Applicants submit an application form, one-page essay, and school transcripts. Rolling admissions.residential program in science. In Northampton Schools, Springfield School Volunteers, and the Hamilton Learning Center in Holyoke and many local non-profit agencies ranging from Decisional Training to the Companion Program. The Museum Visit is two hours, and covers the impact of a National Armory on the culture of the Springfield area and the technology of the nation through mass production and interchangeability of parts. A 20 minute film is provided, followed by a cooperative learning Museum Search in which students are given time to explore particular areas for key facts.
Students become subject experts.
They put themselves in the shoes of former workers, residents, or soldiers and then share the information with the other students in their class. With special arrangements, an introductory program will be give at the school prior to the museum visit. Tour may be made of the bank. Tours to view process of printing the newspaper. Students will see the press and the computer network involved in getting the newspaper off the press.