Let me begin by thanking you for the opportunity to teach your children.  I am extremely excited by the untapped potential that these classes possess.  Throughout this year we will have the opportunity to participate in many competitions.  Please understand that some of these competitions may include regional, state, or international levels.  In any local competition, you will be notified so that you may attend if you choose to do so.  Some parents may even be drafted to be judges in these events.

 

Numerous opportunities await your child in the SPOTLIGHT program.  This year will be like no other.  As of now, we are scheduled to compete in no less than ten tournaments.  These tournaments are designed for all students in every form of expression.  There will be the traditional chess tournament along with knowledge bowl, but this is where we branch off.  We are currently forming not only a debate team, but a scrabble team as well.  This year we will also engage in a Science Fair and a Spelling Bee.  We will have at least one competition this year for each one of these.  That brings our tournaments to six.  These tournaments are designed for auditory and visual learners.  Kinesthetic learners will be competing in four tournaments as well.  Two tournaments will be scheduled for "Junkbox Wars", one for Rube Goldberg, and the last Destination Imagination.

 

With our current topics of interest ranging from Conspiracy Theories and Crime Scene Investigations (C.S.I.) to Jury Trials and Roller Coasters, there is no doubt that we will stay busy.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you may have.