Homesweet Learning is now offering a new science enrichment progam, the Science Projects program for kids. The Science Projects prorgram is a unique enrichment program that inspires creativity in middle school students (grades 6, 7, and 8). The program develops the students' problem solving skills and promotes their interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). In the program, students work on fun and hands-on science design projects, led by qualified and experienced science teachers. For more information, follow this link http://www.homesweetlearning.com/programs/science_projects.html 

The remainging 2 SAT test dates of year 2014 are Oct 11 and Nov. 8. Register on or before Sep 12 for Oct 11 test and Oct. 9 for Nov. 8 test. You can register by phone or online.

Ten of the top young chess players in the United States will compete in the 2014 U.S. Junior Closed Championship June 19-29 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The winner will receive the $3,000 top prize and an automatic invitation to the 2015 U.S. Championship.

An international team of astronomers has discovered an exoplanet in the star Gliese 832's "habitable zone". This planet is within the right range of distances that could allow liquid water to exist on its surface. The planet, known as Gliese 832c, lies just 16 light-years from Earth. 

Gliese 832c is a "super-Earth" at least five times as massive as our planet, and it zips around its host star every 36 days. But that host star is a red dwarf that's much dimmer and cooler than our sun, so Gliese 832c receives about as much stellar energy as Earth does, despite orbiting much closer to its parent, researchers said.

From spring 2016, the following changes of SAT test will be implemented:

The redesigned SAT will focus on relevant words, the meanings of which depend on how they’re used. Students will be asked to interpret the meaning of words based on the context of the passage in which they appear.

When students take the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Essay sections of the redesigned SAT, they’ll be asked to demonstrate their ability to interpret, synthesize, and use evidence found in a wide range of sources. These include informational graphics and multiparagraph passages excerpted from literature and literary nonfiction; texts in the humanities, science, history, and social sciences.  More...

Check the following MIT freshman class profile: http://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/profile 

Yale law professor Amy Chua, also known as Tiger Mom,  drew attention to her private life with a provocative new memoir about parenting her two daughters, Sophia and Lulu, now 18 and 14. The new book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother maps the girls’ gruelling hours of piano and violin, their push for top grades and the seemingly harsh techniques Prof. Chua used to maintain order.

The following are the test dates of ACT in US and Canada in 2013 and 2014: