Summer Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)
Rising 8th - Rising 11th graders: Application is open now.
Naval Academy Summer Seminar (NASS)
Rising 12th graders: application opens online on January 17, 2012.
Look for more information at: www.usna.edu/Admissions
Friday, January 4, 2013
Syracuse University Summer Dance Intensive
Ballet - Pointe - Variations - Partnering - Modern - Jazz - African Dance - Yoga - Performance
Summer Dance Intensive provides a unique and challenging dance experience - one that will help participants grow technically, artistically, and personally. Dance classes are led by renowned faculty and involve a comprehensive curriculum that includes exposure to live performances, history, and reportory. The mission of the Summer Intensive is to develop well-rounded dancers through exposure to a variety of disciplines, with emphasis on classical ballet technique.
An audition and application is required for acceptance to the Summer Dance Intensive. Video auditions are accepted.
For more information visit the Dance Intensive website: www.summercollege.syr.edu/ballet
Summer Dance Intensive provides a unique and challenging dance experience - one that will help participants grow technically, artistically, and personally. Dance classes are led by renowned faculty and involve a comprehensive curriculum that includes exposure to live performances, history, and reportory. The mission of the Summer Intensive is to develop well-rounded dancers through exposure to a variety of disciplines, with emphasis on classical ballet technique.
An audition and application is required for acceptance to the Summer Dance Intensive. Video auditions are accepted.
For more information visit the Dance Intensive website: www.summercollege.syr.edu/ballet
American Dance Festival at Duke University
Founded in 1934 in Bennington, Vermont, with choreographers Martha Graham, Hanya Hold, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman, the Festival serves professional and pre-professional dancers from around the world.
The ADF is held for six weeks each summer at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The studios and student dormitories are spread across the Geortian-style campus. ADF students are able to use Duke facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, bookstores, libraries, and computer labs.
At the heart of ADF dancers from around the country and around the world come to train and to create, to see, and to be seen. Students of all levels are invited to engage in collaborative creative processes, with ADF's diverse and outstanding faculty, extraordinary musicians, and vibrant student body.
An essential component of the student experience during the summer is the opportunity to see an exciting array of programs featuring companies representing both the established greats and the cutting edge in modern dance.
The minimum age for application is 16. Students under 18 will live in a supervised dorm.
Apply online: www.americandancefestival.org
The ADF is held for six weeks each summer at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The studios and student dormitories are spread across the Geortian-style campus. ADF students are able to use Duke facilities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, bookstores, libraries, and computer labs.
At the heart of ADF dancers from around the country and around the world come to train and to create, to see, and to be seen. Students of all levels are invited to engage in collaborative creative processes, with ADF's diverse and outstanding faculty, extraordinary musicians, and vibrant student body.
An essential component of the student experience during the summer is the opportunity to see an exciting array of programs featuring companies representing both the established greats and the cutting edge in modern dance.
The minimum age for application is 16. Students under 18 will live in a supervised dorm.
Apply online: www.americandancefestival.org
St. John's College Summer Academy 2013
STUDY original texts chosen to highlight questions important to the human mind and spirit.
COLLABORATE with fellow students and college faculty in energetic, disciplined classroom conversations.
LIVE in a campus environment where life of the classroom permeates the life of the community.
EXPLORE local history, cultural attractions and natural beauty through supervised group excursions.
QUESTION your assumptions, examine, the alternatives, articulate your ideas, learn to listen actively, and liberate your mind.
The Summer Academy offers rising juniors and seniors the opportunity to experience the distinctive community of St. John's College.
For more information: www.stjohnscollege.edu
COLLABORATE with fellow students and college faculty in energetic, disciplined classroom conversations.
LIVE in a campus environment where life of the classroom permeates the life of the community.
EXPLORE local history, cultural attractions and natural beauty through supervised group excursions.
QUESTION your assumptions, examine, the alternatives, articulate your ideas, learn to listen actively, and liberate your mind.
The Summer Academy offers rising juniors and seniors the opportunity to experience the distinctive community of St. John's College.
For more information: www.stjohnscollege.edu
Beloit College Summer FIELDS
Do more with your summer (or at least three weeks of it). Get a taste of college life, earn college credit, meet new people, and explore and stoke a new or existing passion while working one-on-one with faculty at Beloit College. One of the nation's best-known and most highly regarded liberal arts colleges. Whether your interests lie in the ecology of apes, poetry and creative writing, two-dimensional drawing and design, or how museum collections are created and preserved, you will find a Summer FIELDS course that interests you.
If you are a rising junior or senior, learn more and apply: www.beloit.edu/summerfields
If you are a rising junior or senior, learn more and apply: www.beloit.edu/summerfields
Thursday, January 3, 2013
College Tax Credits
In case you missed it, college tax credits were saved as part of the fiscal cliff deal: http://bit.ly/VkFh6a
Checklist for Choosing a College
There are so many things to think about before you choose your college destination, and since we are beginning junior college classes today, this seems like a good post. Actually it's not a bad checklist for seniors either. Just keep in mind that you may have to negotiate on some of your "must-haves," but this list offers 25 questions you should be asking yourself.
Oh, and happy new year!
Oh, and happy new year!
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