Learning Institute: Gifted Camp

Session 1 - July 6 - 16
Session 2 - July 19 - 30
Session 3 - August 2 - 13

Hofstra's Gifted Camp is a full-day, academic program designed to serve the educational needs of gifted girls and boys entering kindergarten through grade 7. This enrichment program employs inquiry-based learning techniques, experimentation, independent study, group projects, and various other hands-on activities. While campers are grouped based on age, classes are designed such that each camper can reach his/her full potential.  Children who demonstrate intellectual abilities above chronological age expectations, who are grouped with their intellectual peers, and are exposed to challenging and enriching curriculums benefit greatly academically, socially, and emotionally.  Campers may participate in the Gifted Program as a specialty for two, four, or six weeks.

 

Campers attending the Gifted Program participate in three 90-minute classes per day.  Two classes are taught in the morning and one class is taught after lunch followed by a 45-minute recreational period.  Each camper receives instruction in the humanities, the sciences, mathematics, and foreign language.  Each course is taught by a teacher certified in New York State in that content area. Courses run for two weeks, coordinated with the regular camp sessions.  Course topics are not repeated from session to session.   Assessments of student performance are an integral part of the program.  Final student performance reviews are sent home with each camper at the end of each session.

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HOW TO APPLY FOR GIFTED CAMP
1. Print the application of eligibility form from our Web site (hofstra.edu/camp), or call the Camp Office to have one faxed or mailed to you. 
 
 
. Send the completed application of eligibility accompanied by a nonrefundable Gifted Camp admissions fee of $50 and attach your child's documentation(s) of eligibility. See eligibility criteria; one time fee.

 
2. If approved, you will receive a letter of acceptance from the Camp Office along with a Specialty Camps registration form and medical form.
 
3. Complete the Specialty Camps registration form; include the deposit of $500 and the letter of acceptance. The $50 Gifted Camp admissions fee already submitted with the application of eligibility is in addition to the $50 camp application fee. 
. Mailing address is on the registration form.
. Make copies of all documentation and the letter of acceptance for your records. 
. The medical form must be returned no later than June 1.

 

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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The Gifted Camp requires that proof of high academic ability and/or achievement be submitted with the application. Campers who meet one of the following criteria are invited to apply to the Gifted Camp:
 
 
. Academically talented campers entering grades K -7 who have scored at the 95th percentile or above in at least one of the major content areas or ability sections of a nationally normed standardized test administered by their school (ERB CTP 4, IOWA, CAT, MAT, CTBS, SRA, etc.). Please send a copy of the test scores.

. Campers who have been identified as gifted and/or who are participating or have participated successfully in a local or school gifted program. Please send verification of participation from the local or school gifted program.

. Campers who have been selected by a regional or national gifted talent search program, such as the Johns Hopkins' Center for Talented Youth Talent Search. Please send verification of selection for such a program.

. If no local or school gifted program exists, or if no test scores are available, two letters of recommendation can be submitted from two educators.  You can print the letter of recommendation form from our Web site (hofstra.edu/camp), which is required to qualify by recommendation (This form is in PDF format.). The educator providing the recommendation should complete the form and return it directly to the Camp

Hofstra University Summer Camps
250 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-2500

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