Gifted and Talented development

In an earlier post, I made mention of our developing our Gifted and Talented program in grades 3-5.  With the exception of Junior Great Books, we have several after school day options for students that we are looking to develop further.  All of them are in need of interested volunteers to keep these young minds challenged and excited.  If you have an interested in any of those listed below, please contact me.  Each program carries a weekly commitment with most starting in January and continuing through April.

• Destination Imagination - An outside of the school day activity in which students in K-12 work in teams to solve mind-bending challenges and present their solutions in a Tournament format.  Challenges are designed to be solved in 8-16 weeks prior to the tournament held in Rochester during the months of either March or April.
• Science Olympiad - Devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science, and providing recognition for outstanding achievement.
• Chess Club - Designed to teach children to be analytical thinkers, motivated learners, and critical problem solvers. 
• Junior Great Books- Designed to build young minds, improve critical thinking and student achievement with outstanding literature and shared inquiry to help our students become independent thinkers and readers. (This is a school day program.)