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

Fun Classes for Bright Kids

Educational Programs

Purpose: Provide fun, challenging educational opportunities to academically talented students

Financial aidAwarded to 10% of students Over $40,000 awarded each year

Educational Programs

Hands-on Higher-level thinking Small group, whole

class, and individual activities

Problem-solving strategies

Investigative approach, not just teaching algorithms

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)

Weekend Workshops

Kindergarten – 9th grade

Instructors are local teachers, CMU professors & graduate students, and experts in their fields

$62 per workshop ($99 full day)

Financial aid available

Weekend Workshops Sample classes:

Egg Drop Physics Write Your Own Web

Page Science of Harry

Potter Skeletal Remains Ice Cream Science Robotics Creative Writing

Summer Program 2-week

sessions 1-week

sessions Approximately

30 locations across Pennsylvania

Serves approximately 500 students annually

Summer Program

Cost ranges from $210 to $485

Students who take EXPLORE through C-MITES get a discount

Financial aid available

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

Summer Program

Sample classes: Amusement Park Physics Programming Using Alice Informal Geometry C02 Dragsters Robotics Structures Kitchen Science

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)

Steppingstones: August Classes

CMU campus Full day classes Kindergarten - 10th

grades $65 - $115 per class Financial aid available First come, first served

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

Elementary Student Talent Search (ESTS)

Provide detailed information about student abilities to families and schools

Above-level testing Serves approximately 1,000

students at locations in 29 counties of Penna. each year

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

Why Do a Talent Search?

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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

ESTS

Test dates for 2013: January 26 (Saturday) January 27 (Sunday) February 16 (Saturday) March 2 (Saturday)

Registration deadlines: Final deadline February 21: $79

7th and 8th graders should participate in CTY Talent Search

Why should my child participate?

Academic benefits

Social benefits

Long-term benefits

Because it’s fun!

Student comments

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

Contact information

www.cmites.org

(412) 268-1629, ext.1

cmites@cmu.edu

Questions?