Summer in the City - NYC Summer Camp for HS Students
SAT prep, Workshops & Seminars: Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, Presentation Skills & much more
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Description:
Baruch College is offering a dynamic, interactive summer enrichment program for high school students going into 10th & 11th grade.
Summer in the City Day Camp is a 4 week full-day program: Monday, July 6, 2009 through Friday, July 31, 2009.
While the program is grounded in experiential learning and critical thinking, it is also social & recreational, designed for fun & engagement in a stress-free environment. Located on 24th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan
Each day of camp will run from 9am 5pm with lunch provided. Two cohorts of 35 students each will experience two workshops or seminars a day, one NYC field trip per week, SAT prep (including 2 diagnostics), recreation, group activities, oral communication training, video blogs, and a group competition culminating in presentations and lap-top awards for first place. Visit website link below to see sample schedule.
Field Trips Every Week:
One day each week, students will be accompanied on field trips to exciting destinations throughout New York City. Public transportation to and from field trips will be provided and will be supervised by counselors and the Camp Coordinator. Lunch will not be provided on days when there is a field trip and students are encouraged to bring their own lunches or have lunch money for the day. Field trips meet at Baruch College and end there as well. Locations may include:
* Museum of the City of New York
* Rose Center for Earth and Space: Hayden Planetarium
* Lower East Side Tenement Museum
* The Guggenheim
* Museum of American Financial History
* American Museum of the Moving Image
* The USS Intrepid
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Program Information:
4 week full-day program: Monday, July 6, 2009 through Friday, July 31, 2009 Cost: $2000
(includes lunch on instructional days, field trips admissions, Camp T-shirt, materials, instruction, SAT prep, recreation, and camp supervision)
A non- refundable deposit of $200 is require at the time a completed Registration Form is submitted.
Deadline:Registration & Deposit is due by June 15, 2009; Full Tuition Payment & Medical Forms are due on or before July 6, 2009
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Additional Information:
SAT Prep: This program includes 20 hours of instruction throughout the 4 week period and includes skills review, test-taking strategies and tips, practice exercises and simulated tests. The content of the lessons will include critical reading (reading comprehension, sentence completion and paragraph-length critical reading), math (number and operations, algebra and functions, geometry, statistics, probability and data analysis), and writing (grammar, usage, word choice and essay).
In addition to SAT Prep, recreational activities & field trips, every student has an opportunity to attend Workshops & Seminars.
Workshops & Seminars:
Third World Nutrition and Health Volunteerism and Public Service Research Strategies in an Academic Library
The College Application Process and Financial Aid World Environment and Sustainability
Economics and Global Finance: Connecting the Dots Entrepreneurship/Marketing Intro to Stocks & Trading (Baruchs live Trading Floor) The Humanities and the Real World Museums: Hidden Gems of NYC What do the People Say! Understanding Polls and Survey Research Challenges Facing the Obama Presidency Today
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Contact:
Tara Gemmel
Baruch College
One Bernard Baruch Way, Box B2-255
New York, NY 10010
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 New York (New York City / Manhattan), N.Y.
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