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Are you interested in a bilingual environment? Here is the program for you. County and state gifted coordinators have forwarded information to me about this wonderful opportunity. You do not have to be bilingual to participate.
A Bilingual Summer Program in Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing for
Gifted Middle School Students- what a wonderful program, and it is FREE!
Please pass the announcement along to those who might be interested.
Vamos a la Universidad at The University of Georgia
¡Vamos a la Universidad!
A Bilingual Summer Program in Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
for Gifted Middle School Students
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Email: christine.burgoyne@georgiacenter.uga.edu
Phone: 706-542-6473
40 students will be selected for this program
Applications due May 1, 2006
Dates: July 9-16, 2006. This is an 8-day residential program at the
University of Georgia. Staff will be on hand July 8th for parents who wish
to bring their children up a day early to visit Athens and UGA.
Cost: Tuition, university housing, and meals are free to participants.
Location: University of Georgia Campus, Athens.
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WHAT will participants do?
The bilingual program offers fun, exciting, and academically challenging
activities focused on critical thinking, logic, critical reading and
writing. The young scholars live in UGA dormitories (well chaperoned) and
eat in UGA dining halls along with UGA students. Classes are taught by
certified teachers. The challenging curriculum covers college-level ideas
at a middle-school level. Integrated units include field trips to exciting
locations and many fun, stimulating activities as well as complex thinking.
This bilingual summer program for high achieving middle school students who
like being in a bilingual environment is conducted by the University of
Georgia Center for Continuing Education and funded entirely by the Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation.
WHO can apply?
Applicants for “Vamos a la Universidad” must meet all three requirements:
1. Rising 7th, 8th, or 9th grade student.
2. English/Spanish bilingual (any ethnicity) or student who likes being in
a bilingual environment.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race or national origin. Student
does not have to speak Spanish but must have high-intermediate to advanced
English skills.
3. Able to provide documented evidence of academic talent and high
potential. Students in Gifted programs are encouraged; talented students
not yet identified as gifted may also apply. Applications from rural
counties are encouraged. Examples of other forms of evidence are listed
below. If you have questions, contact Christine Burgoyne at
latino@georgiacenter.uga.edu 706-542-6473.
Only 40 students will be selected from among the applicants. Filing this
application does not guarantee acceptance into the program. Students who
are accepted into the program will also have to obtain parental permission
and sign a waiver of liability.
Linda J. Andrews
Gifted Education Coordinator
Clayton County Schools
1058 Fifth Avenue ~ Jonesboro, GA 30236
Ph: (678) 817.3096 Fax: (678) 817.3098
It is stillness in the classroom which has to be justified, not movement.
-Susan Isaacs
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