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Summer School Hours
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Summer Camp Schedule
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Our Summer Courses
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Summer is a great time for your student to become ahead in their studies for the upcoming school year. Our summer program will prepare your student with the right academic skills to be ready for the next level of academic challenges. We offer a variety of stimulating and fun classes that will supplement their reading, math, science, and computer skills.
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Academics
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ACADEMICS
Common Core Language Arts Courses As the standards of the Common Core curriculum continually challenge students to reach high academic scores, we understand how important it is for students to improve, sustain, and advance their knowledge to be competitive with their grades. We offer instructions that run parallel to the Common Core essentials. Students will gain plenty of practice in reading and understanding complex text, analyzing literary and informational evidence, and writing in an academic language that is expected from their grade-level. We want to prepare our students with literary skills needed to succeed in high school, college, and career. Common Core Math The Common Core Math standards concentrate on skills that require students to solve real-world problems. Our curriculum follows the requirements set forth by the initiative. Depending on the student’s grade level, great focus will be given on skills that are required for them to know. Significant amount of time is placed on understanding procedural skills and fluency on those specific concepts – ultimately leading to a strong foundation. We gradually build the rigor of our curriculum and we ultimately strive to challenge our students to apply their gained skills. Social Studies Students will explore key events and developments in human civilization. Key skills that we emphasize are reading comprehension, summarizing, analysis of evidence within text, computer-based research and the use of online educational software – MS Office and Google Drive, as well as team projects and formal presentations. Our curriculum provides plenty of practice in project planning, research, and creativity. Depending on the student’s grade-level, students will be studying materials that are parallel to their academic standards. Mad Science New Light Learning Center will now host a 10-week Summer Science Camp, an interactive course featuring hands-on and fun science experiments! We invite all young science enthusiasts who are in grades 3 – 8 to participate in this wonderful opportunity. Experiments range from Life, Physical, and Earth Science, as well as Engineering concepts. Due to the wide age range, we do cater our activities towards middle school age levels so that they are appropriate for both younger and older students. Depending on the overall number of registrations, we will group each grade to the correct level of difficulty for each experiment. We engage with all our students by asking about meaningful, fundamental science questions behind each activity. Our goal is to inspire a sense of investigation and experimentation of the scientific method. We want our students to be inspired within the sciences, which will ultimately leads to a rich summer experience! |
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ELECTIVES
Arts and Crafts Sessions! Students are introduced to range of engaging art projects that focuses on the making process. In our exciting learning environment, our students discover their creative ideas. These artistic experiences foster the essential and desirable life skills that promote conceptual links, techniques, art exploration, experimentation using variety mediums and materials, and most importantly: fun! Little Chefs (Cooking Class) In our hands-on and nutritional course, students from ages 8 – 14 are introduced to the pleasures of preparing delicious meals. Our curriculum examines the nutrition content of each meal so that our students choose the healthier lifestyle and are conscious consumers. Students learn basic cooking skills and enjoy eating their delicious creations. Computer Literacy As school districts move towards technology and Internet based curriculum, students are now required, more than ever, to understand and navigate their way through those mediums. We offer an introductory course for students in the 2nd – 4th grade to improve their typing skills and gain proficiency with Google Drive. Students are given research topics and are required to use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides when submitting or presenting their assignments. Basic Language Courses In this introductory course, students will learn daily conversational dialogue and the culture of their language of choice. This course provides a strong foundation in basic reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills for a beginning-level language learner. Students will be able to develop the ability to maintain conversations, discuss their interests and talk about themselves. Music Dojo Good health and physical activity are important for lifelong fitness. Research shows a direct correlation between physical activity, healthiness, and improved cognitive performance. Along with music education and workshops, this course empowers student’s mind, body, and spirit. This session incorporates music lessons in theory and history, while emphasizing health-related training. We teach fitness with music concepts through enjoyable activities to show how both can be used as an educational and motivational experience! Basketball and Outdoor Activities We are located directly across from Rosemead Park. It is important for our community of students to experience the summer season in a healthy, safe, and fun environment. We host these recreational activities so our students and friends enjoy sport-related activities under our California sun! Speech and Debate/ Mock Trial In this introductory course, students will learn the structure and argumentative styles of many different cases. Great emphasis is placed on learning research-based evidence to support their arguments. Students will be asked to explore current topics and events to frame the arguments and to critically think the reasons behind such laws and policies. The class will host mini-debates as well as speech tournaments. Music Guitar Lessons We offer beginning lessons that cover the essentials of playing a guitar. Students will learn how to read chords, play in rhythm, understand proper technique, explore a variety of musical styles, etc. This class is taught by a world-class guitarist who has had years of experience in performance and music lessons! If your student is interested, this class will give them a solid foundation for all future lessons! Etiquette Students will learn how to make proper introductions such as using a firm handshake while making eye contact. Each week we will practice the art of conversation in a social settings. Telephone, internet etiquette, and basic internet safety tips will be taught as well as how to write a proper Thank You notes. Field Trips Not only do we offer academic and creative enrichment, we also want our students to have fun and enjoy their summer with their friends and classmates. Once a week, during our Summer Day Camp, we provide field trips to theme parks and beaches. Check out the schedule below for more information. |