UNC Asheville's Super Saturday Program Offers Super Classes for Kids

Gifted, creative and motivated 3rd-8th graders have an opportunity to explore chess, Irish step dance, chemistry, drama and much more at UNC Asheville’s 20th annual Super Saturday Program beginning March 5. The program has helped more than 12,000 children from across Western North Carolina explore their interests through hands-on learning on the UNC Asheville campus.

Some 34 unique courses are open for registration. Young artists can create masks, study calligraphy, try creative writing, build pottery or make puppets. Up-and-coming explorers can investigate courses on continents, international dance, ancient Greece, French conversation, Egypt or martial arts. Students who love science and technology can enroll in classes on math, model rocketry, physics, multimedia presentations and Web-page design.

Several University faculty members and upper-level students teach Super Saturday classes, along with outstanding public school teachers, educators and other professionals.

Super Saturday courses meet 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays between March 5-April 9. All students are welcome to apply. Tuition is $65 for each course. Deadline to apply is Friday,
Feb. 25. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available; the scholarship deadline is February 14.

For more information or to request an application, call UNC Asheville’s Office of Special Academic Programs at 828/251-6558.

Media Contacts:

• Ann Martin, UNC Asheville Special Academic Programs Assistant Director, 828/232-5125
• Jill Yarnall, UNC Asheville Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526