Dozens of Syracuse City School District (SCSD) middle and high school students will
be spending their spring break week participating in a Le Moyne College GEAR UP
Enrichment Program, sponsored by Syracuse University GEAR UP.
SUGEAR UP students from all five city high schools and 13 middle schools will
participate in a half day of math and a half day of science exploration during the
week of Feb. 16-20.
Students will explore grade-specific earth science topics supplemented by hands-on
activities/labs, films, guest speakers and a field trip to the Milton J. Rubenstein
Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) in downtown Syracuse. Middle school
students will participate in Math Camp, exposing them to innovative teaching
methods used to strengthen and enhance their math content knowledge. High school
students will take a mathematics course designed to help them focus on the
relationship of mathematics to classroom application and to real-life situations.
The Le Moyne Enrichment Program is funded by the federal SUGEAR UP program,
a collaborative effort between SU and the SCSD designed to increase the graduation
rate and college attendance of students from 18 schools in Syracuse. The SUGEAR
UP program is one of several partnership programs within SU's School of Education.
For more information about the SUGEAR UP Program, call (315) 443-9955.
