Competitions are given in classrooms. Results are entered in the national competition. This national competition tests students' spelling, vocabulary, comprehension, grammar and analogy skills. Type II Students all three grades prepare for three national analogy competitions. Daily study of analogies is part of the literacy model in the school.
Participation can be voluntary or mandatory as part of differentiation.
This six month project sponsored by Toshiba and the NSTA requires students to create an invention of the future. Students must write a report that includes the past, present and future technology associated with the invention. They must also create 10 story boards that could be made into a website which advertises their invention. Students meet during school as part of a Type III research project. Type III Individual, pairs, or small groups of students design a prototype or model of an invention which they present to a panel of judges.