2009 Fall Program
General Information
We are no longer accepting applications for the fall program. Information for the 2010 Spring and Summer programs will be available in February 2010.
- Saturday mornings
- 8:30am - 11:30am
- October 17 - November 21
- Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
- Cost: $220 - Fall Special!
- Limited financial assistance available
- 10% Discount of tuition cost for children and grandchildren of ASU full-time students and full-time employees
- Priority Application Deadline: Postmarked by Monday, September 21, 2009
- Forms available separately, or online: Application Form (pdf) (online), Teacher Recommendation Form (pdf) (online), and Financial Assistance Form (pdf). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you will not be able to view the forms. Get Adobe Acrobat Reader
Notification of Acceptance
Acceptance packets will be mailed by Friday, October 2, 2009.
Student and Parent Orientation
Students and Parents are required to attend an orientation program on Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00.
Applying
Only complete applications will be considered. A complete application includes:
- Completed application form (pdf) (online).
- School record of the 2008/2009 standardized test scores for reading, mathematics, and language.
- One completed teacher recommendation form (pdf) (online).
- Non-refundable application fee of $15 (check or money order payable to ASU).*
Note: When applying on-line a confirmation page will appear.
Admission Criteria
Students will be admitted to the program based on an evaluation of their standardized test scores and teacher recommendation.
Course for 3rd Graders
Freaky Things in Space: The Solar System and Beyond
This course is for talented 3rd grade students. Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered how stars are formed, or why the sun shines so brightly? Be the explorer to discover the many amazing freaky things in space. Through research, experiments, and movement exploration you will travel through the solar system and beyond. Stars, meteors, comets, and black holes are only a few of the freaky things that you will investigate. If you're ready for an exciting journey through space, this is the class for you!
Courses for 4th & 5th Graders
Creative Writing
This course is for talented 4th and 5th grade students. In this course we will explore the world of our imaginations and navigate that world with the power of language. We’ll begin with an exploration of ourselves. We’ll read to find how others explore their own stories. We’ll delve into poetry, the prose poem, flash fiction. We’ll build language through imagery and use that imagery to study character. We’ll read and respond to published authors, our peer’s work, and works we create as a class.
We'll focus both on the creative aspects and the mechanics of writing. Each week, students will be expected to write, read, and discuss their own work, as well as the work of peers in class. Students will be expected to read outside of class, too. The course is modeled after a university level writing workshop in which class time is divided between writing, discussion and lecture—but the focus will be on writing as a process of discovery. Through a series of guided writing exercises, readings, and discussions, students will develop the relationship between the unique perceptions they have of the world around them, and the art of writing.
The Art of Math
This course is for talented 4th and 5th grade students. Math is considered to be the science of structure, measurements, operations, formulas, numbers and their properties. It is used in a variety of fields such as medicine, social sciences, engineering and economics, to name a few. We are going to use your skills, new and old, and the creativity of math to make a connection to various disciplines of the arts. This course is going to inspire you to look at math not only scientifically but to see math as beauty all around us. During the course, math will be linked to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, music, photography and artwork through learning conversions, ratios, a pentatonic scale, about Fibonacci, and what is parallel and perpendicular and much more. Whether math is your favorite subject or not, this course will allow you to look at math in a different way.
Course for 6th & 7th Graders
Engineering A to Z
This course is for talented 6th and 7th grade students.When we think of everyday life most of us take a lot of daily conveniences for granted. Take for instance the toaster you use to toast your bread in the morning. Have you ever thought about the electricity that makes it work or how it gets all the way to your house? Or what about the road you take to go to school in the morning? What about the car that you ride in? The music that you listen to in your CD or MP3 player, the airplane you fly on to go on vacation, sending an email to a friend and a myriad of other things that are just “part of your daily life” are all in some way or another associated with at least one field of engineering. When you think about it, engineers impact your life on a daily basis. Who are these Engineers? What do they do? How do they do it? How do I become one? In this course students will have the opportunity to explore the many different engineering disciplines, their applications, learn basic applied science and math principles used in the different fields and work on in and out of class projects that will reinforce the concepts learned from each field.
*There will be an additional $25 charge on all returned checks.
It is the policy of Programs for Talented Youth not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin in matters of admissions or services in the educational programs it operates. Programs for Talented Youth reserves the right to change without notice any statement concerning but not limited to policies, costs, courses, and staff.