Alpine School District CS & IT Advisory Board

Please join us for our first Advisory Council meeting of the year. I will have light refreshments available, so please RSVP as soon as possible. Feel free to share this with any co-workers or friends you know who would be interested in helping us grow CS & IT in Alpine District & Utah. RSVPs will close on Friday, October 18 at 5 p.m. We will have most of the CS & IT teachers in attendance, so if you have been itching to talk to a teacher, or get involved in a classroom, this is a great time to do so! We've had some great partnerships this year already with some of you and would love to see that continue to grow! We will be discussing the vision & goals for Alpine CS & IT for this year. We will have you done in plenty of time to attend Monday night's festivities if you are planning on attending CS for All. We are also going to ask for your input on an organization we are supporting this year, ITeam. As we support ITeam and try to help grow the events and opportunities available to students, your input is very valuable to us. Senator Thatcher and Bob Sorenson, from ITeam, will be in attendance to share the vision of this organization, answer questions, and get input for our big spring event. You can see some photos and read about the first-ever ITeam Leadership Summit that we attended in September here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/utah-cs-students-gather-first-ever-iteam-usa-fall-leadership-yocom/ Please let us know if there is anything specific you want to discuss at the meeting on the RSVP.

I am delighted to extend an invitation for you to attend the 2019 CSforALL Summit (http://summit.csforall.org/), the summit will take place at the University of Utah Salt Lake City, October 21-23. CSforALL is the central hub for the Computer Science movement whose mission is focused on ensuring that high-quality Computer Science is an integral part of the education experience for all students k-12. We are delighted to have them host this year's summit in Salt Lake City and would be thrilled if you are able to attend. We have secured a 20% discounted registration rate for local attendees and invite you to take advantage of this exclusive offer. CLICK HERE:(https://www.connect.space/csforall_summit_2019/registrations/members/new) to access your special registration link! (note that there is also a group registration option at the top right of the registration page). Come learn, share and be inspired by the work being done across the CSforALL movement. You'll hear from key organizations, local government, and educational agencies about ways that they are tackling our collective goal of access to rigorous, inclusive and sustainable computer science education for ALL! There Will also be lots of exciting local entertainment, a CS Vendor Expo, robots, giveaways and much more. We look forward to Utah showing up and being part of this amazing event. Hope to see you there! Please feel free to distribute this invitation to others in Utah you feel should attend the Summit. Remember that the Summit is focused on bringing commitment makers and leaders together across education and industry to help us create systems change in our schools and districts and across the state. If you would like to be involved in the last planning push, please let me know ASAP. Suzy Cox, PhD Associate Professor of Secondary Education Creative Learning Studio Coordinator Utah Valley University [masked]