Goodbye Summer 2010

We really had a great time this summer and we are now saying goodbye to our friends old and new. We hope you had a wonderful time, too, and will be back next year.
Until then dive into the rest of your summer and have a great school year!

Bye from the CITs

The Biggest Winner 7-8-10

Today in the "Biggest Winner', the students dwell upon the history of Karaoke and where its originates from. Four lucky participants get to play the PlayStation2 game Karaoke Revolution.
Later, they discuss ways to maximize their profits as a music store seller. And talk about what they think it would take to become popular music artists.

Art Class, African Drumming and the Electric Fence

In addition to our faculty who lead specials, we also have guests who teach art, nutrition and African drumming. To the right is our Art Director, Brenda Singletary working with 2 campers and below is James Tyler instructing guys on drumming.

Today in team building we did the "electric fence" team challenge and we will try to post a picture of that later. The challenge is to work together as a team to get everyone from one side of the "electric fence" (a jump rope strung across 2 chairs) to the other side without touching the fence. It was hard and we tried our best. See you tomorrow.

Champion Week starts July 6 2010

Welcome back Campers and Families! Hope you all had a wonderful fun filled 4th of July and are glad to see everyone back at Challenge & Champions for the beginning of our Final Week-The Challenger Week! The Campers had a unique opportunity today to go on our "campus immersion", exploring the Emory Campus and sitting in on a real college class. They got to use 'clickers' (electronic devices) to answer questions in a class on human diseases (bacteria and viral types) and how they are transmitted. It was taught by the Senior Vice Provost of the University whose name is Dr. J. Lynn Zimmerman. Dr. Z. is also a biologist. They then participated in a question and answer session on college readiness and high school preparation held by the Admissions Office led by Tim Fields. After that they got a chance to eat in the campus cafeteria, where they got to eat as much as their hearts and stomachs desired! With lunch done they caught the shuttle back to the SAAC.

This afternoon began Field Day activities like Hockey, the 400 yard dash, a 4x100 yard relay and Long Jump. Those were then followed by a giant group game of Ultimate Tag. We practiced for the Friday Graduation at the Celebration of Learning before getting a chance to jump in the pool and cool off from the hot and fun-filled day.

Please remember to RSVP to Ms. Jonetta James in the C&C main office to let her know about how many from your family and friends will be attending the final Celebration of Learning this Friday. You can call her at 404-727-3270 or email her at her email address.

It will be from 1:45 to 4:00 PM. The parking deck will be open at 1:30. Remember, no late pick up this Friday.  We will be closing for the summer at 4:00 PM that day.