sep 08 - Nov 03 - CodeKids at Strawberry Point School - grades 1-5
Thu Aug 28 - Parents Orientation Meeting: Teaching Computer Science to Our Kids
2013-14 School Year
Mon Aug 11 - Fri Aug 15 - NEW Game Development in Python summer camp (entering grades 6-10)
Mon Aug 11 - Fri Aug 15 - ADDED Build Your Own Computer summer camp (entering grades 6-9)
Mon Aug 11 - Fri Aug 15 - ADDED CodeKids 2 summer camp (entering grades 2-6)
July 18-20 - SENG Annual Conference, San Jose
Thu Jul 17 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Mon June 30 - Thu July 3 - Build Your Own Computer summer camp (entering grades 6-9)
Mon June 30 - Thu July 3 - CodeKids 2 summer camp (entering grades 2-6)
Sat May 31 - Oceanographer for a Day Marine Biology Sail (grades 5-8)
Sat May 31 - Oceanographer for a Day Marine Biology Sail (grades K-4)
Sat May 24 - Presidio Ropes Leadership Course (co-ed) (grades 4-8)
Sat May 17 - Presidio Ropes Leadership Course (girls) (grades 4-8) CANCELLED
Thu May 15 - Hour Of Code Night at Mill Valley Community Center (grades K-8, all schools welcome)
Sat May 10 - Marine Mammal Center advanced lab program (grades 6-8, by invitation) (1-4pm)
Thu May 01 – Park School Code Kids begins
Wed Apr 30 - Hour Of Code Night at Strawberry Point School (5:30pm)
Mon Apr 28 - Tam Valley Parent Tech Champions Meeting (5:30pm)
Wed Apr 23 - Marine Mammal Center class and tour (grades 3-5) (3-5pm)
Wed Apr 23 - Private tour of Pixar Animation (grades 6-8) (3-5pm)
Tue Apr 22 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Sat Apr 12 - Marinovators Young Makers Day, San Rafael (10am-4pm)
Wed Apr 9 - Edna Maguire Code Kids begins
Tue Apr 8 - Old Mill Code Kids phase 2 begins
Mon Apr 7 - Park School Hour of Code Night (6:00pm)
Thu Apr 3 - Tam Valley School Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)
Thu Mar 27 - Marin County Office of Education Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)
Tue Mar 25 - Edna Maguire Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)
Mon Mar 24 - Marin County Office of Education volunteers meeting (for HOC Night) (5:00pm)
Wed Mar 19 - Edna Maguire Hour of Code Night parents meeting
Wed Mar 5 - Autodesk Gallery private tour - grades 3-5
Tue Jan 21 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club
Mon Dec 9 - Hour Of Code Night at Old Mill School - grades K-5
Sat Nov 16 - Super Saturdays start at Dominican University
Wed Nov 13 - Autodesk Gallery (and more) - grades 6-8
Sun Nov 10 - Marine Science Adventure - grades 5-8
Sat Nov 09 - Marine Science Adventure - grades K-4
Sat Nov 09 - Presidio Ropes Leadership Course - grades 5-8
Sat Nov 02 - Gifted Symposium in Napa for Parents & Educators
Sun Oct 20 - Math Contest at MV Mathnasium
Wed Oct 16 - Guiding the Gifted Child, with SENG founder Dr James Webb
Tue Oct 15 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club
Thu Sep 26 - Old Mill School's Math Olympiad begins weekly practices, every Thursday
Wed Sep 25 - Marin Math Circle begins three sections (grades 3-4, 5-8, and 9-12)
Sun Sep 22 - Mount Diablo Tarantula Migration Hike
Mon Aug 11 - Fri Aug 15 - ADDED Build Your Own Computer summer camp (entering grades 6-9)
Mon Aug 11 - Fri Aug 15 - ADDED CodeKids 2 summer camp (entering grades 2-6)
July 18-20 - SENG Annual Conference, San Jose
Thu Jul 17 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Mon June 30 - Thu July 3 - Build Your Own Computer summer camp (entering grades 6-9)
Mon June 30 - Thu July 3 - CodeKids 2 summer camp (entering grades 2-6)
Sat May 31 - Oceanographer for a Day Marine Biology Sail (grades 5-8)
Sat May 31 - Oceanographer for a Day Marine Biology Sail (grades K-4)
Sat May 24 - Presidio Ropes Leadership Course (co-ed) (grades 4-8)
Sat May 17 - Presidio Ropes Leadership Course (girls) (grades 4-8) CANCELLED
Thu May 15 - Hour Of Code Night at Mill Valley Community Center (grades K-8, all schools welcome)
Sat May 10 - Marine Mammal Center advanced lab program (grades 6-8, by invitation) (1-4pm)
Thu May 01 – Park School Code Kids begins
Wed Apr 30 - Hour Of Code Night at Strawberry Point School (5:30pm)
Mon Apr 28 - Tam Valley Parent Tech Champions Meeting (5:30pm)
Wed Apr 23 - Marine Mammal Center class and tour (grades 3-5) (3-5pm)
Wed Apr 23 - Private tour of Pixar Animation (grades 6-8) (3-5pm)
Tue Apr 22 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club - grades 6-8
Sat Apr 12 - Marinovators Young Makers Day, San Rafael (10am-4pm)
Wed Apr 9 - Edna Maguire Code Kids begins
Tue Apr 8 - Old Mill Code Kids phase 2 begins
Mon Apr 7 - Park School Hour of Code Night (6:00pm)
Thu Apr 3 - Tam Valley School Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)
