July 22, 2007

Enriching Our Students' Lives!

The Elmont UFSD Summer Enrichment Program is celebrating its eighth anniversary this year. This summer, 308 students from each of the district’s six elementary schools arrive at the Clara H. Carlson School each day eager to pursue courses of study taught by outstanding Elmont elementary and high school teachers and consultants.

The Elmont Elementary School District continues to expand, develop and incorporate new course offerings into the program. Each year changes and additions are made to the program reflecting what we have learned during the previous year. This year, our students are enrolled in Advanced Math, Science Research, Robotics, Writers Workshop, Foreign Language, Archeology, the Visual and Performing Arts, Model United Nations, and Sports Clinics to name a few courses.

This summer, our student photographers and authors will visit Clark Botanic Gardens and capture the beauty of nature in photographs and prose. Measurement, geometry, and number concepts will come to life as our Math students are guided by the Operational Manager. Our young artists will spend two days at Elmont Memorial High School creating a collaborative mural under the direction Mr. Chris Yee and Mrs. Alice Katz. Foreign language students are developing the skills necessary to communicate in French and Spanish. Our Model United Nations delegates are learning to research, write resolutions, and present and defend positions on issues faced by the global community. Students studying science and archeology will visit the Vanderbilt Museum and participate in a science program entitled “Beneath the Waves”. This program was supported by a grant from the museum.

Our fifth and sixth grade athletes will participate in Assemblyman Alfano’s 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament at the Dutch Broadway School on July 18th. The tournament will be held on the newly renovated basketball courts funded by a legislative grant secured by Elmont’s own, Mr. Alfano