BARNARD
STUDENTS NAMED SUMMERBRIDGE 2000 SCHOLARS
RIVERDALE, NY, May 7, 2000 - Esther Kim and Susannah
Jaffe have been named Summerbridge 2000 Scholars
at the prestigious Riverdale Country School.
Ms.
Kim, a sophomore from Elmhurst Queens was chosen,
according to Executive Director, Dr. Cary Goodman,
because, " She is both talented and enthusiastic
about sharing her talents with younger students."
Susannah Jaffe, also a sophomore, is from Tampa,
Florida. She is a dual degree student at Barnard
and Jewish Theological Seminary.
"
Susannah is smart and caring, " said Goodman. "
I expect both Barnard students to be tremendously
helpful to our newest seventh graders."
Kim and Jaffe will each teach for 3.5 hours per
day and spend an additional hour working with a
Mentor Teacher, someone with ten or more years of
professional teaching experience. Mentor teachers
observe these 'emerging teachers' for an hour each
day and then discuss lesson plans, teaching strategies
and assessment with their colleagues-to-be like
Ms. Kim and Ms. Jaffe.
The Summerbridge program involves teaching highly-motivated,
talented, junior high school students in a six-week,
intensive academic program. Students are selected
from the Bronx and Westchester and work for four
hours each day in a writer's workshop, accelerated
mathematics, vocabulary-building and reading in
science, literature or social studies. In the afternoon
students develop or explore talents such as modern
dance, environmental photography, art and chess.
The goals of Summerbridge are to help place junior
high school students into the top New York City
high schools and to introduce college students to
the art and science of teaching.
More than 115 college students applied to become
Summerbridge 2000 scholars; only 10 faculty were
chosen.
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