Welcome to the Mr. Adamiak's Home page! 

There have been some significant changes with his position at Urbana Middle.   He was known as the "Renzulli Man" because he was the school's Renzulli Resource Teacher.  As of July, this title was changed to "Enrichment Specialist". Along with the name change, the position has changed too.  Here are some some of the changes:

• The Enrichment Specialist supports Co-Curricular activities (Hawk Time). Students  are offered a variety of activities that will allow them to participate in a variety of activities and enrichment, as well as tutoring. Mr. Adamiak will support teachers in creating interesting and intellectual challenging activities.  Several of the activities include a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).  
• Facilitate learning experiences for individual students who exhibit characteristics of giftedness. This includes a variety of teaching methods based on differentiated instruction.
• Provide professional development for teachers of gifted learners to ensure appropriate degrees of academic challenge. Examples include curriculum compacting, tiered questioning, flexible grouping of students, extension menus.
• Coordinate a school-base screening committee to identify students for participation in gifted learner classes (future)
• Provide a structure to encourage, mentor, and assist students to pursue independent investigations based on student interest and/or ability.

 In addition , Mr. Adamiak is involved with many activities at school.  These include:

• Morning announcements
• Stock Market game
• Knowledge Master
• UMS Science Fair
• The County Science Fair
• Service Learning
• Trout in the Classroom
• National History Day
• School Improvement Team
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS)
• Hawk time Activities-Geocache, Reseach with Renzulli, Clamation, and Rocketry

Mr. Adamiak is married to Stacey Adamiak, FCPS Science Curriculum Specialist of Secondary Science . He has two boys in College (Shepherd and WestVirginia University) and a step daughter that is a 7th grader at Walkersville Middle.  His hobbies are cycling, white water kayaking, skiing, running  and rock climbing. He also coaches girls lacrosse.