Thu Mar 27 - Marin County Office of Education Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)
Tue Mar 25 - Edna Maguire Hour of Code Night (5:45pm)
Mon Mar 24 - Marin County Office of Education volunteers meeting (for HOC Night) (5:00pm)
Wed Mar 19 - Edna Maguire Hour of Code Night parents meeting
Wed Mar 5 - Autodesk Gallery private tour - grades 3-5
Tue Jan 21 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club
Mon Dec 9 - Hour Of Code Night at Old Mill School - grades K-5
Sat Nov 16 - Super Saturdays start at Dominican University
Wed Nov 13 - Autodesk Gallery (and more) - grades 6-8
Sun Nov 10 - Marine Science Adventure - grades 5-8
Sat Nov 09 - Marine Science Adventure - grades K-4
Sat Nov 09 - Presidio Ropes Leadership Course - grades 5-8
Sat Nov 02 - Gifted Symposium in Napa for Parents & Educators
Sun Oct 20 - Math Contest at MV Mathnasium
Wed Oct 16 - Guiding the Gifted Child, with SENG founder Dr James Webb
Tue Oct 15 - Pizza and Pages Middle School Book Club
Thu Sep 26 - Old Mill School's Math Olympiad begins weekly practices, every Thursday
Wed Sep 25 - Marin Math Circle begins three sections (grades 3-4, 5-8, and 9-12)
Sun Sep 22 - Mount Diablo Tarantula Migration Hike
2012-13 School Year
Jan 28, Feb 25 and Mar 25 - Join Sally Peck, principal of Kentfield's Bacich Elementary School, in a community book-reading and discussion of Tony Wagner's book, "Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World." Bacich Library, Kentfield. [Kentfield PTA]
Mon Dec 10 - Parents Meeting and Strategy Session, 6:30 pm MV Community Center, 180 Camino Alto
Sat Nov 10 - Pacific Leadership Institute team-building Adventure Challenge, 9am-1230pm at Fort Miley in SF
Tue Nov 06 - Middle School Book Club Returns, 6:30 pm MV Public Library
Sun Nov 04 - SF Bay Oceanography & Marine Biology Sailing Adventure, 12noon-3pm at the Bay Model in Sausalito
Sat Nov 03 - California Association for the Gifted Symposium, 8:30am-4:30pm in Napa County
TBD in Oct - Behind the scenes at the Marine Mammal Center's animal hospital, Sausalito
TBD in Oct - Autodesk Gallery Tour II, One Market Street SF.
Sun Sep 30 - Greek Drama Day at Stanford; behind the scenes at The Wanderings of Odysseus, 2pm Stanford University Nitery Theater
Mon Dec 10 - Parents Meeting and Strategy Session, 6:30 pm MV Community Center, 180 Camino Alto
Sat Nov 10 - Pacific Leadership Institute team-building Adventure Challenge, 9am-1230pm at Fort Miley in SF
Tue Nov 06 - Middle School Book Club Returns, 6:30 pm MV Public Library
Sun Nov 04 - SF Bay Oceanography & Marine Biology Sailing Adventure, 12noon-3pm at the Bay Model in Sausalito
Sat Nov 03 - California Association for the Gifted Symposium, 8:30am-4:30pm in Napa County
TBD in Oct - Behind the scenes at the Marine Mammal Center's animal hospital, Sausalito
TBD in Oct - Autodesk Gallery Tour II, One Market Street SF.
Sun Sep 30 - Greek Drama Day at Stanford; behind the scenes at The Wanderings of Odysseus, 2pm Stanford University Nitery Theater
2011-12 School Year
Thu 06 Sep - Bio & Nanotech Night at Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market in SF. [Instructables]
Wed 05 Sep - Tim O'Reilly speaks on "The Birth of the Global Mind" at the Fort Mason Center. [Long Now Foundation]
Thu Jul 19 - Advanced Reader Book Club, 6:30pm MV Public Library
Fri Jun 15 - Last day of school 2011-12
Thu May 24 - GATE trivia café, 3:15-4:30pm, Edna Maguire Room 12 [MVSD]
Wed May 23 - Autodesk Gallery Tour, 3:30-5:00pm, One Market Street SF.
Thu May 17 - Maker Faire private tour, 11:00am-2:00pm, San Mateo
Wed May 16 - second tour of Pixar
Sun Apr 22 - Mythology Treasure Hunt, 2:00-5:00pm, Legion of Honor SF.
Wed Apr 18, Apr 25, May 02, and May 09 - Photography workshop with Frederic Larson, 3:10-4:10pm, Middle School room 40.
Wed Apr 04 - Private Tour of Pixar, 3:30-5:00pm, Emeryville
Mon Apr 02 - Scratch programming language, 3:00-4:30pm, Edna Maguire Room 12 [MVSD]
Wed 05 Sep - Tim O'Reilly speaks on "The Birth of the Global Mind" at the Fort Mason Center. [Long Now Foundation]
Thu Jul 19 - Advanced Reader Book Club, 6:30pm MV Public Library
Fri Jun 15 - Last day of school 2011-12
Thu May 24 - GATE trivia café, 3:15-4:30pm, Edna Maguire Room 12 [MVSD]
Wed May 23 - Autodesk Gallery Tour, 3:30-5:00pm, One Market Street SF.
Thu May 17 - Maker Faire private tour, 11:00am-2:00pm, San Mateo
Wed May 16 - second tour of Pixar
Sun Apr 22 - Mythology Treasure Hunt, 2:00-5:00pm, Legion of Honor SF.
Wed Apr 18, Apr 25, May 02, and May 09 - Photography workshop with Frederic Larson, 3:10-4:10pm, Middle School room 40.
Wed Apr 04 - Private Tour of Pixar, 3:30-5:00pm, Emeryville
Mon Apr 02 - Scratch programming language, 3:00-4:30pm, Edna Maguire Room 12 [MVSD]
