Edmond to provide summer school programs

Edmond Public Schools will offer a variety of summer school programs for students in and out of the district.

“Summer Celebration,” a tuition-based program, offers handson classes for students in grades 1 through 6. Among the classes are “Wild about Science,” “Great TECHspectations” and “Strumming and Drumming.”

Classes meet from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Sunset Elementary school, 400 W Eighth St.

Session I will be June 5-15, and Session II will be June 19-29. Students can enroll in one or both sessions.

The cost is $160 for Edmond Public School students and $170 for out-of-district students. Enrollments are based on the grade the child will be entering next school year.

For more information, go to www.edmond schools.net or call 3402275.

Two sessions of summer school will be offered for high school students who want to take an elective or retake a class they failed.

The first session will be June 5-29. The second session will be July 5-27. Classes will meet in the Santa Fe High School Freshman Academy from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

English, algebra, geometry, biology, and history and a variety of electives will be offered. Classes meet Monday through Thursday except the first week of July when classes will be Wednesday through Friday.

Tuition is $185 per course for in-district students and $215 per course for out-of-district students. For more information, call 726-6802 or 340-2235 after May 31.

The district will offer a middle school STEM camp from 9 a.m. to noon, June 19-22 at Cimarron Middle School. The cost is $80. For information, call 726-5501.

The Norman Chess Club concluded its season with a tournament at the Norman Library.

Eighteen club members in kindergarten through sixth grade participated in the May 13 tournament, which featured five rounds of 10-minute games.

Coaches Zile Cao and Ray Hoggard directed the Swiss-system tournament. Players competed for trophies in two sections.

Jaron Webb (first grade), Aswath Rajesh (second grade) and Aurora Cai (third grade). Ryan Chen (first grade), Andrew Wang (second grade) and Daniel Wang (third grade).

Nearly 40 students participated in Norman Chess Club activities during the 2016-17 season, including weekly chess meetings. Players attended eight tournaments, including five Oklahoma Scholastic Chess Organization tournaments.

At the end-of-theseason tournament, club presidentQing Cao handed out the following awards:

Ryan Chen (third grade); Andrew Wang (third grade)

Olli Wang (First grade); Alice Cai (fourth grade); Matthew Zhao (third grade), Jace Grimes (first grade).

Melody Chen (third grade); Daniel Wang (second grade); Patrick Nguyen (third grade).

Aurora Cai (kindergarten); Emily Cao (kindergarten); Timothy Chang (sixth grade); Aswath Rajesh (second grade); Jaron Webb (fourth grade); Jake Wedge (third grade); Chris Willert (first grade); Sophia Zhao (second grade).

The club will resume activities when school begins in August for Norman Public Schools.

For more information, go to http://normanchess. org/index.html or email cao@normanchess.org.