In a supportive residential setting, NMH Summer provides a strong program to students from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures. Program Offerings NMH Summer offers several distinct programs, both on and off campus. This program is for capable, motivated high school students. Course offerings include Expository Writing, Academic Writing, Creative Writing, Literature and Composition, Oral Expression, Writing on the Computer, Nature Writing, Theatre Arts, Images of the Self, Ideology and Revolution, American History, Asian Religion, Ethics, French A, French B, Spanish A, Psychology, AP Physics B, Calculus, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, Chemistry, Biology, and English as a Second Language. The average class size is 10 students.
Academic classes meet in the morning six days a week.
This program is designed to provide students with a taste of serious academic work in a boarding school setting. Each participant takes two courses that are intended to help prepare him or her for the academic year. Algebra I, In Performance, Literature and Psychology, Field Biology, Computer, Beginning French, Beginning Spanish, Art Studio, and English as a Second Language. There are two 75-minute morning sessions each day, six days a week, and afternoon sports and minor courses. Chinese Language and Culture Participants take intensive language and culture instruction at No. 4 Middle School in Beijing, with additional travel in China.