While other districts cut back, Madison offers summer 'enrichment' courses

Matthew DeFour:

On Friday morning, while her friends were at the pool or sleeping in, Jovana Aguilar was in school building a molecule out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

Over the past three weeks, Aguilar learned science through "cool experiments," such as building paper airplanes to demonstrate Bernoulli's principle and popping a balloon with a plastic bottle, baking soda and vinegar.

Aguilar, who just finished fifth grade at Hawthorne Elementary, is participating in the Madison School District's summer school program for the third year in a row to boost her reading skills.

But unlike last year, when half of her morning was devoted to reading and the other half was spent playing dodgeball or board games in a recreational class, she had the opportunity this summer to take "enrichment" courses in science and world cultures.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 14, 2011 1:20 AM
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