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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES)

Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES). Overview of C-MITES Activities. Educational programs Weekend Workshops Summer Program Steppingstones Elementary Student Talent Search Publications Teacher training Parent workshops Research.

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Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES)

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  1. Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary and Secondary Students (C-MITES)

  2. Overview of C-MITES Activities • Educational programs • Weekend Workshops • Summer Program • Steppingstones • Elementary Student Talent Search • Publications • Teacher training • Parent workshops • Research

  3. Fun Classes for Bright Kids

  4. Educational Programs • Purpose: Provide fun, challenging educational opportunities to academically talented students • Financial aid • Awarded to 10% of students • Over $40,000 awarded each year

  5. Educational Programs • Hands-on • Higher-level thinking • Small group, whole class, and individual activities • Problem-solving strategies • Investigative approach, not just teaching algorithms

  6. Weekend Workshops • Saturdays and Sundays during academic year • Locations: • Carnegie Mellon University • Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA • Glenside Elem School, Glenside, PA • Approximately 3,200 students per year (first come, first served)

  7. Weekend Workshops • Kindergarten – 10th grade • Instructors are local teachers, CMU professors & graduate students, and experts in their fields • $85 per workshop ($135 full day) • Financial aid available

  8. Weekend Workshops • Sample classes: • Egg Drop Physics • Write Your Own Web Page • Science of Harry Potter • Skeletal Remains • Ice Cream Science • Robotics • Creative Writing

  9. Summer Program • 2-week sessions • 1-week sessions • Approximately 30 locations across Pennsylvania • Serves approximately 500 students annually

  10. Summer Program • Cost ranges from $255 to $550 • Students who take EXPLORE through C-MITES get a discount • Financial aid available

  11. Summer Program • Grades 1-9 • Submit EXPLORE scores or other above-level test scores • Teacher recommendation • Information about academic/extracurricular activities • Limited space in some classes • NOT first come, first served

  12. Summer Program • Sample classes: • Amusement Park Physics • Programming Using Alice • Informal Geometry • C02 Dragsters • Robotics • Structures • Kitchen Science

  13. C-MITES JUNIORSNew Summer Program • CMU campus and nearby • Half-day classes • Optional afternoon program • 1st and 2nd grades • Financial aid available • Application (not first-come, first served)

  14. Steppingstones: August Classes • CMU campus • Full day classes • Kindergarten - 10th grades • $85 - $135 per class • Financial aid available • First come, first served

  15. Who teaches the classes? • Majority are regular classroom teachers • CMU faculty (may be an outreach component to a grant) • Grad students • Some volunteers

  16. Elementary Student Talent Search Testing • Provide detailed information about student abilities to families and schools • Above-level testing • Approx. 1,000 students at 50 different test sites throughout PA each year • 3rd – 6th graders

  17. ESTS: C-MITES EXPLORE Test • Grades 3-6 • 95th percentile on one section of a grade-level achievement test • EXPLORE Test was designed by ACT for 8th graders • EXPLORE subtests include English, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and Science • Final deadline to register for this year is Feb. 10th

  18. Why Do a Talent Search?

  19. Why Do a Talent Search? • Above-level tests raise the “ceiling” and identify levels of giftedness • Profile academic strengths • Inform educational programming and curriculum • Priority in the C-MITES Summer Program • C-MITES “membership” • May participate in research

  20. ESTS • Test dates for 2013-2014 school year: • November 9 (Saturday) • January 25 (Saturday) • January 26 (Sunday) • February 15 (Saturday) • March 1 or 2 (Sat/Sun) • Registration deadlines: • October 4, 2013 ($75/$25 with fee waiver) • October 5 - January 15, fee is $85 ($35 with fee waiver). Final deadline Feb. 10th $85. • 7th and 8th graders should participate in CTY Talent Search

  21. Why should my child participate? • Academic benefits • Social benefits • Long-term benefits • Because it’s fun!

  22. Student comments • “I’d rather attend C-MITES programs all year instead of going to my regular school.”

  23. Contact information www.cmites.org (412) 268-1629, ext.1 cmites@cmu.edu

  24. Questions?

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