NIU offering fun winter classes for all ages!

http://www.niu.edu/stem/community_programs/STEM_Saturdays.shtml?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_content=email&utm_campaign=Join+us+Tomorrow+Night+for+a+Stimulating+STEM+Caf%5Cu00E9+and+then+Launch+into+the+New+Year+with+STEM+Outreach+Programming%21&utm_term=by+visiting+our+website

Fermi Lab is at it Again!

Batavia's own Fermi Lab has some really cool events coming up in their "Science Next Door" program - check it out at their website via the link below:

Fermi Lab Calendar of Activities

CANDO & BPS 101 Recommend........

Sci-Tech Presents World Robotic Olympiad 2014

Here is the link to the Sci-Tech site where you can learn more about this competition:
Sci-Tech Museum Robotics Competition

Welcome Back!

Welcome back, everyone! There is a hum of excitement in the air that is positively electrifying! We hope to offer our followers great information, timely updates and some interesting links this year to enhance your children's learning experiences. To kick things off, here is a link to the Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development. They are offering some weekend enrichment courses for ages 4 through grade 9 that may interest your child - take a look! 

Center for Talent Development 

Fermilab Fun

Lots of cool things happening at Fermilab this summer! Check it out at their "Science Next Door" site:
       http://www.fnal.gov/pub/science_next_door/

Robotics For Kids

Good morning! The Batavia Robotics Club has started enrollment for their summer programs. There are all sorts of fun, creative opportunities for kids from 1st through 12th grade. Check it out at their website:
         www.bataviarobotics.com/events

Batavia Gifted Elementary Students Interview Author

Thank you to CANDO for supporting our students!  Liesl Shurtliff, author of RUMP, the True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, stands proudly with Batavia 4th grade students after their interview.  The students wrote and illustrated their own fractured fairy tales and were excited to learn more about the publishing process. 

  Find out more about RUMP and Liesl Shurtliff here.

 

http://lieslshurtliff.com/

 

 

March CogAT Testing for Second Grade Students

Next week brings the start of the CogAT testing for second graders who are being considered for gifted services in the district. The testing consists of three, one-hour sessions. The gifted specialist at each school has worked with the second grade team to schedule each of these sessions over the course of the next week and a half. Due to scheduling conflicts, one or two of the testing sessions may have to roll over into the following week, but all will be completed by mid-March.

Rescheduled Gifted Seminar

Batavia's CANDO (Challenge Advocacy Network Development Organization) is sponsoring a seminar for parents, educators, and community members about the unique characteristics of gifted children. Liz Hutchins, an Aurora University instructor and a former BPS gifted coordinator will be the key speaker for the evening. Ms. Hutchins teaches a gifted seminar offered through Aurora University and has a great deal of experience and expertise in the field of giftedness.  

This event is free and open to all community members.  Anyone who is interested in learning more about what it means for a child to be gifted would find this seminar very helpful as Liz will be discussing characteristics of giftedness as well as the differences between gifted and talented children.  

The seminar, "How Well Do You Know Your Gifted Child?" will be held on March 24th, 2014 at the Rotolo Middle School Learning Resource Center from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.   For more information about CANDO or this seminar, interested attendees should go to: http://bataviacando.weebly.com or email BataviaCANDO@gmail.com.  

Seminar Cancellation

Due to the inclement weather the gifted seminar presented by Elizabeth Selander Hutchins at 7:00 pm tonight, January 6, at RMS has been postponed. We will notify you of the new date and time as soon as it has been set.