Summer at Immaculate
Summer at Immaculate High School gives middle and high school students a chance to learn and grow in a more casual setting.
Entering Freshman can pick from English, Math, Biology, English, Engineering and Fine Arts courses setting the stage for success in the Fall. Incoming freshman have even more to gain from our summer program, with the opportunity to meet new friends, build new skills and explore our campus. All so that the first day of school is like coming home.
Upperclassman have the opportunity to take classes in Math, Reading, Writing, Biology, Piano and Animation to prepare for upper-level courses as well as a College Essay Prep class. These classes provide the opportunity for a more productive Fall semester.
Even 7th and 8th graders can take Intro to Engineering and Piano classes at Immaculate this summer and learn more about going to High School here. Our Mustang Basketball camp allows elementary and middle school students to learn the game through individualized instruction by High School Coaches and players.
Read the course descriptions below to learn about the class times/schedules, instructors and cost of each class.
Course Descriptions
GRADE 7-8
Monday June 24th – Friday June 287h and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd Time: 10:15 am -12:15 pm
Instructor: Mrs. Jeanine Antonios
Room: 205
Cost: $300.00
Intro to Engineering is a fun summer enrichment program designed to introduce students to different fields of engineering. Students will work in teams, using their knowledge to solve problems and build prototypes while using the engineering design. Students will be exposed to many hands-on activities, including creating renewable energy by using the solar and wind power, using insulation materials to keep their food fresh, building an earthquake resistant house and other projects.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Instructor: Mr. Doug Duca
Room: 318
Cost: $300.00
This course is designed for students who wish to develop basic piano playing skills or expand on their existing skills. Time in class will be spent both on and off the keyboards. While playing, students will be working individually and in small groups to master the techniques of playing and to learn pieces. There will also be time spent in group instruction on musical notation and theory.
GRADE 9
Summer at Immaculate High School provides students with an opportunity to learn and grow in a more casual setting. Entering freshmen can choose from Math Readiness, English Readiness, Geometry Readiness, Biology, and the Fine Arts, setting the stage for success in the fall. For members of the Class of 2022, you and your friends will have an opportunity to enjoy a fun high- school summer learning experience with our teachers, explore our campus, and make some close-knit friendships along the way!
Monday June 24th –Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 8:00 am – 10:00am
Instructor: Mr. David Quesnell
Room: 202
Cost: $300.00
The math readiness program is aimed at maintaining or improving academic proficiency over the summer. This curriculum is designed to enhance academic skills that are necessary to be successful in our college prep program.
The topics for the courses will include:
- Whole Numbers, Decimals, Fractions
- Ratio and Proportions
- Order of Operations
- Solving Linear Equations
- Solving Linear Inequalities
- Finding Slope
- Graphing & Writing Equations of a line
- Factoring
- Real–World Problem Solving (if time permits)
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15pm
Instructor: Miss Kathleen Czel
Room: Learning Commons
Cost: $300.00
The English program is designed to improve the student’s ability to analyze, synthesize, and make personal connections with literature. The curriculum develops the student's note-taking skills, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and written communication. Students will study the grammatical structure of the English language and apply literacy skills to fiction and non-fiction works. Summer Reading texts will be introduced and started in class. Student should be prepared with a notebook, a pen or pencil and copies of the summer reading texts.
Below is a brief outline of the course content.
- Note-Taking
- Finding the main idea
- Summarizing
- Using Graphic Organizers
- Grammar Review
- Formulated based on student needs
- Summer Reading Studies
- Silent sustained reading
- Reading aloud
- Guided Discussion
- Responding to plot based and critical thinking questions
- Formulating questions
- Making personal connections
- Applying literary terms
- Comparing and contrasting works
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd Time: 10:15 am – 12:15am
Instructor: Mrs. Bernice Papia
Room: 312 and the adjacent labs
Cost: $300.00
This program is designed to expose the student to the wide variety of biological concepts presented in our curriculum. The students will utilize the various facilities at Immaculate, including both the computer Tech and Biology Labs. The topics are Fundamentals of Biology, Energy production and consumption, Photosynthesis and Respiration, and Energy relationships examining how this all works out in Nature, Microbiology, Botany, Invertebrate biology and Vertebrate biology.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 287h and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Instructor: Mrs. Jeanine Antonios
Room: 205
Cost: $300.00
This course is targeted to setting a foundation of logic, proof writing, and connecting algebraic skills to geometric concepts for students enrolled in Geometry CP or Geometry H for the 2018-2019 school year.
Students will:
- Review algebra skills needed to succeed in geometry
- Apply algebraic skills to geometric content
- Learn basic geometry vocabulary
- Practice using the tools of geometry such as compasses and protractors
- Implement logic to prove geometric theorems and postulates
- Practice proof writing
Monday June 24th – Friday June 287h and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd Time: 10:15 am -12:15 pm
Instructor: Mrs. Jeanine Antonios
Room: 205
Cost: $300.00
Intro to Engineering is a fun summer enrichment program designed to introduce students to different fields of engineering. Students will work in teams, using their knowledge to solve problems and build prototypes while using the engineering design. Students will be exposed to many hands-on activities, including creating renewable energy by using the solar and wind power, using insulation materials to keep their food fresh, building an earthquake resistant house and other projects.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm.
