Academic Camps

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• ACT Workshops – Sessions 1 & 2

  Are you planning to take the ACT this summer? Prepare yourself at the school with the highest ACT scores in the area. Test prep instructors will lead students through a comprehensive review of the test, including strategies to help on each section. Limit of 20 students. Full tuition of $300 must be paid in advance to secure a spot.
  
  Session 1: Thursday, June 11 - Friday, June 12
  Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
  Friday, 8:30am - noon
  Instructors: Mickie Knight, Sherri Russell, and Dianne Waldon
  
  Session 2: Thursday, July 16 - Friday, July 17
  Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
  Friday, 8:30am - noon 
  Instructor: Montgomery Hinton
  
  Open to rising 11th and 12th grades
  Tuition: $300
  North Campus, SC3 - McRae Science Center

• Creative Writing Workshop – Third and Fourth Grade

  Eudora Welty, Bo Diddley, and Marie Hull called Mississippi home and enriched the creative atmosphere of our state. During Creative Writing camp, we’ll draw inspiration from several Mississippi artists to create our own stories. Join us- Together we will imagine, laugh, create, and find the powerful voice that only you have!
  
  Camp meets Week 6: Monday July 6 - Thursday July 9
  1pm - 4pm
  Open to 3rd - 4th grades
  Tuition: $215
  Instructor: 5th Grade English Teacher Margaret Taylor
  South Campus, location TBD
  
  Complete their week! For an additional $125, your camper can join Adventure Camp before Creative Writing Camp! If you choose to complete their week, you'll also have access to Lunch Club and After Camp Care options.

• Creative Writing Workshop – Fifth and Sixth Grade

  Eudora Welty, Bo Diddley, and Marie Hull called Mississippi home and enriched the creative atmosphere of our state. During Creative Writing camp, we’ll draw inspiration from several Mississippi artist to create our own stories. Join us- Together we will imagine, laugh, create, and find the powerful voice that only you have!
  
  Camp meets Week 6: Monday July 6 - Thursday July 9
  9am - 12pm
  Open to 5th - 6th grades
  Tuition is $215
  Instructor: 5th Grade English Teacher Margaret Taylor
  North Campus, location TBD
  
  Complete their week! For an additional $125, your camper can join Explorer Camp after Creative Writing Camp! If you choose to complete their week, you'll also have access to After Camp Care options.

• Math and Literacy Games & Adventures – Sessions 1 & 2

  Would you like your child to continue with math and reading and writing skills over the summer in a fun and enjoyable way? Our Literacy and Math Games and Adventures Camps will provide students with opportunities to reinforce and enhance previously taught skills to help prevent a “summer slide” in math and reading development.
  
  In Literacy Games & Adventures, instruction will be approached through hands-on activities with a variety of materials, vocabulary games, and reading and writing mini-projects that promote comprehension and a love of learning.
  
  In Math Games and Adventures, instruction will consist of hands-on activities with a variety of manipulatives to promote number sense, problem solving, and fact fluency.
  
  Different skills will be emphasized in sessions 1 and 2. Skills in Session 2 will build upon skills taught in Session 1. Students may sign up for one or both sessions.
  

  
  For rising first and second grades:

  Session 1: Monday, June 22 - Thursday, June 25
  Literacy: 8:30am - 11:30am, Math: 12:30pm - 3:30pm 
  
  

  Session 2: Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
  Literacy: 8:30am - 11:30am, Math: 12:30pm - 3:30pm 
  
  

  For rising third and fourth grades:

  Session 1: Monday, June 22 - Thursday, June 25
  Math: 8:30am - 11:30am, Literacy: 12:30pm - 3:30pm 
  
  

  Session 2: Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
  Math: 8:30am - 11:30am, Literacy: 12:30pm - 3:30pm 

  
  Literacy Sessions will be taught by Lower School Learning Facilitator Christine Selman and Reading Specialist Hannah Woodward, who are both previous classroom teachers with Orton-Gillingham training and experience.
  
  Math Sessions will be taught by Lower School Teachers Mary McCall McArthur and Elizabeth Morris, who are both certified K-12 classroom teachers with Math In Focus training and experience.
  
