EXTRA ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Below are listed additional opportunities for enrichment offered generally through the Seneca Valley Middle School or specifically through the Purpose Program. (2013-2014)
1.Many clubs, sports, and activities ***Students may attend the Middle School Activity Fair, next Weds., September 18 from 2:30 -4:30. (Students can learn at this event how to get involved and how to take the “activity bus” home.)
2.Academic Games: Students participate in quiz competitions involving presidents, world events, logical thinking, mathematics, and/or language arts. Team members meet for practice after school each Weds. until the 4:30 activity bus with sponsor, Mrs. Johns, in room 116.
3.Middle School Musical “The Little Mermaid” directed by Miss Armor ()
Performances will be Nov. 9 and 10th in the IHS auditorium. Auditions will take place week of September 9th, and students may also get involved in set construction and stage crew jobs.
4. PPT (Pittsburgh Public Theater) Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Competition:
Students choose a character monologue or scene from one of Shakespeare’s plays to memorize and rehearse with coaching from SVMS theater teachers and professional actors from the PPT. Rehearsals (usually 2-3 per month) begin in November with performance on the PPT’s O’Reilly Theatre stage in February. (Performing Arts teachers, Mrs. Bonavoglia and Mr. Wiehe are sponsors of this group.)
(All participants receive a free PPT t-shirt and ticket voucher for a PPT show.)
5. W.P.C.T.E. (Western PA Council Teachers of English) Festival, May 29, 2014
***This is a Purpose Program sponsored event, available only to students with a GIEP. Students will read six W.P.C.T.E. chosen novels (provided by the SVMS Purpose Program) write 5 “trivia” quiz questions per novel, meet with other Purpose student readers for “book talks,” and participate in English Festival activities at Duquesne University in May. (Mrs. Wolf sponsors this “Purpose Only” enrichment which will start in October via “pull-out” sessions.)
6. “Mathcounts” a program of increasingly difficult math problems (from pre-algebra to algebra and geometry) created by the National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the CNA Foundation. Participating students who complete and check 100+ problems by January 2, 2014, will have the opportunity to take the School Competition/Qualifying Exam which will qualify the top 8 scorers (both 7th and 8th grade) to take part in the Regional Competition in February of 2014 at Grove City College. (Mrs. Loewy sponsors this group.)
7. CTY: The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth “for students in grades 2 through 8 who place at or above the 95th percentiles on national tests, achieve at top levels on state tests, and/or otherwise demonstrate superior academic performance. CTY is a fee-based program which offers students opportunities to take advanced achievement tests, such as the SAT, ACT, and SCAT (School and College Ability Test) and to participate in Summer Programs for Talented Youth.
See Mrs. Wolf or your SVMS guidance counselor for application information.
8. “You Be the Chemist”(PASSPORT TO SCIENCE EXPLORATION THE CORE OF CHEMISTRYCREATED BY THECHEMICAL EDUCATIONALFOUNDATION®)This challenge is an exciting academiccompetition that will expand students knowledge of the science of chemistry and beyond.The Passport guide isdivided into three sections that correspond to the different levels of the Challenge – local, state, and national.You may contact the
Chemical Educational Foundation® (CEF) at . Students should begin studies with The Core of Chemistry (found on the website) for your Local Challenge competition. However, students are also encouraged to explore all the study materials provided on CEF’s website, (8th grade science teacher, Mrs. Smith, sponsors this group)