UVA Saturday Enrichment Program

The University of Virginia has announced it's Saturday Enrichment Program for 2014. In coordination with the Curry School of Education Gifted Department, they are offering enrichment courses for gifted or high-ability, high-interest students in kindergarten through grade five. For over 30 years, they have presented courses which are engaging, challenging, and stimulating – courses which will broaden academic interests and introduce topics and professional fields students may never have known about. Applications are now on-line and  are due by December 1, 2013.   Please note that they offer reduced tuition to any student qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

Saturday Enrichment Program Flyer

Saturday Enrichment Program APPLICATION

Learning Together

Ms. Campbell's fourth grade class has been learning to share ideas as they help each other gain meaning from a story.  The questions they discuss have more than one good answer.  Students listen to each other and evaluate the ideas that are shared as they determine which answer they think makes the most sense.

Mystery Beads

First grade scientists conduct an experiment to determine what causes their mystery bead to change color.  If you happen to know a Waterman first grader please ask them to share the results of their experiment with you.

Bubbles, Bubbles

Kindergarten students worked in teams to determine which of three solutions created the best bubbles. After discovering there was a shortage of wands, each student designed a bubble wand to create and test.  Soon bubbles were floating all around the playground and there were smiles on the faces of our little engineers.