New Visions students take the goal of becoming “college ready” very seriously. In Project Challenge, second, third, and fourth-grade students prepared proposals and conducted research modeled after college-level research projects. These projects called Independent Research Projects (ISPs) were introduced to New Visions students last year by enrichment teacher, Dr. Marie Codispoti. The goal was to encourage students to become more familiar with the process and to embrace the prospect of learning about topics of interest through independent research. The project began with one research question that was eventually answered after smaller, sub-questions were researched and answered. Students chose a topic that had been taken directly from the grade-level curriculum maps in social studies and science, and worked for several months with Dr. Codispoti developing their research skills, gathering their data and interpreting their findings. Most students agreed they were “so nervous” when they had to defend their work, but each of them impressed their teacher and the parents who were able to attend. Congratulations to New Visions’ future scholars!
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