Reach Out summer courses are one-credit, college-level classes designed specifically for students exiting grades 6 to 12.
Most meet for a one-week period, providing intensive, hands-on learning in seminar-like settings.
Grade levels, costs, meeting dates, times and other special requirements are listed below each course title. To register, complete the application/registration form.
Registration begins Monday, June 1, 2009.
Reach out for Performing Arts
Advanced Saxophone Techniques
Enhance your saxophone skills with embouchure correction and exercises, vibrato, high/low note, ornamentation and chromatic fingering techniques, music theory and composition, rhythm studies, and solo/ensemble literature.
MUS 91A • Section 90 • Building/Room FAB 60 Instructor: C. Gippert Date: July 27 through 31 Time: 9 a.m. to noon • Grades 7 to 12 Lab fee: $7.50 Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: Bring your saxophone Text: none • Class limit: 20
Reach Out for Communication and College Skills
News Writing - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Learn how to identify and write news in a variety of stories. Educate yourself about the First Amendment and how to spot media bias. This class will create and distribute a newspaper.
CM 91A • Section 90 • Building/Room AJT 205 Instructor: J. Lusk Date: July 6 through 10 Time: 9 a.m. to noon Date: July 13 Time: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Grades: 7 to 12 Lab fee: $10 • Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: Bring a USB storage device • Text: none • Class limit: 15
Study Skills
Develop a “process approach” to study skills and techniques that ensure greater memory retention and overall academic success. Learn self-management, effective listening and note-taking, memory and learning improvement, textbook mastery, studying and test-taking, psychological factors affecting learning, and whole-brain thinking.
RD 91A • Section 90 • Building/Room MB 120 - FULL – please see new option below Instructor: A. Wolf Date: July 13 through 17
RD 91B • Section 90 • Building/Room MB 120 - New offering Instructor: A. Wolf Date: July 20 through 24
Time: 9 a.m. to noon • Grades: 7 to 12 Lab fee: none Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: none Text: (Must be bought by student prior to class start date; available at SC4’s College Bookstore) Study Skills Handouts, “The Work of Learning: Learning to Learn!” Class limit: 24
Reach Out for Technology
Computer-aided Drafting and Design - FULL – please select another course
Learn the basics of product development, production and construction. Use C.A.D.D. software to study the methods of two- and three-dimensional design.
EG 91A • Section 90 • Building/Room ATC 118 Instructor: C. Hiebert Date: July 6 through 10 • Time: 9 a.m. to noon • Grades: 7 to 12 Lab fee: none • Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: none • Text: none • Class limit: 14
Programming with Alice - FULL – please select another course
Take a trip through a wonderland of 3-D, object-oriented programming. Want to write game programs? This is a great primer. You can have Alice skating across the ice, twirling and jumping by the end of the first class.
CIS 91A • Section 90 • Building/Room AJT 102 Instructor: C. DesJardins Date: July 13 through 17 • Time: 9 a.m. to noon • Grades: 7 to 12 Lab fee: $13 • Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: USB storage device of at least 256 MB must be bought by student prior to class start date. Text: An Introduction to Programming Using Alice, SBN 10: 1-4188-3625-7. ISBN 13: 978-1-4188-3625-2 Class limit: 20
Build a Small Wind Generator
Complete the construction of a wind turbine that will charge rechargeable batteries. Complete wiring and testing will be done in this course.
AET 91A • Section 90 • Building/Room ATC 117 Instructor: J. Borris Date: July 20 through 24 • Time: 9 a.m. to noon • Grades: 7 to 10 Lab fee: $25 • Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: none • Text: none • Class limit: 16 NOTE: SC4’s alternative energy lab was funded in part by a grant awarded under the Community Based Job Training Grants, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration.
Reach Out for Science
A Brief Look at Chemistry
Gain an introduction to chemistry, the study of matter, through hands-on activities and brief exposure to college-style lecture. Dress appropriately for lab activities. Class features one local field trip. Parent chaperones are needed; more details will be provided on first day of class.
CHM 91A • Section 90 • Building/Rooms CEM 411/417 Instructor: V. VanTiem Date: July 6 through 10 • Time: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. • Grades: 7 to 12 Lab fee: $25 • Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: none • Text: none • Class limit: 22
Exploring Fossils and Geologic Time
Use SC4’s new science museum to explore Mesozoic- and Paleozoic- Era fossils, how they form and what they tell us about the earth’s geological past. Prep, label and catalogue a collection of fossils to take home. Class includes a fossil-hunt field trip to an area beach.
GLG 91A • Section 90 • Building/Room: CEM 407 Instructor: S. Grandy Date: July 13 through 17 • Time: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. • Grades: 7 to 9 Lab fee: $10 • Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: none • Text: none • Class limit: 12
Forensic Science - FULL – please select another course
Interested in the “behind-the-scenes” science of the CSI TV shows? This class features hands-on activities and case study analysis using the concepts of forensic science.
CHM 92A • Section 90 • Building/Rooms CEM 411/417 Instructor: V. VanTiem Date: July 27 through 31 • Time: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. • Grades: 7 to 12 Lab fee: $25 • Tuition: In-district $86.50, Out-district $165 Prerequisite: none • Text: none • Class limit: 22
