CBK SHINE Program
Students Headed Into New Enrichment
CBK SHINE is a one-week residential program for rising 4th-6th graders who live on campus. Students take one accelerated enrichment course of interest that offers exploration for four hours a day, with a daily organized residential program to complement the experience. This program focuses on conceptual development through hands-on experiences that include inquiry, creativity, aesthetic expression, and problem solving. Accelerated enrichment offers foundational knowledge that builds individual curiosity toward a final project. Residential life and programs promote friendships and social interaction with peers who also have high academic and creative interest.
SHINE Students
Students entering grades 4-6 in fall 2022 or ages 8-12
SHINE Dates
Sunday, June 12 – Saturday, June 18, 2022
SHINE Admission 2022
- 90th% or higher on a nationally normed academic achievement test. This percentile can be a composite/ total score or one of the overall scores for verbal or mathematical reasoning or may be represented as “advanced” criterion on any core subtest. Students have used scores from tests such as: ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills), Stanford Achievement Test, WISC-IV, Terra Nova, CogAT, NAEP, PARCC, CRT, MAP, or SBA scores at the “advanced” level in course choice related content area
- or portfolio application
SHINE 2022 Courses:
Touring the Solar System: Observational Astronomy (M/S)
Digital Photography: Capturing the World (H)
Engineering the Final Frontier: Human Spaceflight (M/S)
Do We Live In a Simulation? Questions About What’s Real and What’s Right (H/S)
The Storyteller’s Process: Creative Writing Workshop (H)
And, Scene! Building a Character Through the Actor’s Lens (H)
(denoted by (H)umanities, (M)ath, and/or (S)cience focus for eligibility)
Cammy on Growing Up at CBK
Students will be housed in a traditional residence hall, which is locked at all times to outsiders. We are the only program in this building during the summer. Students live in wings of no more than 14 participants per Residential Assistant. Students live in nicely-sized rooms with two XL twin beds. The shared floor bathroom offers private showers.
Students will be assigned a roommate approximately the same age or they may make specific roommate requests—both students must request one another on their acceptance forms. Roommate requests cannot be guaranteed to be filled and roommates are not reassigned.
Residential Assistants are screened and selected for their ability to relate to students of this age and participate in a rigorous pre-program training that includes other campus personnel who are present throughout the program to ensure student safety. In this program, students are escorted to all activities and are not unsupervised at any time.
Access to e-mail and phone calls will be available on a very limited basis only in order to prevent intensified homesickness. Students may not bring personal computers, cell phones, or any transmitting devices. Kids will not do laundry during this program due to time constraints.
Students are required to live on campus and to participate in both the academic and residential life of the program. This may mean that students will miss sports practices or other extracurricular commitments at home. CBK is unable to accommodate competitions, performances, physical training regimens or lessons schedules. CBK operates as a closed campus and visitors are not allowed at any time during the program for student safety.
Daily Schedule
Morning wing time and breakfast 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Morning Instruction 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Lunch 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Afternoon Instruction 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Afternoon Activities 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Down Time on Wings 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Dinner 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM
Evening Activities 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Wing Meeting 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Quiet Time on Wings 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Lights Out 9:30 PM
Schedule and Activities
The schedule for this program is extremely structured. We have a wide range of activities planned for afternoons and evenings for students to choose from as part of the community life of the program. Students are expected to adhere to the outlined schedule, regardless of how it may differ from life at home, for the safety and well-being of all students.
During each activity period, residential staff offer a variety of options from which students choose to participate. From athletics to academics to fine arts, these opportunities give kids a chance to do something they love or try something new, and to take a well-deserved break from class. They also provide a great time to meet other kids in the program from different courses and wings as the community learns more about one another.
All activities are supervised and vary each day and each period. Some are held in or near the residence hall, while others take place at the NIRSA award-winning CU Boulder Recreational Center, such as dance, yoga, jogging, raquetball, basketball, indoor soccer, and a limited visit to the pool and climbing wall. Finally, due to our proximity to the foothills, activities may also take place in the near vicinity at parks or on marked hiking paths.