  Campers who enroll in the combo option can pack a lunch for the hour in between classes.
  
  Tuition is $200 for the Literacy Camp, and $200 for the Math Camp. There is also an option to add Kinder or Adventure Camp to your child's week of camp. Please pick the Kinder Camp option if your camper is entering 1st grade, and pick Adventure Camp if your camper is entering 2nd.
  
  Lastly, if you do the combo Lit and Math plan, or if you add a day camp to your camper's week, you'll also have the option to add After Care and Lunch Club.
  
  

• Math Whiz Workshops – Fifth and Sixth Grades

  NEW for this summer - we're running a weekly Math Whiz Workshop for 5th and 6th graders. Really love math? Need a little help with some concepts you learned this year? Join us for a small (12 students max), informal and fun math workshop. Taught by SA math faculty, we will work on concepts and problems in small groups. Just one day a week, for three hours! You can sign up for six weeks, seven weeks, or all eight!
  
  
  

  Rising fifth and sixth grades 

  Faculty: Virginia Buchanan & Val Dembny 

  Dates: Tuesdays, from June 2 - July 21 

  Times: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

• Math Whiz Workshops – Seventh and Eighth Grades

  NEW for this summer - we're running a weekly Math Whiz Workshop for 7th and 8th graders. Really love math? Need a little help with some concepts you learned this year? Join us for a small (12 students max), informal and fun math workshop. Taught by SA math faculty, we will work on concepts and problems in small groups. Just one day a week, for three hours! You can sign up for six weeks, seven weeks, or all eight!
  
  
  

  Rising seventh and eighth grades 

  Faculty: TBA 

  Dates: Thursdays, from June 4 - July 23 

  Times: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Time for Typing: Session 1 - North Campus

  Sharpen those keyboarding skills with Mrs. Lee this summer! We'll learn proper finger placement and typing speed and techniques and we'll have fun while we're at it! Students can sign up for both sessions if desired.
  
  Camp meets Weeks 3 and 6. Session 1 is on the North Campus during Week 3: Monday June 15 - Thursday June 18
  1pm - 4pm
  Open to 3rd - 8th grades
  Tuition: $175
  Instructor: Lillian Lee
  North Campus, Location TBD
  
  Complete their week! For an additional $125, your camper can join Adventure or Explorer Camp before Time for Typing! Please choose Adventure Camp add-on for 3rd and 4th grades, and Explorer for 5th and up. Since this session of Typing Camp takes place on the North Campus, if your camper is in 3rd or 4th, they will have to ride the shuttle, so be sure and pick that option, too!

• Time for Typing: Session 2 - South Campus

  Sharpen those keyboarding skills with Mrs. Lee this summer! We'll learn proper finger placement and typing speed and techniques and we'll have fun while we're at it! Students can sign up for both sessions if desired.
  
  Camp meets Weeks 3 and 6. Session 2 is on the South Campus during Week 6: Monday July 6 - Thursday July 9
  9am - 12pm
  Open to 3rd - 8th grades
  Tuition: $175
  Instructor: Lillian Lee
  South Campus, Location TBD
  
  Complete their week! For an additional $125, your camper can join Adventure or Explorer Camp after Time for Typing! If you choose to complete their week, you'll also have access to After Camp Care and lunch options. Please choose Adventure Camp add-on for 3rd and 4th grades, and Explorer for 5th and up. Since this session of Typing Camp takes place on the South Campus, if your camper is in 5th - 8th and adds Explorer Camp, they will ride the shuttle to the pool each afternoon.

• First Grade Gear Up Camps: Math & Language Arts

  Dates: Monday through Friday, July 27 - July 31, 2019 
  Times: 

  • Math - 8:00am to 10:00am
  • Language Arts - 10:00am to 12:00pm

  Where: South Campus
  Eligible Grades: 1st
  Cost: $185 per Camp**
  Instructors: Judy Menist & Pat Sudduth
  
  Our Lower School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's teacher for more information.
  
