Consequently, the summer program will include a rigorous academic component in Mathematics and Science. The Academic Component is designed to interface with, reinforce, and expand the mathematics and science knowledge normally associated with the science and mathematics programs of the middle and secondary schools of Richmond County. This course will give the participants a solid foundation, covering the breadth and depth of the mathematics expected of rising 9th graders. Selected topics from algebra, trigonometry, geometry, functions and graphs will be the heart of the course. The goal for this course is to raise the students' mathematics skills to, at least, the national standards for rising 9th graders.
Special effort is given to a balance between theory and applications.
This course includes introductory elements of Physical Sciences. The course follows the syllabi of the high school physical science program. The instructional approach is highly interactive using real life examples for illustrations, and engaging the students actively in the discussions and hand-on experimental demonstrations. While six weeks is not sufficient to cover the high school syllabi, the students see and participate in the demonstration principles to give them a head start when they start high school in the succeeding Fall. The follow-up lectures and demonstrations in the Saturday Academy program keep the students' learning in pace with national standards.