Gifted Camps

CAMP INNOVATION PATHWAYS TO COLLEGEPROGRAM

GRADES K-9

FALL2019

Saturdays, October 26-November 9, 2019, 9:00 –11:30 am

Northern Kentucky University’s Camp Innovation Pathways to College Program is an innovative program designed for youth to discover and explore advanced content and engaged learning. All classes provide the opportunity for students to share interests with other children while exploring pathways to intellectual development, academic enhancement, career exploration, and creative artistic fulfillment. Camp Innovation offers courses infusing entrepreneurship, science, mathematics, social studies, technology, visual and performing arts, and original interdisciplinary studies.

We encourage students to choose their own classes on a first-come first-served basis.

DATES AND LOCATION

•Fall2019semester courses will be held Saturdays,October 26-November 9

•Sessions meet from 9:00 –11:30 AM•Classes are held in LandrumHall on the beautiful campus of Northern Kentucky University

WHAT MAKES NKU’S CAMP INNOVATION PROGRAM EXCEPTIONAL?

•Camp Innovation attracts a diverse group of gifted, talented and creative people from all over our region! You will find friendswho share yourinterests and love of learning.

•Career exploration pathwaysincorporated into every class.

•Classesare fun! Classes are interesting and interactive with a focus on transdisciplinary learning,technology integration, and authentic real-world learning.

•Emphasis on intellectual challenge through critical and creative thinking.

•Environment that values creativity, diversity, entrepreneurship, and achievement.

•Parents are invited to attend our FREE Parent Place workshops for coffee, networking, and stimulating conversations.

•Personal attention from talented and caring teachers. All teachers receive specialized training and ongoing support to help them meet the unique needs of gifted youth.

•Small class sizes for caring, personalized, and differentiated instruction.

•Parents,educators,and interested community members are welcome to attend our FREE Parent Place workshops offered each week during the Camp Innovation Program.

REGISTRATION

•Registration is available online: http://gifted.nku.edu/or via phone: 859-572 5600 before Thursday,October 14, 2019.

•Tuition $100(Need-based financial scholarships area vailable for anyone who qualifies for free or reduced lunch.For further information, call 859-572-5600.)•Course Material Fees are paid directly to the teacher on the first day of class.

•There will be an additional $30 processing fee for registrations received after October 14, 2019. •Students are placed in classes on a first-come, first-served basis, and many classes will fill before the application deadline. For the best selection of classes, apply early.

•Students will receive an emailed confirmation once registered.

•The Camp Innovation Pathways to College Program reserves the right to close or cancel prior to the first class meeting or make any necessary schedule changes.Any changes will be communicated via email to the address provided when registering.

REFUNDS

•Full refunds, minus a $30 processing fee, may be given prior to October 14, 2019.•No refunds will be made after October 14, 2019.•Any child whose behavior disrupts the learning of others will be discontinued as a participant in the Camp Innovation Pathways to College program. There will be no refund of fees under these conditions.

EMERGENCY CLOSINGS

•In case of inclement weather or any unforeseen emergency, the Camp Innovation Pathways to College Program reserves the right to cancel a class without make-up class or refund. In the unlikely event of inclement weather, we will try to reschedule if at all possible.•In the event of inclement weather or unforeseen emergency, the program director will send an email to all participants. Also refer to the NKU webpage http://nku.edu for weather-related announcements.

PUBLICITY AND MEDIA WAIVER

•All students enrolled in the Camp Innovation Pathways to College Program and their parents/guardians grant permission to capture and/or record the participant’s name, image, likeness, persona, photograph, or voice, in any media and/or technology now known or later developed. Such use of her name, image, likeness, persona, photograph, or voice can be used throughout the world for educational, commercial, trade, or any other lawful purpose