Enrichment

The upper grade enrichment program at St. Ann is accessible to all students in second through fifth grade. The enrichment specialist, Mrs. Darlene Konopasek, collaborates with classroom teachers to ensure a cooperative effort in providing enrichment activities. Lessons designed to supplement and extend the regular curriculum are provided for whole classes and small groups of children. The enrichment program at St. Ann Catholic School has three components:

Whole Class Enrichment
Small Group Enrichment
Idea Lab

Whole Class Enrichment

The determination and delivery of whole class enrichment experiences is a collaborative effort between Mrs. Konopasek and the classroom teacher. Building on an already rich classroom environment, these lessons may supplement or extend learning beyond the classroom curriculum. Components of the program include hands-on activities that require creative thinking, problem solving, and STEM.

Small Group Enrichment

Services for children who show advanced intellectual skills and talents are invited to participate in extended learning opportunities based on their intellectual potential, interests, and their need for academic challenge beyond the regular classroom. Activities focus on specific curricular areas such as reading and math, problem solving, visual/spatial and critical thinking.

Nationally recognized gifted/enrichment programs used in small group classes include:

Mentoring Mathematical Minds
Jacob's Ladder
Junior Great Books
College of William and Mary Literature Units
Socratic Seminar
Primary Education Thinking Skills

Idea Lab

Identified students participate in a pull-out program that meets 75 minutes a week. This group is not fluid and will meet for the entire school year, The curriculum units focus on one broad theme per year which allows for the students to study a topic in depth. These units are Architecture and Archeology and they focus on creative and productive, thinking, communication, problem solving and decision making.

Architecture: Students are introduced to the field of architecture and learn about famous structures, architects, church design, and architectural features. They complete many hands-on engineering and building challenges and they also learn how to draw and label floor plans and front elevations. They learn how to use architectural tools such as a T-square, French curve, compass, protractor and ruler.

Archeology: Students research cultural universals of ancient civilizations, developing a new culture, conducting a simulated dig and interpreting artifacts from the dig. They also watch a program called Voyage of the Mimi and learn about the Mayan culture through the eyes of a young boy.

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