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Summer 101

Reach Out for College Credit

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Reach Out for College Credit

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