  We offer two individual Gear Up Camps for rising first grade students each summer:
  

  • First Grade Gear Up for Math:
  • • Give your rising first grader a head start on math skills and concepts. Students will have fun with lots of hands-on activities and games while sprucing up their skills in a relaxed and enjoyable environment. Taught by veteran teachers Judy Menist and Pat Sudduth, this camp is sure to put your student on the right track for first grade math!
  • First Grade Gear Up for Language Arts:
  • This fun and helpful camp is a great way to get your rising first grader ready for first grade reading. Students will get a jump on skills that will be covered during the first months of first grade. Taught by veteran teachers Judy Menist and Pat Sudduth, this camp session is sure to build skills and confidence in your child.

  **Gear Up Campers can complete their week by adding Kinder Camp to their enrollment package! Drop them off in morning carpool, and pick them up in 3pm carpool - we'll get them to and from Gear Ups. The rest of the day they'll be with their friends in regular day camp! Cost: $100 extra if only doing one Gear Up, $50 extra if doing both Gear Ups.
  
  PLEASE NOTE: If your camper is doing Gear Ups AND Kinder Camp, there will be a Kinder Camp field trip on Friday. You will need to decide if you would like your child to miss or attend the field trip, and let us know in advance. If we do not hear from you, your camper will miss the field trip and will stay for their Gear Up Camp(s).
  
  For campers who choose to complete their week with Kinder Camp, we also offer Lunch Club for an additional $35 - a freshly prepared bag lunch each day with a sandwich (ham/cheese, turkey/cheese, or sunbutter/jelly), pack of goldfish or cheez-its, juice box, fruit and a sweet. 
  
  After Camp Care is available until 5:45pm for an additional $60.
  

• Second Grade Gear Up Camps: Math & Language Arts

  Dates: Monday through Friday, July 27 - 31
  Times:
  

  • Math - 8:00am to 10:00am
  • Language Arts - 10:00am to 12:00pm

  Where: South Campus
  Eligible Grades: 2nd
  Cost: $185 per Camp**
  Instructors: Carla Kelly & Rachel Newman

  
  Our Lower School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's teacher for more information.

  
  We offer two individual Gear Up Camps for rising second grade students each summer:

  • Second Grade Gear Up for Language Arts:
  • Get your rising 2nd grader ready for reading with a review/preview week in reading and language. Children’s literature will be our focus as we cover skills in a fun learning environment.
  • Second Grade Gear Up for Math:
  • Get your rising 2nd grader ready for math with a review/preview in math. Using manipulatives and various activities, we will work to solve problems and build understanding of early 2nd grade math concepts.

   

  **Gear Up Campers can complete their week by adding Adventure Camp to their enrollment package! Drop them off in morning carpool, and pick them up in dismissal carpool at 3pm - we'll get them to and from Gear Ups. The rest of the day they'll be with their friends in regular day camp! Cost: $100 extra if only doing one Gear Up, $50 extra if doing both Gear Ups.
  
  PLEASE NOTE: If your camper is doing Gear Ups AND Adventure Camp, there will be an Adventure Camp field trip on Friday. You will need to decide if you would like your child to miss or attend the field trip, and let us know in advance. If we do not hear from you, your camper will miss the field trip and will stay for their Gear Up Camp(s)

  
  For campers who choose to complete their week with Adventure Camp, we also offer Lunch Club for an additional $35 - a freshly prepared bag lunch each day with a sandwich (ham/cheese, turkey/cheese, or sunbutter/jelly), pack of goldfish or cheez-its, juice box, fruit and a sweet. 
  
  

  After Camp Care is available until 5:45pm for an additional $60.

• Third Grade Gear Up Camps: Math & Language Arts

  Dates: Monday through Friday, July 27 - 31
  Times: 
  

  • Math - 8:00am to 10:00am
  • Language Arts - 10:00am to 12:00pm

  Where: South Campus
  Eligible Grades: 3rd
  Cost: $185 per Camp**
  Instructors: Beth Peterson & Carolyn Wilmesherr

  
  Our Lower School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's teacher for more information.

