Besides my friends in town, I now have friends from all over the country and the world. Students have rules and manners to observe, their time is accounted for, and there's an atmosphere of discipline. Even with that, students say things are more relaxed in summer classes. It's a balance for us, to make summer school academically challenging but comfortable. The military programs stop in the summer, but the education continues.
Simple uniforms are part of the package.
In the summer, they wear polo shirts and khaki pants. It tones things up, just as in sports, if your shirt's faded, you play faded. If you look sharp, you want to play sharp. Eighty-five percent of the upper school summer school day is spent on academics, and 15 percent on free time and sports. Evenings are filled with co-ed intramural sports.