2008 Summer Enrichment Institutes
Grades 10 – 12
Leaders in Team Building
Team work is crucial in today’s society. Learn how you can work with others to problem solve a range of challenges. You’ll develop skills in interpersonal communications, decision-making, conflict resolution, and team-building. You will experience character and leadership development as you work cooperatively to meet challenges.
Admission Criteria: Application, school nomination, and a copy of student’s latest grade report
Enrollment Maximum: 20 students
Course Dates: July 6–11, 2008
Fee: $550
Financial Fitness
Are you a financial wizard? Experience one of BusinessWeek’s Top Ten Trading Rooms in the nation, as you explore one of the most integral pieces of business enterprise. Managing money is essential to ensure a secure future; this course will explore investing, financial management, and money markets vs. capital markets. You will also learn the basics of managing your own dollars.
Admission Criteria: Application, school nomination, and a copy of student’s latest grade report
Enrollment Maximum: 20 students
Course Dates: July 6–11, 2008
Fee: $550
Studio Workshop: Graphic Design and Character Development
Do you love to doodle? This course is for you! Join us as we explore cartooning techniques. Learn how to plot and draw characters, layout scenes, and add colors by “inking.” Next, take these techniques and create your own cartoon or comic strip characters to share in our cartooning anthology. Watch your pencil sketches turn into comic pages.
Admission Criteria: Application, school nomination, and a copy of student’s latest grade report
Enrollment Maximum: 15 students
Course Dates: July 6–11, 2008
Fee: $550
Scholastic Strategies
Are your study skills effective? High school teachers and college professors teach subjects, not study skills. To be successful in high school and in college, you need powerful study skills. Learn skills to help you organize, take relevant notes, manage your time, retrieve information you’ve learned, and prepare and take tests effectively. In addition, you will learn how to prepare and take
standardized exams with confidence.
Admission Criteria: Application, school nomination, and a copy of student’s latest grade report
Enrollment Maximum: 15 students
Course Dates: July 13–18, 2008
Fee: $550
Literary Magazine
Creativity is expressed through a variety of media such as art, literature, or music. In this course you will focus on self-expression through the writing and art/photo process. Students will focus on the creative writing process as they create short stories, essays, pieces of poetry, and/or one-act plays. Students will also submit original artwork and/or original photographs to be published in
the 2008 Residential Literary Magazine.
Admission Criteria: Application, school nomination, and a copy of student’s latest grade report
Enrollment Maximum: 20 students
Course Dates: July 13–18, 2008
Fee: $550
Technology: Web Designers
Does HTML, XHTML, GIFs, JPEGs, or PNGs mean anything to you? Join us to learn how to conceptualize, plan, and execute electronic media content delivery through the Internet. Learn how to use technology to design websites that are visually aesthetic and easy to navigate as we explore principles and tools of programming languages and operating systems.
Admission Criteria: Application, school nomination, and a copy of student’s latest grade report
Enrollment Maximum: 20 students
Course Dates: July 13–18, 2008
Fee: $550
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