Summer Institute for the Gifted
Harvard University
Students Tour Harvard Yard
Event Information
Upcoming Field Trip!
Please wear your SIG T-Shirt! Meet at Wasserstein Hall at 9 (just like any other day).
When?
Thursday, Jul 25, 2013, 09:00 AM
Where?
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
From the Director:
We’ve already reached the end of our first week together. It is my esteemed hope that your child has found our time together academically rigorous, energizing, and fun. We will be providing you with a weekly newsletter to highlight the accomplishments and experiences of SIG@Harvard, and provide a glimpse into their daily schedule.
From the Academic Dean:
Our first week in SIG has been exciting! Our scholars are engaging with new content, thinking in new ways, and making new friends. As Academic Dean, I buzz in and out of classes to see what students are learning and how they are learning it. Each student has created a personal objective for each of his/her courses, and I have had the pleasure of reading each one. By the end of our three weeks in SIG, our students will write screenplays and plan novels, analyze their own dreams using various schools of psychological thought, explore black holes, participate in mock trials, create business plans for new products…and perhaps even solve global issues of hunger, poverty, and unemployment! Parents, I encourage you to ask your children about their personal objectives. You might even learn a thing or two from them!
Week one, in photos
Molly
Molly, one of our seven fantastic TAs!
Rec hour
Students await the start of an icebreaker game during the first recreation hour.
Math time
Working on some taxing problems in Geometric Highlights.
A Warm Hello From Some of Our Teachers!
Mike Walsh
I will be starting my 13th year as a social studies teacher at Woburn Memorial High School this fall. I teach American History, American Government, and AP World History. I have a Master’s degree in Teaching (M.A.T.) from Simmons College in Boston. In my free time I enjoy travelling, hiking, camping, boxing, and cooking.
Nancy Lee-Jones
B.A. from Stanford University in Political Science, M.A./Ph.D. in English from Tufts University. I have taught English everywhere from Sarajevo to Sydney. I firmly believe that life does not have to be a story but it does have to be an adventure. And dogs are mandatory.
Jeffery Sarahs
I am at Harvard in my second year with SIG. I chose a path that allows me to meet some of the greatest educators and brightest young minds. After graduating from Bridgewater State University with a BS of Psychology, I continued my studies at BSU, enrolling into a Student Affairs Counseling Master’s program. I have developed an affinity for teaching, and have worked in various school settings with students of all ages. When I am not teaching, I enjoy the outdoors, sports, music, reading, and being around those who can give me a good laugh.