Acceleration

Students that are high-achieving in mathematics should be accelerated.  Families can use the resources provided at the higher grade levels on this site and else where.

 

Enrichment

Students that are high-achieving in language arts and/or science should pursue specific areas of interest more in-depth.  Links for those areas are attached to this menu.

 

Fun Classes for Bright Kids

C-MITES at Carnegie Mellon University provides hands-on, challenging activities for bright and gifted students.  C-MITES offers classes and above-level testing at many locations throughout Pennsylvania.  The program is dedicated to encouraging creative thinking outside of the classroom, working educational material into unique, hand on classes.

 

C-MITES holds Weekend Workshops on selected Saturdays and Sundays throughout the spring.  Half-Day and full-day classes are available for students in grades K-10.  Classes include: Crazy Coasters, Trigonometry, Build a Robot, Action-Packed Engineering and Intro to Materials Science.  Financial aid is available, and testing is not required.  See the website www.cmites.org for schedules, class openings and online registration.  Call 412-268-1629 extension 1 if you have additional questions.

 

Real-World Applications

Health at: http://www.realage.com

Personal finance at: http://www.handsonbanking.com