  
  We offer two individual Gear Up Camps for rising third grade students each summer:

  • Third Grade Gear Up for Language Arts:
  • Get your rising third grader ready for Language Arts with this fun and exciting gear-up camp. Campers will work on their Language Arts skills in a relaxed and enjoyable environment.
  • Third Grade Gear Up for Math:
  • Get your rising third grader ready for Math with this fun and exciting gear-up camp. Campers will work on their Math skills in a relaxed and enjoyable environment.

  **Gear Up Campers can complete their week by adding Adventure Camp to their enrollment package! Drop them off in morning carpool, and pick them up in afternoon carpool at 3pm - we'll get them to and from Gear Ups. The rest of the day they'll be with their friends in regular day camp! Cost: $100 extra if only doing one Gear Up, $50 extra if doing both Gear Ups. 
  
  PLEASE NOTE: If your camper is doing Gear Ups AND Adventure Camp, there will be an Adventure Camp field trip on Friday. You will need to decide if you would like your child to miss or attend the field trip, and let us know in advance. If we do not hear from you, your camper will miss the field trip and will stay for their Gear Up Camp(s)

  
  For campers who choose to complete their week with Adventure Camp, we also offer Lunch Club for an additional $35 - a freshly prepared bag lunch each day with a sandwich (ham/cheese, turkey/cheese, or sunbutter/jelly), pack of goldfish or cheez-its, juice box, fruit and a sweet. 

  
  After Camp Care is available until 5:45pm for an additional $60.

• Fourth Grade Gear Up Camps: Math & Language Arts

  Dates: Monday through Friday, July 27 - 31
  Times:
  

  • Math - 8:00am to 10:00am
  • Language Arts - 10:00am to 12:00pm

  Where: South Campus
  Eligible Grades: 4th
  Cost: $185 per Camp**
  Instructor: TBA

  
  Our Lower School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's teacher for more information.

  
  We offer two individual Gear Up Camps for rising fourth grade students each summer:

  • Fourth Grade Gear Up for Language Arts:
  • Led by Brookley Carmichael, students will get a jump start on the fourth grade writer’s workshop through targeted writing activities. Refreshing their writing voice and practicing writing skills will help students start in the fall with greater confidence in their abilities and increased comfort sharing their work with their peers. Narrative writing skills will be the focus, as these will be the building blocks for all writing modes in the fourth grade classroom
  • Fourth Grade Gear Up for Math:
  • Facilitated by Val Dembny, rising fourth graders will use hands-on materials and activities to refresh skills, develop conceptual understanding, and gain confidence for success in fourth grade math. Problem solving will be a prime focus, but also included will be mental math strategies, model drawing, and number sense.

  **Gear Up Campers can complete their week by adding Adventure Camp to their enrollment package! Drop them off in morning carpool, and pick them up in afternoon carpool at 3pm - we'll get them to and from Gear Ups. The rest of the day they'll be with their friends in regular day camp! Cost: $100 extra if only doing one Gear Up, $50 extra if doing both Gear Ups.
  
  PLEASE NOTE: If your camper is doing Gear Ups AND Adventure Camp, there will be an Adventure Camp field trip on Friday. You will need to decide if you would like your child to miss or attend the field trip, and let us know in advance. If we do not hear from you, your camper will miss the field trip and will stay for their Gear Up Camp(s)

  
  For campers who choose to complete their week with Adventure Camp, we also offer Lunch Club for an additional $35 - a freshly prepared bag lunch each day with a sandwich (ham/cheese, turkey/cheese, or sunbutter/jelly), pack of goldfish or cheez-its, juice box, fruit and a sweet.

  
  After Camp Care is available until 5:45pm for an additional $60.

• Fifth Grade Gear Up Camps: Math & Language Arts

  Dates: Monday through Friday, July 27-31
  Times: 
  

  • Math - 8:00am to 9:30am
  • Language Arts - 9:30am to 11:00am

  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 5th
  Cost: $185 per Camp**
  Instructor: Virginia Buchanan & Hannah King

  
  Our Middle School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's advisor for more information.

