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LEAP for Education
LEAP for Education is a non-profit organization aimed at helping low-income middle and high school students expand their knowledge and interests and empowering them to take control of their lives and education. With the skills they gain at LEAP for Education, they can perform better in school and are ready for college and/or career placement.
Program
Expanding Horizons @ Collins will continue in the 2018 Spring Semester. Community instructors will lead 90-minute mini-courses for ten weeks at Collins Middle School in Salem. There are three curricula to choose from:- Dream It, Build It: Students will practice the design process through different engineering challenges. Through their explorations, they will select a community problem to solve using the design process. The class will spend the final few weeks working on solutions in teams, which they will present at the LEAP Elective Showcase.
- CSI Collins: Students will have the opportunity to learn real-world science techniques that include collecting evidence, fingerprinting and footprint analysis, and more. Students will consider the question: how do forensics experts solve crimes? The class will work its way through a staged crime to solve, and present on their favorite CSI techniques at the LEAP Elective Showcase.
- Multimedia Art: Salem is a thriving and vibrant city filled with art in many forms — painted utility boxes, murals on downtown buildings, and public art installments like plastic bag jellyfish. In this class, students will learn about the art in their city and explore how to express themselves through different art projects. The session will culminate in a presentation of their art at the LEAP Elective Showcase, where students' favorite pieces will be exhibited.