 Writers during poetry residency with Andy Green  Students in the early stages of independent study class - grades 5&6
Classes in Grades 5-8
Chess and Brain Pilots (a neuroscience class) are provided for all students in grades five and six.
Drama and Independent Study are offered to all students in grades five and six and several students sign up for these classes.
Enrichment staff sets up whole class residencies and guest speakers, and an annual five and six chess tournament takes place in mid April.
In grades seven and eight the following classes are offered during the Explore Class time blocks: Video, Drama, Philosophy, Bookmaking, Brain Power, Woman's History, Writing Workshop, Improvisation, Service Learning, Poetry, Chess.
The Step Into Your Future Program, a luncheon discussion series to help students’ transition to high school, is provided with the help of all seventh and eighth grade teachers during January.
The seventh and eighth grade quiz bowl takes place during February and the chess tournament for these students is in June.
All students in five through eight are invited to participate in morning chess and writing classes, and this year over 60 students take advantage of this opportunity.
Enrichment staff also works closely with teachers in planning and implementing individualized classes for various students and small groups as needs arise.
Model of Yankee Stadium - Independent Study Class 2008-09 by Andrew V. Grade 6 This Poem was written in seventh and eighth grade Writing Workshop Class and was published in the 2008 Mountain Review
Awkward
Fighting with yourself
because it's cool.
Locking horns for a sense of fake
dominance.
Doing what you don't
understand, trying to fit in
why?
You know you don't want to be
like them.
But you try.
And at the end of the day,
you know that it's
your consicience suffering.
And all because of a mistake made on
purpose.
You know they're not
thinking about it.
Pat B - Grade 8
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