![]() "In the third round, they have to recite it with 100-percent accuracy to their tutor," Gardner said. In the second round, they test with another adult and are only allowed to miss one. In the first round, Memory Master hopefuls test with their parents and are allowed to miss up to three of the points in order to progress to the next round. Gardner had 57 students attending the Classical Conversations North Community this session and of those, 12 chose to attempt to become Memory Masters. ![]() In addition to memorizing the timeline points in cycle three, the students memorized 24 detailed history sentences, more than 120 locations and geographic features in North America, 24 scientific facts, detailed English grammar, Latin rules and vocabulary and multiplication tables - more than 400 bits of information during the two-and-a-half hour, once-a-week sessions over the course of 24 weeks. The program is currently in cycle three, she said. Foundations is divided into three cycles - one cycle each year for three years, then the cycles repeat. The students memorize, for example, 161 points on a chronological timeline, which Gardner said can serve as a "memory peg" for future pieces of information. The Memory Masters are in the Foundations program, which is the grammar stage of Classical Conversations, Gardner said. There are four programs within Classical Conversations, including the Scribblers program for ages 3-8, Foundations for ages 4-9, Essentials for ages 9-12 and Challenge for students 12 and up. It is an international organization founded in 1997, with several local sites, including two in Sandpoint, and one in Priest River, Bonners Ferry and Athol. "It's something that you don't enter into lightly, and I am really proud of these students."Ĭlassical Conversations is a Christian community for home-school students. "It's a big commitment," said Gretta Gardner, director of the Classical Conversations Foundations and Essentials programs at the Sandpoint North Community. To become a Memory Master, the kids had to memorize and recite hundreds of pieces of information to their parents and other adults without missing any by the final round. SANDPOINT - Fourteen local youngsters have been dubbed Memory Masters this week in their respective Classical Conversations communities. Pictured from left, Alyssa Howarth, 12, second year Memory Master Anna Fuller, 11, second year Memory Master Anna Howarth, 12, second year Memory Master Elsie Brown, 11, first year Memory Master Kristina Fuller, 10, first year Memory Master and Raegan Samuels, 11, third year Memory Master. Six Classical Conversations West Community youth were recently given the title of Memory Masters, though for many it wasn't the first time.
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