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Mack Elementary Enrichment
"...we have different gifts, according to the grace given us."
Romans 12:6b
Bellevue Christian School provides many opportunities for students to develop their unique, God-given gifts. The enrichment program addresses the needs of bright and achieving students who require challenges beyond the regular classroom setting. Enabling students to responsibly use their gifts and talents in God’s world requires the development of higher-level thinking, communication, and leadership skills. Students are encouraged to use their gifts for God’s kingdom in their family, school and community.
*From BCS Enrichment Philosophy Statement, Adopted March 1997
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Enrichment Units
(Five week long, weekly 1 1/2 - 2 hr blocks for in-depth topical study: See table on right)
The major component of the enrichment program is a weekly pull-out class serving the highly-capable and achieving students in second through sixth grade. Each year five integrated units are offered on a variety of themes allowing students to use higher level thinking skills while participating in hands-on, open-ended activities. Each unit consists of five weekly block times.
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| Enrichment Units |
| Grade Two |
| Patterns, Patterns, Patterns |
| Whales of the World |
| The World of Words |
| Bubble-ology |
| Grades Three/Four |
| Forensic Science |
| On Your Soapbox |
| Crack the Code |
| Inventions, Inventors and You |
| What's So Funny? |
| Grades Five/Six |
| Creative Problem Solvers |
| The Art of Architecture |
| What's in a Fairy Tale? |
| Toothpick Bridge Construction |
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| School-Wide Enrichment Opportunities
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| National Geographic Society Geographic Bee |
| NWCSI Speech Meet |
| Washington State Mathematics Council Math Olympiad |
Core Students
Students who qualify for the core group may attend all of the units for their grade level, with teacher approval. Core students must place in the 95th percentile on their combined composite score from the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT). The CogAT is administered to selected students, 3rd—6th grade, by the enrichment teacher. Students can also qualify as core students with an IQ score of 132 or higher, taken within the last three years.
Revolving Students
Capable students also have the opportunity to participate in the enrichment units as revolving students even though test scores do not qualify them to be core students. Students who have demonstrated particular strengths, talents or interest in the subject matter of a particular unit are revolved into a unit as recommended by their teacher.
Math Enrichment
(30 minute problem-solving sessions)
Math enrichment consists of a weekly thirty minute problem-solving lesson for students in grades two through six. Understanding various problem-solving strategies and learning to choose the best one are important skills stressed in this program. Students are selected by recommendation from the classroom teacher.
Independent Learners
(Long-term research projects)
The Independent Learner component of enrichment meets for one hour each week. Third and fourth graders research a topic of their choice and create a multimedia project. Students qualify for this program with a combined score of 97 percentile or above and/or teacher recommendation. The fifth and sixth graders publish a school newspaper. They apply, with teacher approval, for the newspaper staff by writing a news article.
Contact: Susan Naranjo, Enrichment Teacher
E-mail: snaranjo@bellevuechristian.org
Phone: (425) 485-1824 ext. 432
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