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Research in Costa Rica!

November 5, 2018
Dear BPS families,
An opportunity awaits you! Kennedy science teacher Cory Elsmore, in partnership with an organization called Seeds for Change (http://www.seedsforeducation.org/), is offering a summer enrichment experience to Jefferson and Kennedy science students. This experience is a summer trip to Costa Rica, featuring biology research.

I took students on this trip in 2016.  In addition to being FUN, it was amazing to see the research that our students were able to do in such a short period of time.  I am very excited we are able to offer this opportunity again this year to 16 students to conduct their own experiments and do their own research in the rainforest with college professors and field experts.  This summer’s trip will be from July 20-30th, 2019.
You are invited to an information meeting on to learn more about this opportunity on Wednesday, November 14th at 5pm in the Jefferson Media Center.  
Please email celsmore@isd271.org if want more information and /or are unable to come to the meeting but are interested.  
Sincerely,

Meredith Aby-Keirstead, BPS Gifted and Talented Coordinator

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