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District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. The aquatic worm is selected to determine its pulse rate in a study of drug effects on organisms. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. J.C. Harmon student refines for technique in acquiring the California Black Worm to determine its non-drugged pulse rate. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. USD #500 ESL / Biology mentor, Angelica Cisneros helps a student to return the drugged worm after determining the drug induced pulse rate. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. Summer Academy and J.C. Harmon students work in pairs to count and time the pulse rate of the worm before the drug dose is a administered. For larger image click here or on the image above.

District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. Two Summer Academy students work as a team as one times the other as she works to locate the drugged worm on the microscope stage. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. Community Scholar, Dr. Maria helps students to carefully follow the investigation steps to ensure that class data about the effects of OTC drugs can be shared. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. Quintile Pharmaceutical Chemist, Scott Reisman encourages students to strengthen microscope skills as they learn the basics of annelid anatomy by viewing the internal organs through the worm's thin skin. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as Mentor/Specialists. Community Scholar, Miguel Garcia Uchofen presents information microbiology and identification of gram-positive bacteria. . For larger image click here or on the image above.

District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. USD #500 Academic Liaison, Mary Ann Figuly, shares a review of using the microscope prior to beginning the OCT drug effects lab on living organisms. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. Wyandotte High School Math Teacher, Nancy Hamil, helps the students confirm that the heart rate is decreased as the drug penetrates the skin. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. Dr. Mike Hotz, Wyandotte High School Science Department, mentors his small group in the chemistry lab from Afghanistan. For larger image click here or on the image above.	District #500 - Teachers engage students as mentor / specialists. KUMC medical student and Academy mentor, Chris Haydel, assists students as they prepare slides of bacteria to stain them for identification using the gram stain. For larger image click here or on the image above.

Urban Transcendence Poetry Project comes to Saturday Academy. Poet in Residence, Glenn North talks with students about Latino Poets during Mexican American Heritage Month. For larger image click here or on the image above.	High School Saturday Science & Math Academy 2004 - Group Shot For larger image click here or on the image above.
F.L. Schlagel, J.C. Harmon, Summer Academy of Arts and Science and Wyandotte High School students learn dissection through labs at Saturday Academy. District #500 Teachers, KCKCC professors, community scholars, KU Medical students, KCKCC science students and KCKPS high school students work with Academy students as Mentor/Facilitators throughout the day.

High School Mentors work with Academy Students in the lab. Da aley lissay mashawarin sara da shagerdano libartry. ( Pashto translation by Nabi Raza Khan). Fetal Pig Dissection. For larger image click here or on the image above.	High School Mentors work with Academy Students in the lab. Da aley lissay mashawarin sara da shagerdano libartry. ( Pashto translation by Nabi Raza Khan). Fetal Pig Dissection. For larger image click here or on the image above.	High School Mentors work with Academy Students in the lab. Da aley lissay mashawarin sara da shagerdano libartry. ( Pashto translation by Nabi Raza Khan). Fetal Pig Dissection. For larger image click here or on the image above.	KCKPS Teacheres work with students. Wyandotte High School Math Teacher, Cecil Chriswell, works as a Mentor/Facilitator with the academy students. For larger image click here or on the image above.

KCKPS Teachers work with students. Wyandotte Science Teacher, Tyrone Bates mentors academy students in prep. For larger image click here or on the image above.	Urban Transcendence Poetry Project comes to Saturday Academy. Poet in Residence, Glenn North waits for results from small group work. Shaeaer, Glen wa shumaly kocheney group natijay pa inntizaar ki dai. (Pashto transalation by Nabi Raza Khan) For larger image click here or on the image above.

Argentine, Central, Northwest, Summer Academy of Arts and Science and Rosedale Middle School Students become successful in Algebra I by the end of 8th grade in Saturday Academy.


