Schalmont Central School District offers a
variety of academic and non-academic programs during the summer.
Click on the links below for more information on learning opportunities that
can help your child stay active, both mentally and physically, while
on vacation.
Schalmont's summer school program offers
students the opportunity to retake courses which they were not
able to successfully complete during the regular school year.
Participating students may also retake a course to improve upon
an existing passing grade. Our seasoned, professional faculty
provide a positive learning environment to help encourage
students' success in all courses. Click on one of the links
below to learn more about a specific school's summer offerings.
Effective for the 2008-09 school year, all
students who wish to enroll in summer school
must earn a minimum final course average of
a 50. School transcripts will also include
more detailed information.
Click
here for more details on the revised
policies.
Elementary Programs: Summer 2009
Schalmont Math and Science Academy
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click here.
Description: This enrichment
program uses hands-on projects that integrate math and
science to help students develop their understanding of the
scientific method.
It is open to all incoming fourth- and fifth-grade students
in Schalmont. Participants work in groups to perform
experiments, come up with conclusions and make suggestions.
Though the program is mindful of state standards, it is
designed to be a fun exploration of math and science, and
not a duplication of school year curriculum. The video at
right is from the summer 2008 session of the program.
Dates: July 27-31, August 3-7
Times: 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Jefferson Elementary
School Learning Labs
Registration: Closed for 2009
Transportation: Provided by
parents
Questions: Call Joby Gifford at
355-1342, x5001.
Schalmont Summer School Reading Program
Description: This program helps
participants strengthen the reading skills, strategies and
techniques that they learned during the school year. It is
open to first-, second- and third-grade students currently
receiving remedial reading services in Schalmont.
Dates: July 6-24, 2009
Times: 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Jefferson Elementary
School
Registration: Registration letters
were sent home to students. They are due back by Friday, May
29.
Transportation: Provided by school
district
Questions: Call Beth Bini at
355-1342, x5080.
Special Education and
Academic Intervention Services (AIS) Programs
Special Education Extended Year Program
Available for eligible students with
disabilities.
EARTH - Where Kids "Rock
the World" for the Environment
Schalmont Music Camp
Description:
This camp will explore how we can always have a green world
and what we can do to keep it that way! The goal
of the camp is to foster each student's love of music and to
strive for the ability to have each student grow
musically. We'll be singing, dancing, and playing to some
cool musical sounds. Each participant will be engaged in
different musical experiences throughout each
morning. Students will be playing Orff instruments, learning
fun dances, and exploring new sounds while singing songs
with other campers. A mini-performance will be given on the
last day of the camp.
Dates:
Two-week
program from July 13 - 24
Times:
9 a.m. to noon
Location:
Jefferson Elementary School music rooms
Registration:
Students entering grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 in the 2009-10
school year
Transportation:
Provided by parents
Questions:
Contact Music Coordinator Eileen Scheffer at
escheffe@sabrenet.net.
Driver's Education Program: Summer 2009
Schalmont Central School District students
interested in summer driving courses should contact
Easy Method Driving School,
which will offer classes at Schenectady County Community
College.
Non-district Summer
Programs: Summer 2009
Career Pathways Offers
Tuition-free, Tech-themed Summer
Camps
From robots to wind turbines, crime
scenes to biotechnology, solar energy to nanotechnology,
to science and green energy camps for girls: lots of
choices await area teens through a new series of summer
camps being offered by the Greater Capital Region Career
Pathways Consortium:
Future
Green: Exploration of Green Energy Technologies,
July 13-17
Girls Going Green!,
July 13-17
Green Power!,
July 20-24
Robotic Camp,
July 20-24
Schenectady Women
in Science,
July 27-31
Tech Valley Summer
Camp, July
27-31
Camp Biotec,
August 17-21
This partnership of several area
colleges and BOCES is offering eight different Career
Pathways Summer Institutes that explore emerging careers
in our region for students entering 9th grade
or older, tuition-free, in July and August.
Click
here for more information.
Tech
Valley Summer Camp
Are you interested in learning more about
new technologies? Are you ready to explore a science-related
career in which you can make a difference, while at the same
time earning great money? Tech
Valley Summer Camp may be for you! It will be held from July 27-31,
2009. Students entering 9th grade in the fall are eligible
to attend. For more information, see your guidance counselor or
click here.
Schalmont
Summer Programs
