Summer Enrichment Offerings

Session 2

Small World Adventures

Join Mrs. Slezak to learn about countries and cultures around the world! Rising first graders will review and sharpen their skills while our younger explorers will preview fundamental reading, writing and math skills for Kindergarten. We'll make some crafts, listen to stories, take virtual field trips and more. We can still travel the globe while staying at home!

Session 3

Learning in Kinder-GARDEN!

Join Mrs. Slezak to discover how reading, writing and math skills grow in her garden! We’ll plant the seeds of Kindergarten readiness for our younger gardeners, while rising first graders will extend their thinking and stretch their skills. We’ll explore literacy, spelling, counting and more, all inside the garden. This will be a fun way to "grow" skills and "blossom" this summer!

Session 1

ABC, 123 Mysteries
Are you ready to be a detective and help solve mysteries? Join Miss Shields to work on your reading, writing, and math skills! We will focus on beginner or emerging reading skills and introduce reading strategies to help you be an amazing decoder! We will also focus on number sense, simple addition/subtraction problems, shapes, coins, and so much more!

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In this course, students will complete a week of math, followed by a week of language arts. For math, we will review multiplication and division facts, word problems, measurement, place value, geometry, and fractions benchmarks from third grade. Students will also have the chance to stretch themselves to the next level and gain a taste of what’s to come in fourth grade across these concepts. In language arts, students will focus on a variety of literacy skills through short chapter books while focusing on comprehension strategies, and reviewing how to write a formal paragraph.

Session 1

French

This session is for 4th graders entering 5th grade at AIS (½ year Spanish-½ year French program).
Program highlights include:

• A taste of France: Let’s discover some French words associated with the Parisian Culture and gastronomy

• Virtual visits to museums, galleries, and famous gardens & cooking with recipes — all in French!

Spanish

This session is for 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders!  
Program highlights include:

• Designing a virtual Spanish Classroom with our Bitmojes. 
• We’ll decorate our virtual classroom with posters that we‘ll make (el alfabeto, los números, los animales, la ropa y mucho más).

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Session 1

Grades 5/6

This session will use music, drawings, games, stories and cartoons to explore the French language through themes such as food, clothing, family, weather, etc. Basic grammar concepts will be reviewed as needed though in context activities. Students will have the opportunity to expand their vocabulary and their confidence in French in a fun, interactive and relaxing way.

Session 2

Grades 7/8

This session will use music, games, stories and cartoons to explore the French language through themes such as the environment, sports, family, contemporary life, talking about your family and your community… Basic grammar concepts and simple conjugation will be reviewed as needed through in context activities. Students will have the opportunity to expand their vocabulary and their confidence in French in a fun, interactive and relaxing environment.

Session 1

Grades 7/8

This session will use music, games and cultural artifacts such as magazine articles, short video clips and stories to practice a variety of vocabulary themes that students should be familiar with in 7th and 8th grade Spanish including travel, sports, telling stories and the environment. Basic grammar concepts will also be reviewed as needed, in the context of the songs and other activities that we are using. Students will have the opportunity to expand their vocabulary and their confidence in Spanish in a setting that is fun and interactive!

Session 2

Grades 5/6

This session will use music, games and cultural artifacts such as magazine articles, short video clips and stories to practice a variety of vocabulary themes that students should be familiar with in 5th and 6th grade Spanish including describing people, clothing, houses and leisure activities. Basic grammar concepts will be reviewed as needed within the context of the songs and other activities of the class. Students will have the opportunity to expand their vocabulary and their confidence in Spanish in a setting that is fun and interactive!

Grades 7/8 Social Studies

Welcome, tourists, travelers, and explorers! While we may not be boarding any planes, trains, or boats for a while, let’s take this opportunity to explore the world around us and how we interact with it. We will anchor our studies in the interaction between people and place by embarking on virtual field trips to special places around the globe and exploring a guiding question. Each two-week session will focus on an element from the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. Students will read critically (primary and secondary sources, maps, and images), engage in critical thinking exercises and discussions, and have opportunities to write in various styles, including creative, informative, and persuasive activities.