  
  We offer two individual Gear Up Camps for rising fifth grade students each summer:

  • Fifth Grade Gear Up for Language Arts, taught by Hannah King:
  • Students will review parts of speech, elements of literature, and writing concepts. Rising fifth graders will practice writing expository and narrative pieces with strong topic sentences and descriptive details. This course will give rising fifth graders confidence as they leap into Middle School.
  • Fifth Grade Gear Up for Math, taught by Virginia Buchanan:
  • Rising fifth graders will review key concepts of fractions, decimals, data and geometry.  Expect hands-on activities, math games, collaborative problem solving and a chance to get acquainted with the Middle School. Bring a water bottle and snack.  Notebooks and pencils will be provided!

  **Gear Up Campers can complete their week by adding Explorer Camp to their enrollment package! Drop them off in the morning, and pick them up at the end of the day - we'll get them to and from Gear Ups. The rest of the day they'll be with their friends in regular day camp! Cost: $100 extra if only doing one Gear Up, $50 extra if doing both Gear Ups.

  
  For Gear Up Campers who also enroll in Explorer Camp, After Camp Care is available on the SOUTH CAMPUS until 5:45pm for an additional $60.

• Sixth Grade Gear Up Camps: Math & Language Arts

  Dates: Monday through Friday, July 27-31
  Times: 

  • Language Arts - 8:00am to 9:30am
  • Math - 9:30am to 11:00am

  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 6th
  Cost: $185 per Camp**
  Instructors: Virginia Buchanan & Hannah King
  
  

  Our Middle School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's advisor for more information.
  
  

  We offer two individual Gear Up Camps for rising sixth grade students each summer:

  • Sixth Grade Gear Up for Language Arts, taught by Hannah King:
  • During the week, rising sixth graders will review essential grammar and writing skills. Sixth graders will practice writing expository pieces, a creative piece, and a variety of poems. The parts of speech, capitalization and punctuation, sentence fragments, run-on sentences, contractions, possessives, subject/verb agreement and complements will also be covered.
  • Sixth Grade Gear Up for Math, taught by Virginia Buchanan:
  • Rising sixth graders will review key concepts of fractions, decimals, percent, geometry and algebraic expressions through hands-on activities, math games and collaborative problem solving.  .  Bring a water bottle and snack. Notebooks and pencils will be provided!

  
  

  **Gear Up Campers can complete their week by adding Explorer Camp to their enrollment package! Drop them off in the morning, and pick them up at the end of the day - we'll get them to and from Gear Ups. The rest of the day they'll be with their friends in regular day camp! Cost: $100 extra if only doing one Gear Up, $50 extra if doing both Gear Ups.

  
  For Gear Up Campers who also enroll in Explorer Camp, After Camp Care is available on the SOUTH CAMPUS until 5:45pm for an additional $60.

• Get a Grip on Grammar

  When: Monday through Friday, July 27-31
  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 5th - 8th
  Cost: $185
  Instructor: Lynda Morse
  
  Basic English grammar including parts of speech, active and passive verbs, phrases, conjugations indirect and direct objects will be covered using the Framing Your Thoughts curriculum from Project READ. This curriculum honors all learning styles and provides lessons built on direct-concept teaching utilizing multi-sensory lessons. Pencil and paper not needed. Students often find it hard to believe that it is time to go home!

• Middle School Study Skills to Motivate & Maximize Student Learning

  When: Monday through Friday, July 27-31
  1:00pm to 4:00pm
  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 5th-8th
  Cost: $275
  Instructor: Lynda Morse
  
  Learn how to improve the ability to learn, retain and retrieve information. The aim of this course is to help students make more efficient use of study time, make learning easier, retain what is learned, and feel the work and effort involved is worthwhile. We will cover the following areas: learning styles, organizational skills, how to pay attention, active listening skills, note-taking strategies, reading comprehension, active studying (test prep and study strategies), homework, and a parent review session on Friday.

