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Inside the NUMATS 2010

On Saturday, December 19, 2009, Nick Green, CEO of Ivy Insiders Test Prep will return to the Edina Center for Academic Excellence. Nick’s annual student-focused seminar is specifically for gifted 6th-9th graders who plan to take the ACT or SAT for the first time as part of the Academic Talent Search process. Nick is a Harvard graduate and former Edina High School student who was identified as gifted and scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT. His seminar will focus on easing anxieties about taking the test and share a “game strategy” approach to the exam. He will explain the basics of SAT/ACT testing, what younger students should expect to know and not know, what to do when time is short (aka should you guess?), how to make the best choice of answers, and other strategies that have been shared with actual high school students preparing for their college entrance exams. This special 3 hour mini-session will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Edina Community Center, Room 351. The fee per student is $25. One parent is welcome and encouraged to attend free with student. There are a limited number of spaces in our classroom. Please download your copy of the registration form HERE: numats_reg_form3

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Above Grade Level Testing Through NUMATS

Northwestern University Midwest Academic Talent Search is offering annual above grade level testing to middle school students in grades 6 -8 and elementary students in grades 3-6 who score at the 90th percentile or above on a standardized test such as the MAP (measures of academic progress) or who participate in a school Gifted Program. Families and students benefit by having an assessment tool that can compare their test results with other top students their age, nationwide. As they say, it gives families “a tool to measure above the 99th percentile, where the yardstick ends.” Colleges benefit by receiving notification of top scoring students years before they will walk throug their doors. Families receive notification of special programs offered to gifted and academically talented students. The top scoring students are recognized by special invitation to the Talent Search ceremony in Evanston, IL on the campus of Northwestern University. This year, the Edina Center for Academic Excellence will be a host test site for the January 23, 2010 EXPLORE. We will confirm the exact location but expect to host it at South View Middle School in Edina. There are also many other test sites around the metro area that will offer both SAT or ACT testing for this coming NUMATS search. The deadline for registering for our test site is December 21, 2009. To register go to:

http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/numats/

Edina Center for Academic Excellence School Code is 8302562. Families may enter this number during the registration process to have a copy of their student’s NUMATS results sent to us. ecae will begin a student file which will be used to advise families, at their request, on academic planning, course recommendations, acceleration guidance, underachievement guidance, and college planning. Feel free to contact any one of the Directors at any time with your questions. We understand that the hardest part of being a first time parent is simply not knowing what is available and out there to support your bright student.

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