Summer at Immaculate
Classes are offered to students entering Grades 3 - 12. The program gives students an opportunity to learn and grow over the summer. It will also provide extra instructional time for students during this unique period.
- Incoming freshmen have even more to gain from our summer program, with the opportunity to meet new friends and teachers and build new skills.
- Classes are offered to students entering Grades 3 - 12.
- Upperclassmen have the opportunity to take classes in Introduction to Advanced Logical Reasoning in Geometry, Fundamentals of Algebra, Reading, Writing & Language: Strategies for the New SAT, College Prep Essay, and STEM: Fields of Engineering.. These classes provide for a more productive Fall semester.
- We have a special music class, Summer Sings Again, for students entering Grades 3 - 8.
Read the course descriptions below to learn about the class times/schedules, instructors and cost of each class.
Course Descriptions
- STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 3-8
- STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 7-8
- STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 9
- STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 10-12
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 3-8
SUMMER SINGS AGAIN
(Offered to students entering Grade 3 through 8)
Featuring:
- Fun vocal warm-ups
- Songs to sing with the radio
- Songs to sing at Mass
- Songs to sing on Broadway
…. AND speaking of Broadway, you will have an opportunity to spend some time ‘singing and talking all things Broadway’ with some of our leads from Immaculate’s spring musical, Seussical the Musical!
Included in the cost: camp t-shirt, music folder and music, daily prizes.
Schedule: Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Room: 319
Cost: $325.00
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 7-8
STEM: THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING
(Offered to students entering Grade 7 through 9)
STEM: The Fields of 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 the creation of renewable energy by using solar and wind power, using insulation materials to keep their food fresh, building an earthquake-resistant house and other projects.
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Room: 205
Cost: $325.00
MATH READINESS COURSE
(Offered to students entering Grade 8 and 9)
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 a 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
- Slope as a Rate of Change
- Graphing & Writing Equations of a Line
- Operations with Polynomials and an Introduction to Factoring
- Real–World Problem Relating to the Topics Listed Above
Schedule : Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time : 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Room : 204
Cost: $325.00
PREPARATION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST (HSPT) – MATHEMATICS
(Offered to students entering Grade 8)
This course is designed for students preparing to take the High School Placement test (HSPT). It will focus on important test-taking strategies and topics that students will encounter in the math section of the exam.
- Algebraic Equations and Concepts such as Absolute Value
- Arithmetic: Addition, Decimals, Division, Fractions, Multiplication, Number Line, Order of Operations, Percentages, Subtraction
- Geometry: Angles, Graphing, Perimeter of Plane Figures, Plane Figures, Volume of Solid Figures
- Word Problems: Distance, Rate and Time Problems, and Work Problems
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Room: 202
Cost: $325.00
PREPARATION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT TEST (HSPT) – VERBAL
(Offered to students entering Grade 8)
This course is designed for students preparing to take the High School Placement test (HSPT). It will focus on important test-taking strategies and topics that students will encounter in the verbal section of the exam.
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Grammar: Punctuation and Capitalization
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Spelling: Common Errors
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Composition
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Reading Comprehension
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Room: 208
Cost: $325.00
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 9
SUMMER GRAMMAR AND READING REVIEW
(Offered to students entering Grade 9 Only)
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. Students should be prepared with a notebook, along with a pen or pencil.
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Room: Learning Commons
Cost: $325.00
MATH READINESS COURSE
(Offered to students entering Grade 8 and 9)
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 a 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
- Slope as a Rate of Change
- Graphing & Writing Equations of a Line
- Operations with Polynomials and an Introduction to Factoring
- Real–World Problem Relating to the Topics Listed Above
Schedule : Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time : 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Room : 204
Cost: $325.00
STEM: THE FIELDS OF ENGINEERING
(Offered to students entering Grade 7 through 9)
STEM: The Fields of 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 the creation of renewable energy by using solar and wind power, using insulation materials to keep their food fresh, building an earthquake-resistant house and other projects.
