Gifted & Talented Education (GATE)
Committee Chair: Penney Miller, gateuscptc@gmail.com
The GATE committee was formed to support parents of gifted and academically talented children. GATE sponsors meetings to inform parents about GATE opportunities in and outside of the school district.
Enrichment Opportunities
Local Opportunities
- National Aviary
- Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium
- Phipps Conservatory
- Pittsburgh CLO
- Carnegie Science Center
- Carnegie Museum of Art
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- Senator John Heinz History Center
- First Lego League
- First Robotics Competition
- South Hill STEAM Alliance
STEAM
- USC Robotics
- Brilliant Scholars: Challenging math contests
- Carnegie Mellon University
- First Lego League
- First Robotics Competition
- Girls of Steel Robotics
- Snapology
- Bricks4Kidz
- Summer Science Splash Camp-Westminster College
- Khan Academy: Instructional video's covering all subjects. Useful for middle school and high school students. Heavy math focus.
- Math Counts: Challenging programs for middle school students.
Math
- American Mathematical Society-Math Summer Camp List (Check the Math Camps and Math Circles filters for middle and high school student programs)
- Awesome Math
- The Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSIM)
- Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists
- Ross Mathematics Program
- Stanford Mathematics Camp
- Khan Academy: Instructional video's covering all subjects. Useful for middle school and high school students. Heavy math focus.
- Math Counts: Challenging programs for middle school students.
- Brilliant Scholars: Challenging math contests.
Literary Exploration and Creative Writing
- Great Books Summer Program
- LaFayette Writer’s Studio
- NaMoWriMo
- Emerging Writers Institute Grades 7-9
- Rattle Young Poets Anthology
General Resources
- Outschool
- Kids Camps (lists camps of all interests)
- Davidson THINK Summer Institute