American Institute For Foreign Study

Press Release

For Immediate Release
January 9, 2009

MEDIA CONTACT:
Mike Liberty
American Institute For Foreign Study
River Plaza, 9 West Broad Street
Stamford, CT 06902-3788
(203) 399-5187
mliberty@aifs.com

SIG Open House at Fairfield University, January 10

FAIRFIELD, CT – On Saturday, January 10, 2009, the Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG) will hold an open house for its new Saturday program at Fairfield University.

Parents of gifted and talented students in grades one through six are invited to attend the open house for the new six-week Saturday program offered from January 24 through March 7.

SIG’s open house program is designed to inform parents about program details, academic curriculum, and special program information. The event is hosted by members of the SIG staff and begins at 9:30 a.m. with registration, coffee and snacks. The schedule includes a presentation and question-and-answer session.

Created and offered by the Summer Institute for the Gifted, the Saturday program at Fairfield University is designed for students in need of activities that stretch their abilities, expand their knowledge, and engage them in creative and active learning. Students have access to Fairfield University facilities.

If you wish to attend the SIG open house at Fairfield, call (866) 303-4744, ext. 5159, or e-mail sig.info@giftedstudy.com.

For more open house information and directions to the SIG campuses, visit www.giftedstudy.com.

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SIG also offers their prestigious three-week residential program for gifted children in grades four through eleven at eight of American’s finest college campuses: Amherst College, Bryn Mawr College, Emory University, Princeton University, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, University of Texas at Austin and Vassar College.

Over the past twenty-four summers, SIG has expanded to include eleven residential sessions and twelve day programs. In 2008 alone, over 1,600 academically gifted students in Kindergarten through 11th grade participated in the three-week long SIG programs. SIG is a subsidiary of the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS) and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

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