TKD Winners!

Congratulations to EE’s competitors (Peoples TKD Program): Ethan Bauder, Jack Alderson, Claire Alderson, Caden Alderson, Cruz Suarez, Grant Cox. Students brought home a combined 10 medals won in their respective age and belt divisions in Sparring and Forms. Mr. Peoples is proud of all his team!

Awards:
Ethan Bauder (green belt)- 3rd in Forms; Jack Alderson (Green Stripe) - 1st in Sparring and 3rd in Forms; Claire Alderson (Green Stripe) - 2nd in Sparring and 3rd in Forms; Caden Alderson (Green Stripe) - 1st in Sparring and 3rd in Forms; Cruz Suarez (Yellow Belt)- tied for 3rd in Forms and ultimately received a competitor’s medal; Grant Cox (Yellow Belt) placed 3rd in both Forms and Sparring. 

BEST Robotics Winners

Congratulation to the Extraordinary Innovation Labs BEST Robotics Team on their performance at the North Houston BEST Hub Competition on October 18th-19th. The team took home the prestigious Founder's Award for Creative Design as well as the 1st Place Engineering Notebook Award. The team's robot was in the top 10 at the end of the seeding rounds, but lost out in the Wildcard Match. They also scored well in the Marketing Presentation and Marketing Booth. Be sure to congratulate these students when you see them!

Robotics Team Heading to Contest

Extraordinary Innovation Labs Robotics Team members showed off their skills at the BEST Robotics Demo Day on Saturday, October 12 at The Woodlands Mall. 

The North Houston BEST Robotics Hub Competition takes place this Saturday, October 19, at Woodlands College Park High School from 10:00 am - 4:30 pm. 


Come out and support our EE homeschool team!

Art Contest Winner!

Congratulations to EE art student Abby Yeager for her outstanding showing at the Tomball Art League Art Show & Sale held at LSC Tomball on October 11-12, 2019. Abby took home THREE awards including 2nd Place and 3rd Place in her age group as well as Best of Show for all students grades K-12th. The show included entries by students from Tomball, Magnolia, Klein and Waller. Abby is a student of our amazing EE art teacher, Linda Marie.

EE is closed today 9/19/19

With Conroe ISD closed today due to power outages and road closures, EE will also close today 9/19/19. Please stay safe everyone!

Explorers Unite!

Are you/your family interested in traveling to Portugal, Scandinavia, Russia, The Grand Canyon, Santa Fe and more?  Get an overview of these three 2020 trips by attending the "Explorers Unite!"  travel meeting on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 from 4:30 - 5:30 in the Passion Vine room at EE!

Earn early bird enrollment discounts by signing up for the Portugal trip (Spring Break 2020) or the Scandinavia/Russia trip (May/June 2020) before September 13th! Learn about these discounts, vote on dates for the Grand Canyon trip and more at the meeting or by emailing Renee Vermaelen-Campbell at rcampbell@extraed.org with your questions.

EE students and families have traveled to Italy, Spain, Greece, Coasta Rica and a "European Mosaic" in the past few years. Come join our next adventure!

Thanks, and happy travels!

BEST Robotics Season Kicks Off

It's time for the new BEST Robotics season!

Does your child enjoy... Tinkering? Creating? Talking? Computers? Art? Learning new things? Making new friends? Then your child will love being part of BEST Robotics! There's something for every interest from power tools, engineering and CAD to speech, art and programming.

You can learn more in this BEST Robotics Overview: https://youtu.be/QKgIeyyAKAk (Our team is featured in several shots!)
You can learn about this year's game in the 2019 Game Teaser: https://youtu.be/kcaoyXWEDCU

Extraordinary Innovation Labs BEST Robotics Team invites team members and prospective team members to join us for our first meeting of the season on THURSDAY, AUGUST 29th, 2019. The North Houston BEST Robotics Hub Kick Off Day will be held on SATURDAY, September 7th, and it's time to get started on this year's competition!

EIL BEST TEAM - INFORMATION & ORGANIZATION MEETING
WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 29th, 2019, 7:00 - 9:00pm 
WHERE: Extraordinary Education Center, 9522 Carraway Lane, 77354
- "Dewberry" Room (middle portable building)
WHO: All current, previous and prospective team members ages 6th-12th grade

Students and parents will learn about BEST robotics and what being part of the team is all about. With Contest Day exactly 6 weeks from Kick Off Day, we have to get organized and ready to go ASAP.

REGISTER: If you are interested in being part of the team this year, PLEASE REGISTER by completing the INTEREST FORM at the link below. Many important team dates, times, locations and team details are also noted on the INTEREST FORM.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdO3E-93KKIqxUTketp3_qm2ouc3zdaAwLeTtnMykAbZur7fQ/viewform

With the establishment of the MakerBarn at EE we have a great opportunity for our students to learn many skills and receive coaching from some amazing engineers and "makers" of all kinds. This Woodlands area homeschool team has a long award-winning history in the BEST contest and have been competiting since the year 2001. We hope your family will join us for this exciting year of robotics!

Learn more about BEST at the links below:
BEST of Texas Robotics: http://www.bestoftexasrobotics.org/
North Houston Best HUB: http://www.northhoustonbest.org/
EIL Robotics Team Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/eilrobotics/​
EIL Robotics Team Website: http://www.eilrobotics.com
Note: This was the team website for a prior year’s competition. Information is out of date and not all features are functional at this point in time. Team members will be updating the site as part of this year's contest.

Learn more about Extraordinary Education:
http://www.extraed.org

Elise Eaton
Team Sponsor

Meet the Teachers Thursday, August 15th

You are invited to come out and meet our extraordinary teachers this Thursday, August 15th from 6:30-8:30 pm. 
Learn about classes you might be interested in and meet your child's teachers if you have already registered. This is your last chance to meet our teachers before classes begin on Monday, August 19th.
We'll be meeting in the "portables" and some teachers may be set up in their classrooms. Maps will be available in the Library.
We are looking forward to meeting your family. Invite a friend!

Meet the Teachers & Class Info Night

Come join us at Extraordinary Education on TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, from 6:30-8:30 PM to meet our teachers and learn about all the exciting core and enrichment classes and teams being offered this fall.

You can preview our class listings at this link  https://www.extraordinaryeducation.org/searchforclasses  or learn more about the registration process here https://www.extraordinaryeducation.org/registration .

Meet the Teachers & Class Info NightTuesday, August 6, 2019
6:30-8:30 PM
Extraordinary Education Center
9522 Carraway Lane, Magnolia, TX 77354
https://www.extraordinaryeducation.org/

Annual EE Art Show - May 2nd

Calling all Art enthusiasts! Please join us for our Annual EE Art Show on Thursday, May 2nd from 6:30-8:30 pm!