• Seventh Grade Gear Up for Pre-Algebra

  When: Monday through Friday, July 27-31
  8:00am to 9:30am
  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 7th
  Cost: $185
  Instructor: Rob Rennie
  
  Rising seventh grade students will review the skills and concepts covered in sixth grade math with particular emphasis on pre-algebra skills, vocabulary, math test preparation and test-taking strategies. Common math error prevention and correction will be the focus as students gain self-confidence to “hit the ground running” the very first week of school.
  
  

  **Gear Up Campers can complete their week by adding Explorer Camp to their enrollment package! Drop them off in the morning, and pick them up at the end of the day at 3:30pm - we'll get them to and from Gear Ups. The rest of the day they'll be with their friends in regular day camp! Cost: $100.
  
  

  For Gear Up Campers who also enroll in Explorer Camp, After Camp Care is available on the SOUTH CAMPUS until 5:45pm for an additional $60.

  
  

   

• Gear Up for Algebra I

  Dates: Monday through Friday, July 27 - 31, 2020
  Times: 9:30am-11am
  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 7th, 8th and 9th
  Cost: $185
  Instructor: Abby Condit
  
  Our Academic Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's advisor for more information.
  
  Gear Up for Algebra I: Rising seventh, eighth and ninth grade students will review the skills and concepts covered in seventh grade math with particular emphasis on pre-algebra skills, vocabulary, math test preparation and test-taking strategies. Common math error prevention and correction will be the focus as students gain self-confidence to hit the ground running the very first week of school.

• Writing Reminder Workshops

  • Option #1: Monday July 27 - Friday July 31 8:00 - 9:30am 
  • Option #2: Monday July 27 - Friday July 31, 9:30am to 11:00am
  • Option #3: Monday August 3 - Friday August 7, 2:30pm to 4:00pm

  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 7th-12th
  Cost: $185
  Instructor: Marty Kelly
  
  Our Middle and Upper School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's advisor for more information.
  
  Writing Reminder Workshops:
  Need a little help dusting off the cobwebs from your writing? Come jump start your writing skills with this refresher workshop, offered in three sessions, on everything from MLA format and formal standard English rules to organizing a paragraph and a five paragraph essay. Let’s sweep those writing dust bunnies away and have our English teachers yelling “Hooray!”

  
  This class is required for all new St. Andrew’s Students.

• Algebra Review for Geometry and Above

  When: Monday through Friday, July 27-31, 9:30am to 11:00am
  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 9th-11th
  Cost: $185
  Instructor: Trish Martin
  
  Our Upper School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who want to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's advisor for more information.
  
  Algebra Review for High School Math
  This course is a review of the main topics in algebra for students preparing for Geometry or Algebra II, or anyone who needs a brush-up. It will cover a range of topics including equation and inequality solving, graphing, systems of equations, exponents and polynomials, radical expressions, and general problem solving. You’ll gain confidence in these skills as you prepare for the new year.

• Effective Study Habits and Skills for Upper School

  When: Monday through Friday, July 27-31, 8:00am to 9:30am
  Where: North Campus
  Eligible Grades: 9th-12th
  Cost: $185
  Instructor: Lynda Morse
  
  Our Upper School Gear Up Camps are open to all students who are wanting to get a jump start on the new school year. They’re especially beneficial for new students, and those who have been referred by their teachers. Class size is limited to sixteen students per teacher. If there is additional interest, we will consider opening a second class. Please contact your child's advisor for more information.
  
  Effective Study Habits & Skills
  Study habits are general techniques used for organizing one’s self and managing one’s time. Habits reviewed include: organizing a notebook/binder, recording assignments, setting up a personal study area, prioritizing assignments, being aware of one’s learning style, and maintaining a positive attitude. Study skills are specific abilities one has mastered to facilitate learning.

• College Essay Workshops

  Seniors, spend time working on your college essay alongside your classmates as you help each other in this important phase of the college application process. In addition, a college admissions officer will review your essay and provide you with guidance about how to do your best work. Students should only attend one of the two Essay Workshops offered.
  
  

  Faculty: Colin Dunnigan
  Cost: Free
  Sessions: Dates and times TBA
  Location: Upper School
  Grade: Rising twelfth grade students