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Summer Programs NMH Summer Session

College Prep Program

For Students Entering Grades 10–12
June 28—August 2, 2008
$6,000.00

Places are currently available in all courses. Although there is no application deadline, complete materials should be submitted as soon as possible. Financial aid is no longer available.

Goals
The College Prep Program is designed for motivated high school students who are seeking academic enrichment. By concentrating on one course, a student is able to fully embrace a subject and be rewarded by a sense of real accomplishment at the end of the summer. We seek to make the selected subject a part of each student’s life for five weeks, and our hope is that we create a desire to explore further. While the schedule requires a great deal of commitment, the experience can be very rewarding. Students are challenged academically, and they have the chance to share their interest in a course with other able students under the guidance of an inspiring teacher.

Courses may be taken for academic-year credit. Many students are able to satisfy requirements for full-year courses (such as US history, the sciences, or mathematics) or to accelerate their progress. Other students build a firm foundation for further study or explore a topic for which there is no course offered at their own school.

Participants
Students entering grades 10 to 12 with a record of solid performance and good citizenship are encouraged to apply for this program. Each major class averages 10 students, and most have two teachers. The master teacher brings experience at the secondary or college level, thorough knowledge of the subject, and the ability to work well with high school students. The teaching intern is a college senior or recent graduate who knows the field and has demonstrated an interest in teaching.

Schedule
Students in the College Prep Program take one major course that meets for three hours each morning, Monday through Saturday. Afternoon activities—laboratory work, minor courses, and sports—are scheduled four afternoons a week. Each student spends a short period of time a few days of the summer participating in the work program, doing chores that benefit the community. Each evening except Saturday, a supervised quiet study period is conducted in the dorms and the library to help students develop good study habits.

Recreation
Playing fields, tennis and basketball courts, swimming pool, country roads for cycling, and a natural environment give numerous opportunities for recreational activities.

In the free time after dinner until the evening study period begins, students may elect to participate in the intramural sports program, see movies, play tennis, study, join in other organized campus activities—or just relax.

Weekend activities include dances, movies, talent shows, and relaxation. For those who wish to take part, there are many optional trips to Six Flags amusement park, beaches, whitewater rafting, Boston, New York City, and other places of interest.