Session 1

Geography, Part 1

• Guiding Question: How do people adapt their way of living to their geography?
• Possible topics/field trips: Andes Mountains, Sahara/Sahel, Monsoons in southeast Asia, Pacific Islands

Session 2

• Guiding Question: How do indigenous peoples preserve traditional culture while adapting to modern life?
• Possible topics/field trips: Maya Civilization, the Maori, Karen

Session 3

• Guiding Question: What forces work for and against supranational cooperation?
• Possible topics/field trips: European Union, African Union, the United Nations

Session 4

• Guiding Question: How should resources be used and preserved?
• Possible topics/field trips: Transboundary pollution in Europe, oil in SW Asia, Amazon Rainforest

Throughout the month of July

The Center for the Advancement of Girls presents a virtual book for empowered girl leaders! Together we’ll read some incredible stories about girls who use their voice in all kinds of ways and are unafraid to be themselves. We’ll also complete activities designed to enhance our thinking about the characters we meet, the challenges they face, and meet once a week to talk about what we learned about ourselves along the way. Join us this summer as we explore how we can embrace our identity just like the amazing girls and women we read about

• Week 1: Linear and Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities
• Week 2: Linear Functions (slope intercept, standard and point-slope forms), Domain and Range, Systems of Linear Equations and Systems of Linear Inequalities
• Week 3: Exponent Rules, Exponential Functions and Exponential Equations
• Week 4: Quadratic Functions: (standard and vertex forms), Graphing with Significant Parts, Solving by Graphing, Square Roots, Factoring, Completing the Square and the Quadratic Formula
• Week 5: Radical Functions: Graphing Radical Functions, Simplifying Radicals, Rationalizing the Denominator, Operations with Radicals, Solving Radical Equations
• Week 6: Rational Functions: Introduction to Graphing Rational Functions with Asymptote(s), Operations with Rational Expressions, Solving Rational Equations

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Levels II and III

The course objective is to promote conversations while enriching the students with various vocabulary words and idioms through authentic podcasts. Students will engage in discussions about world issues, news and current events while also exploring different aspects of the francophone culture by learning more about a specific region, regional foods and music or other aspects of everyday life.

Sessions 1-2

Levels II and III

This course will use current events, tv shows, news and podcasts as the basis for practice in Spanish conversation skills. Students will have the opportunity to experience and discuss these authentic and currently relevant Spanish language materials in a relaxed and supportive setting. The objective is to strengthen your communication skills and to have fun using Spanish! Students entering Spanish 3, 4 and 5 are particularly encouraged to sign up.

Session 1

The College Essay
Crafting an authentic and attention grabbing college application essay.

Session 2

The College Essay
Crafting an authentic and attention grabbing college application essay.

Session 1 and 3

Session 2

The Short Story
Read the masters of the short story and write two of your own. Great for anyone who likes creative writing or would like to an opportunity to practice her writing.

Session 4

Sessions 3 and 4
 

Session 3

Intro to Graphic Design
Basic skills using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Reviewing principals and elements of art and design.

• Week 1: Creating vector graphics - Illustrator
• Week 2: Basic photo manipulation - Photoshop

Session 4

Advanced Graphic Design
Branding design, logos, advertisement, and more. Reviewing principals and elements of art and design.

• Week 1: Designing the visual identity of a business through logo, typography, and color schemes.
• Week 2: Applying visual identity through business card, digital advertisement, and more.

Session 1

All 10th grade students are invited to participate in the Invest in Girls program to learn about personal finances and careers in finance. The mission of Invest in Girls is to transform girls' futures through comprehensive financial education, equipping them for a powerful future. 

The class will meet for the first week of Summer 2020 (June 15th - 19th). Classes will be led by Timothy Walsh, AIS Chief Financial Officer.