Got a little egghead in your house? A student who's proud of those 99th-percentile scores on his or her standardized tests? Do we have a Christmas gift suggestion for you!
Can't find anything but a Fisher-Price microscope for your straight-A student's insect slides? Was the Rubik's Cube finished within two minutes of the time your child unwrapped it last year? Think ahead this year. There is a better gift out there for the sharp child on your Christmas list: summer camp! The brochure for The Summer Institute For the Gifted (SIG), an educational summer camp designed specifically to keep your gifted child stimulated, challenged, occupied, and most importantly, having fun, is available right now. It is the perfect stocking stuffer and will have your gifted child counting down the days until summer.
SIG's residential program is tailored for students currently in grades four through 11 who want to experience learning and living on a college campus for three weeks during the summer. Students choose from more than 80 academic, cultural and recreational courses and activities on six college campuses: Amherst College, Bryn Mawr College, Caldwell University, Oberlin College, UCLA and Vassar College. The cost for the program is $3,350.
SIG also offers a day program at Moorestown Friends School, Tower Hill, Purchase College and Fairfield University. These three-week, non-residential programs are designed for students in grades one through six and combine a structured academic schedule with daily recreational activities. The cost for the program is $1,550.
Academically talented students who have scored in the 95th percentile or above in at least one of the major content areas or ability sections of a nationally normed standardized test administered by their schools, or students who have been identified as gifted and/or who have participated successfully in a local or school gifted program will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis. A letter of recommendation from a teacher or school administrator is also acceptable.
Posted by kswygert at December 16, 2003 10:26 AM