Kansas City, Kansas Public School Teacher mentors and instructs students in Middle School Saturday Academy. Wyandotte High School Math Teacher, Cecil Chriswell, goes over instructions with his mentoring group prior to a math project. For larger image click here or on the image above.	Kansas City, Kansas Public School Teacher mentors and instructs students in Middle School Saturday Academy. F.L. Schlagel Science Teacher, Mike Strohschein, guides Middle School Academy students in the chemistry lab. For larger image click here or on the image above.	High School Mentors from J.C. Harmon, Summer Academy of Arts and Science and Wyandotte High Schools offer friendship and support to Middle School Academy students. High school mentor checks in with middle school students on the Internet. For larger image click here or on the image above.	High School Mentors from J.C. Harmon, Summer Academy of Arts and Science and Wyandotte High Schools offer friendship and support to Middle School Academy students. Middle school students and high school mentors record data on giant tally in a large group activity. For larger image click here or on the image above.

Urban Transcendence Poetry Project offers students a chance to present their orginal poems. Claudia, Wyandotte High School Senior, shares an orginal poem inspired by UT's focus on Mexican American Heritage Month during Saturday Academy. For larger image click here or on the image above.	A healthy lunch is served each Saturday. Volunteers, Mrs. Gabriela Carrillo, and HCPP K-12 Administrative Assistant, Ursula Carrillo prepare a home cooked meal each Saturday for the Academy students. For larger image click here or on the image above.	KU Medical and Kansas City, Kansas Community College Student Mentors facilitate instruction through relational teaching each week. Victor Ugbaja, KCKCC mentors one on one with a student. For larger image click here or on the image above.	Middle School Saturday Science & Math Academy 2003 - 2004 - Students & Staff For larger image click here or on the image above.
Argentine, Central, Northwest, Summer Academy of Arts and Science and Rosedale Middle School students learn math through projects, data collection, computer graphing and Internet research. Los estudiantes de las secundarias Argentine, Central, Northwest, Rosedale y la Academia de Summer de Artes y Ciencias aprenden matematicasatravez de projectos, coleccion de datos, grafica de computadoras, e investigaciones por Internet. (Spanish translation by Annaliese)

Kansas City, Kansas Public School Teachers work as Mentor/Facilitators in the computer lab and Kansas City, Kansas Community College. Wyandotte High School Math Teacher, Jarius Jones guides small group on Internet discovery. For larger image click here or on the image above.	Kansas City, Kansas Public School Teachers work as Mentor/Facilitators in Middle School Academy at Kansas City, Kansas Community College (KCKCC). F.L. Schlagel High School Teacher, Velma Jones mentors students as they discuss data collection. For larger image click here or on the image above.	Kansas City, Kansas Public School Teachers work as Mentor/Facilitators in the computer lab and Kansas City, Kansas Community College. Mike Strohschein begins the set up process for lab experiments. For larger image click here or on the image above.	High School Mentor with Academy Students at Middle School Academy. Chemistry results can taste good! Homemade ice cream anyone? For larger image click here or on the image above.

High School Mentor with with Academy Students at Middle School Academy. Chemistry results can taste good! Homemade ice cream anyone? Resultados de quimica estan sabrosos! Gusta alguien un helado hecho en casa? (Spanish translation by Annaliese) For larger image click here or on the image above.	Kansas City, Kansas Community College Professors help as Mentor/Facilitators. Dr. Mary Patterson, Chemistry Professor, hands out supplies to her small group. For larger image click here or on the image above.	KU Medical Center and KCKCC Student Mentors facilitate and provide role models to the academy students. Jehan Reagan Brawley, KUMC, share team building exercises with her group. For larger image click here or on the image above.

Director, Marcia Pomeroy, Dr. James Foster, Ms. Angelica Ciscneros and medical student, Jeff Hutchings discuss the History of AIDS and check out microscopic gram stains in the Chemistry Lab.


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Dissecting a sheep heart is an exciting lab for freshman at the academy.


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