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Room: 205
Cost: $325.00
INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(Offered to students entering Grade 9 and 10)
This program is designed to expose the student to the wide variety of biological concepts presented in our curriculum, but to also reinforce the student’s understanding of the scientific method. The students will utilize the various facilities of Immaculate, including both Computer Tech and Biology Labs. Topics covered will include an overview of the scientific method and how to apply it, an introduction with relevant background information to cells, cell theory, the properties of living organisms, energy production, energy relationships, and the central dogma of biology. Students will get practice designing, performing, and analyzing their own experiments based on one of the topics covered during the week, and will further develop skills in writing laboratory reports.
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Room: 309 and the adjacent labs
Cost: $325.00
INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED LOGICAL REASONING IN GEOMETRY
(Offered to students entering Grade 9, 10 and 11 who have completed an Algebra 1 Course)
A course targeted to setting a foundation of logic, proof writing, and connecting algebraic skills to geometric concepts.
Students will:
- Review algebra skills needed to succeed in geometry
- Apply algebraic skills to geometric content
- Learn terminology in geometry
- Receive introduction to symbolic logic
- Practice using the tools of geometry such as compasses and protractors
- Implement logic to prove geometric theorems and postulates
- Practice proof writing
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday June 30
Time: 8:00 am-10:00 am
Room: 205
Cost: $325.00
STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 10-12
INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(Offered to students entering Grade 9 and 10)
This program is designed to expose the student to the wide variety of biological concepts presented in our curriculum, but to also reinforce the student’s understanding of the scientific method. The students will utilize the various facilities of Immaculate, including both Computer Tech and Biology Labs. Topics covered will include an overview of the scientific method and how to apply it, an introduction with relevant background information to cells, cell theory, the properties of living organisms, energy production, energy relationships, and the central dogma of biology. Students will get practice designing, performing, and analyzing their own experiments based on one of the topics covered during the week, and will further develop skills in writing laboratory reports.
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Room: 309 and the adjacent labs
Cost: $325.00
INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED LOGICAL REASONING IN GEOMETRY
(Offered to students entering Grade 9, 10 and 11 who have completed an Algebra 1 Course)
A course targeted to setting a foundation of logic, proof writing, and connecting algebraic skills to geometric concepts.
Students will:
- Review algebra skills needed to succeed in geometry
- Apply algebraic skills to geometric content
- Learn terminology in geometry
- Receive introduction to symbolic logic
- Practice using the tools of geometry such as compasses and protractors
- Implement logic to prove geometric theorems and postulates
- Practice proof writing
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday June 30
Time: 8:00 am-10:00 am
Room: 205
Cost: $325.00
FUNDAMENTALS OF ALGEBRA
(Offered to students entering Grade 10 and 11 who have completed an Algebra I Course)
This program is designed to focus and target the skills from Algebra 1 that are crucial to understanding the Algebra topics students will encounter in an advanced Algebra course.
The topics for the courses 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
Schedule : Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time : 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Room : 202
Cost: $325.00
SUMMER GRAMMAR AND READING REVIEW - PART II
(Offered to students entering Grade 10 Only)
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. Students should be prepared with a notebook, along with a pen or pencil.
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Room: Learning Commons
Cost: $325.00
READING, WRITING, AND LANGUAGE: STRATEGIES MINI-LESSONS AND PRACTICES FOR THE NEW SAT
(Offered to students entering Grades 11 and 12)
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.
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23 and Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Room: Learning Commons
Cost: $325.00
COLLEGE ESSAY PREP.
(Offered to students entering Grades 12)
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.
Session 1
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00am
Room: 203
Cost: $225.00
Session 2
Schedule: Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 23
Time: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Room: 203
Cost: $225.00
Session 3
Schedule: Monday, June 27 – Thursday, June 30
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00am
Room: 203
Cost: $225.00