Steppingstone Center For The Potentially Gifted

SUMMER CAMP & SPECIAL PROGRAMS: STEPPINGSTONE SUPPLEMENTS ITS PROGRAMS WITH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FENCING, MUSIC, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND ART. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE VARIATIONS SUCH AS POTTERY AND YOGA. SOME OF THESE SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE: INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSONS TAUGHT BY A CLASSICALLY TRAINED MUSICIAN WITH A MAJOR IN VIOLIN PERFORMANCE AND TEACHING VIOLIN WITH A MINOR IN TEACHING PIANO; ALSO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COMPETITION AND TESTING IN SOLO AND ENSEMBLE AND THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS (NFMC) AS WELL AS PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC RECITALS. WESTERN MARTIAL ARTS SPELLING AND READING), HOWEVER, ARE INSTRUCTED IN EVEN SMALLER (ONE TO SIX STUDENTS) ABILITY GROUPS. THIS ALLOWS TEACHERS MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE EACH STUDENT'S ACADEMIC NEEDS WHILE ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE NURTURED SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WITH THEIR AGE-RELATED FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: THIS MARTIAL ARTS CLASS TEACHES STUDENTS HISTORICAL EUROPEAN TRADITIONS OF SELF DEFENSE. STUDENTS AGES TEN THROUGH FOURTEEN HAVE FUN LEARNING TECHNIQUES AGAINST TARGETS AND USING THEM IN PADDED SPARRING. STUDENTS ALSO WORK TOGETHER IN GROUP GAMES AND ACTIVITIES, BUILDING FOCUS, CONFIDENCE, TEAMWORK AND AWARENESS. ALL ACTIVITIES USE TRAININGEQUIPMENT WHICH PROVIDES A SAFE, FUN AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF LEARNING. INSTRUCTOR HAS 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH WESTERN MARTIAL ARTS AND INSTRUCTING CHILDREN. SMART CENTER THE STEPPINGSTONE MAGNETIC RESONANCE TRAINING (SMART) CENTER'S PURPOSE IS TO BRING A RESEARCH-BASED SCIENCE EXPERIENCE TO YOUNG, SCIENCE-ORIENTED STUDENTS IN ORDER TO MEET OUR MISSION OF "EXCITING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS". IT OFFERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES THAT ARE USUALLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE A $200,000 MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER (EPR), DEVELOP A HYPOTHESIS TO TEST, DESIGN AN EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS, CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS USING AN EPR SPECTROMETER, LEARN TO ANALYZE THE DATA, AND TO REACH A CONCLUSION.