Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder - New Lenox - Grades 1 - 6

Caroline Bentley Elementary School
513 East Illinois Highway, New Lenox
Weekday Mornings, 9:20 to 12:00 - June 16 - 27
Tuition: $320.00




1st - 6th Grade Courses (as indicated)

Creative Writing: Compose stories, prose and poetry inspired by exciting catalysts(paintings, films, books, stories, posters, etc. Get published in our creative writing magazine. Grades 1-6
Math to Astound and Confound: Discover the power of logical reasoning; challenge your problem-solving skills; explore conundrums; play math games; solve number puzzles; create your own trickery and baffle your peers. Grades 1-6
Mad Scientists Loose in the Kitchen: Investigate the weird chemical phenomena that lives in your cupboards and refrigerators; explore sundry savory science with stuff like pickles, soda, raisins, and watermelon. Grades 1-2
The Sea and Me: From sea monkey aquariums to legends of giant squid, discover the briny deep! Create aquatic environments; explore living oceanic organisms. What makes fish tick? fish sick? fish sticks? Grades 1-2
Aquatic Biology: Create aquatic eco-systems; dissect squid and sundry slippery fishes; explore tide pools, ponds, oceans and the physics of SCUBA. Grades 3-6
Revving Up Science: Employ and manipulate principles of engineering, energy and physics to design, construct and operate your own catapults, roller skate parks, solar energy cars, etc. Will you create the fastest? longest-lasting? or the one that fizzles out? Grades 3-4
Airplanes and Rockets: Explore and manipulate principles of physics and aerodynamics; design, build and launch your own models; conduct flight tests. Which will fly highest? longest? fastest? Grades 5-6
Computer Animation Lab: Write, produce, direct, edit, and act in your own computerized video; manipulate sound and graphics to enhance your masterpiece. Grades 1-6
Pharaohs, Mummies, Pyramids: Create microcosmic simulations of ancient Egypt; enter the 3000-year realm of the Pharaohs; explore the mummies, art, and treasures of the pyramids; investigate hieroglyphs and hieratic script; discover its architecture, people, places, politics, philosophy–and food! Grades 1-6
Here Comes the Judge: Goldilocks and the Big Bad Wolf are arrested for breaking and entering! Choose your favorite cases, whether historic, hypothetical, or fairyland foolery. As judge, juror, witness, victim, prosecutor or prosecuted, work with your peers to create, re-create, and stage your own courtroom dramas. Grades 3-6

Artist’s Workshop: Create multi-dimensional masterpieces of mixed media, methods and muses, such as collage, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, pastels and watercolor. Grades 1-6



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Program Structure / Application / Placement

At our New Lenox program, mornings consist of three classes, chosen by the students themselves from a wide variety of exciting topics. The development of problem-solving skills and creativity is inherent as a framework for all courses. Projects and activities evoke active, hands-on participation.

Download and complete the application and mail it in with the required deposit of $50 or full tuition. Applications sent without at least the deposits will not be processed. Applications are not accepted via phone, fax, email, or online; however, application materials can be printed from our website.

Students are accepted and placed in classes on a rolling basis, per postmark dates of their applications. (New students may send their applications ahead of the required teacher recommendations.) Parents are notified of their child’s enrollment status within two weeks of application or, for new students, following a review of the teacher recommendations.

A week or two before each program begins, parents receive enrollment packets with their children’s individual class assignments, maps, directions, and information about our on-site parent seminars.

Payment / Refunds / Withdrawls

A deposit of $50 via check or money order, or full tuition via check, money order, or Visa or Mastercard, must accompany application. All deposits are credited to tuition. The balance of tuition is due on June 2. Please make checks payable to The Center for Gifted.

If a student withdraws before the program begins, tuition is refunded upon written request, minus a $50 processing fee. There are no credits or refunds for withdrawing after a program begins, nor for absences for any reason. The Center for Gifted does not offer sibling discounts.
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