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Project
EXCITE! is a multi-year, collaborative project between Evanston District
65, Evanston High School District 202 (ETHS), and the
Center for Talent
Development (CTD) at Northwestern
University. The goal of the project is to begin changing the
educational culture in Evanston and help cut into the academic
achievement gap that exists between white and students of color in the
community. Students begin the program in the third grade and
participate until the ninth grade. While in the third grade
students participate in hands-on science
and math activities at ETHS and Northwestern University. Students
begin to take Saturday and
summer CTD classes at Northwestern throughout the fourth-eighth grades.
Through enrichment activities, additional classes, mentoring programs,
and strong parental support, Excite students will be better prepared to
begin taking and succeeding in honors and advanced placement level
courses at the high school. See our brochure
for more details.
Announcements The Project EXCITE Program will be entering its eighth year with the opening of the 2007-2008 school year. There will be a total of five cohorts consisting of 17 eighth-graders, 17 seventh-graders, 19 sixth-graders, 24 fifth-graders, and 22 fourth-graders. A new cohort of 26 third graders has begun sessions at ETHS. We are thrilled that our first two groups of students are now in ETHS!
For more information, see the CTD website.
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