Pamela Kiefer
This is the second year the Advanced Learning Program in the Coeur d’Alene School District has implemented expanded services. thanks to the voters of our district, who passed a spring 2005 levy, we are funded for ten elementary Advanced Learning Instructors, one in each building, through May 2007.
I am the instructor for second and third grade students in Math and fourth and fifth grade students in Reading and Math. Each class meets with me four days a week for either sixty or forty-five minutes. I also consult with first grade teachers once a week.
The goal of the Advanced Learning Program is to provide strategic educational experiences for advanced learners to promote academic growth.
District Advanced Learning Page
Coeur d'Alene School District
School Enrichment
2006-2007
Geographic Bee
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee
Junior Great Books
JGB is proven to help students develop the essential skills of reading carefully, thinking critically, listening intently, and speaking and writing persuasively. This highly regarded program is lead by the teacher or parent volunteer with students of mixed abilities by combining age-appropriate literature with the shared inquiry method of discussion.
http://www.greatbooks.org
Invention Convention
Spelling Bee
Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee’s purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives. The CDA Press and North Idaho College will sponsor the Regional Bee for the 2005-2006 school year for grades 4-8.
March Regional Bee - NIC
http://www.spellingbee.com/
Destination ImagiNation
DI is an international organization for kindergarten through college students and community groups that teaches life skills and expanding imaginations through team-based creative problem solving.
September-December-registration $100
March-Regional Tournament
May-Final Tournament
http://www.destinationimagination.org
IDAHO History Day
Idaho History Day is an exciting way for students in grades 4-12 to study history and learn about historical issues, ideas, people and events. It helps students to express what they have learned through creative and original performances, media presentations, papers, or three-dimensional exhibits.
April-State competition
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org
