OUR
PURPOSE
The College of Physical and
Mathematical Sciences at North Carolina State University and its
neighboring community have developed a partnership to provide
third, fourth, fifth, and sixth graders hands-on activities in
science and mathematics. The Summer Program will be based on the
College’s Imhotep Academy and will be located at Southeast
Raleigh Center for Community Health and Development.
The “Teacher Workday” Program
will be structured as the regular Saturday Academy and the contact
hours per semester will be the same. The “Teacher Workday”
Program will include students in grades three through eight.
THE
PROGRAM
All of the Kyran Anderson
Academy programming is designed to enhance a student’s enthusiasm
for science and mathematics. The program will demonstrate that
science and mathematics can be fun and are important to everyday
life. In particular, the program will provide the students with
role models in the teachers and teachers’ assistants and in
curricular material that features the contributions of scientists
and inventors from underrepresented groups.
OBJECTIVES
To encourage students to
continue studying science and mathematics.
To encourage students in the
early stages of development that science and mathematics can be
accessible and fun.
To inform students about
contributions of scientists and inventors from groups not
currently well represented in science and mathematics.
To build confidence and self
esteem.
To teach team building
skills.
To enlist parental support
and to encourage them to support further the student’s
involvement in physical and mathematical sciences.
The program seeks to open
opportunities for its students to pursue careers in science and
mathematics.
STRUCTURE OF CLASSES
Summer sessions of Kyran
Anderson Academy are held for six consecutive days during the
first to second week of June with day #6 reserved for fieldtrips.
Students in grades 3 through 6 are served. Effective Summer 2003,
students in grades 7 and 8 will be eligible to attend summer
sessions. Programming is grade specific led by North Carolina
certified teachers and NC State University faculty, staff, and
upperclassmen. Academy students experience hands-on science,
mathematics, and health-related coursework.
Teacher Workday Academy
sessions are scheduled two to three times during the academic year
following the Wake County Public School calendar. These one-day
sessions are held on the campus of NC State University where
students have ready-access to science and computer laboratories.
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