Camp HERO

This Girl Scouts of Wisconsin summer camp provides career exploration in the areas of police, fire, emergency medical services, and dispatch. Girls in grades 4-12 will stay at Camp Brandenburg, a Girl Scout facility located just outside of Madison, and travel to various sites in the Madison area.  Please visit www.badgerlandcamps.org for more information and to register.

Institute for Chemical Education Summer Chemistry Camps

The following camps, for students entering 5^th-8^th grade in the fall, are held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Fun with Food Chemistry, July 9-13

Fun with Chemistry of Superheroes, July 16-20

Fun with Forensic Chemistry, July 23-27

Fun with Chemistry, July 30-August 3

For more information and registration, please see the Summer Chemistry Camps webpage at http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/Camps.html

Summer Opportunities

It's not too early to start thinking about what to learn this summer! See the links below to lists shared by the Wisconsin Association for Talented and Gifted and the Waunakee Area School District.

http://www.watg.org/summer-activities.html

http://www.waunakee.k12.wi.us/summprog.cfm

Madison Math Circles

Madison Math Circles are math talks aimed at interested middle-school and high-school students (with pizza available afterward).  The talks are Mondays at 7pm, and are free of charge. For more information, see the link below.

Northwestern University’s Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS)

NUMATS is a program of the Center for Talent Development (CTD) that offers above-grade-level testing (EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT, or SAT) for high-performing students in grades 3 through 9. Students register through the NUMATS website and take the tests at various testing centers in the state. If your student has scored in the 90th percentile or above in reading and/or math on a WKCE or EXPLORE test, he or she may be eligible to take a NUMATS test. (Criteria vary according to age and chosen test.)

Because we are implementing the MAP test this year for students in grades K-10, Deerfield Schools will no longer be sending out individual letters to parents and guardians regarding the NUMATS testing opportunity. The MAP test will provide all Deerfield students with an out-of-grade level testing experience if they need one and therefore will provide the district with an accurate assessment of students' abilities. Also this year, all eighth and ninth graders will be taking the EXPLORE test here at school.

Please see the website below for information on the NUMATS tests and how to register. There are some copies of the NUMATS "Family Handbook" available in the elementary school and middle/high school offices.