Instructor: Mr. Austin Alterio
Room: 204
Cost: $300.00
This class scratches the surface of a wide variety of animation techniques and styles. The primary focus of this Animation course is to introduce students to Adobe After Effects and to get them thinking about the many different animation styles/technique that is available to them through the software. By the end of this course, students will have a fundamental understanding of the program and they will be able to create their own motion graphics. Laptops will be provided and no prior experience with any adobe program is necessary.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Instructor: Mr. Doug Duca
Room: 318
Cost: $300.00
This course is designed for students who wish to develop basic piano playing skills or expand on their existing skills. Time in class will be spent both on and off the keyboards. While playing, students will be working individually and in small groups to master the techniques of playing and to learn pieces. There will also be time spent in group instruction on musical notation and theory.
GRADE 10-12
Monday June 24th – Friday June 287h and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Instructor: Mrs. Jeanine Antonios
Room: 205
Cost: $300.00
This course is targeted to setting a foundation of logic, proof writing, and connecting algebraic skills to geometric concepts for students enrolled in Geometry CP or Geometry H for the 2019-2020 school year.
Students will:
- review algebra skills needed to succeed in geometry
- apply algebraic skills to geometric content
- learn basic geometry vocabulary
- practice using the tools of geometry such as compasses and protractors
- implement logic to prove geometric theorems and postulates
- practice proof writing
(offered to those students who have completed Algebra I )
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 10:15am - 12:15pm
Instructor: Mr. David Quesnell
Room: 202
Cost: $300
The topics for Algebra Review will include:
- Solving Equations and inequalities
- Graphing equations and inequalities
- Exponents and polynomials
- Factoring and applications
- Rational expressions & applications
- Systems of linear equations & inequalities
- Roots, radicals and complex numbers
- Quadratic equations and functions
This class is offered to those students who will be Seniors in the fall.
Session 1
Monday June 24th – Thursday June 27th
Time: 8:00 am – 10:00am
Instructor: Mrs. Alexa Wild
Room: 203 Computer Lab
Cost: $200.00
Session 2
Monday June 24th – Thursday June 27th
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15pm
Instructor: Mrs. Alexa Wild
Room: 203 Computer Lab
Cost: $200.00
Session 3
Friday June 28th – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 8:00 am – 10:00am
Instructor: Mrs. Alexa Wild
Room: 203 Computer Lab
Cost: $200.00
Why wait until September to start your college essay? Use the College Essay Prep. Class to create drafts and receive guidance in the preparation of one of your most important writing assignments.
This class is offered to those students who will be Juniors and Seniors in the fall.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00am
Instructor: Ms. Kathleen Czel
Room: Learning Commons
Cost: $300.00
This course is designed to prepare students for the Reading and Writing/Language sections of the New SAT. The course will focus on teaching students the format of the test and will provide strategies, daily mini-lessons, and practice for questions on critical reading, sentence completion, grammar, usage, and writing.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm.
Instructor: Mr. Austin Alterio
Room: 204
Cost: $300.00
This class scratches the surface of a wide variety of animation techniques and styles. The primary focus of this Animation course is to introduce students to Adobe After Effects and to get them thinking about the many different animation styles/technique that is available to them through the software. By the end of this course, students will have a fundamental understanding of the program and they will be able to create their own motion graphics. Laptops will be provided and no prior experience with any adobe program is necessary.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Instructor: Mr. Doug Duca
Room: 318
Cost: $300.00
This course is designed for students who wish to develop basic piano playing skills or expand on their existing skills. Time in class will be spent both on and off the keyboards. While playing, students will be working individually and in small groups to master the techniques of playing and to learn pieces. There will also be time spent in group instruction on musical notation and theory.
This workshop is designed to prepare students for AP Biology. This workshop will encompass a review of the foundations of Biology ensuring the student has a solid background of General Biology. Additionally, the workshop will include lectures and labs in the area of Ecology and Evolution. These two areas are assigned over the summer for AP Students to complete on their own. Evolution and Ecology will be completely reviewed in the workshop.
Monday June 24th – Friday June 28th and Monday July 1st – Wednesday July 3rd
Time: 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Instructor: Mrs. Bernice Papia
Room: 312 and the adjacent labs
Cost: $300.00
MUSTANG BASKETBALL CAMP
Join us for the 38th Annual Mustang Basketball Camp. Learn the game through individualized instruction by High School Coaches and players. Learn shooting, dribbling, and defensive aspects of the game. Games daily, 1 on 1 tournaments, 3 on 3 tournaments and shooting contests. Teams change daily. Camp T-Shirt provided.