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Gifted Math Program seeks students
The Gifted Math Program is accepting nominations of outstanding sixth-grade mathematics students submitted by schools and parents for its Fall 2008 entering class.
A three-hour battery of tests, including the math section of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, will be administered in March to about 200 nominees to select students for the 60 available places in the new class.
The Gifted Math Program, now in its 28th year, enrolls approximately 250 students from secondary schools in Erie, Niagara and Orleans counties.
The program offers advanced mathematics courses, which replace mathematics classes in students’ home schools and are designed to challenge students with high levels of ability. Students in grades seven to 10 study an enriched and accelerated mathematics program; 11th and 12th graders take university-level courses in calculus and linear algebra. They complete four semesters of university-level mathematics as part of the six-year program and may accumulate a total of 22 college credit hours.
Classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays on the North Campus. Seventh and eighth graders attend class from 3:30-6 p.m. and senior high-school students meet from 6:15 to 8:45 p.m.
A review group established by the National Science Teachers Association, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the American Association of School Administrators recently recognized the program as one of 10 outstanding math-science activities nationwide.
The program was founded by Betty J. Krist, professor emerita of mathematics at Buffalo State College, and Gerald R. Rising, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the UB Department of Learning and Instruction. Thomas L. Schroeder, interim director, is an associate professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education.
Informational meetings for the families of nominated students and others interested in the program will be held at UB in February.
For more information or to obtain a schedule of information meetings, call Anne Szczesny, Gifted Math Program administrator, at 645-2455, ext. 1045, or click here.
‘The Producers’ to open in CFA
A national tour of “The Producers,” a musical based on Mel Brooks’ Academy Award-winning 1968 film of the same name, will open at 8 p.m. Jan. 25 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Shows also are scheduled for 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 26.
“The Producers” is the story of down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a mousy accountant. Together, they hatch the ultimate scam: raise more money than needed for a sure-fire Broadway flop and pocket the difference. Their "sure-fire" theatrical fiasco? The musical “Springtime for Hitler.”
“The Producers” swept the 2001 Tony Awards, receiving the most awards in Broadway history, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Orchestrations, Best Choreography and Best Direction of A Musical.
Tickets for “The Producers” are $55 and $45 for general admission and $30 for students, and are available at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.
Open figure drawing sessions set
The Student Visual Arts Organization (SVAO) in the Department of Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, is sponsoring open figure drawing sessions from 7-9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 16 and running through April 16, in 218 Center for the Arts, North Campus.
There will be no session on March 12.
The sessions, which are open to the public, cost $5 per session. No registration is required. Easels are provided; artists must bring their own drawing materials.