Summer @ Burke

List of 10 items.

• August 8-11 - Executive Functioning for Middle School

  08/07/2023 - 08/11/2023   
  M - F, 9:00 AM - Noon
  
  Students will discover their individual learning style(s) based on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Students will spend the week discovering how they learn best, including which activities and study methods enhance their learning. Students will then practice executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, and time management to design a lesson on a chosen topic using their learning style, and will present to the class on the final day.
  

• August 14-18 - College Essay Writing

  08/14/2023 - 08/18/2023
  M - F, 9:00 AM - Noon OR
  M - F, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  
  The college essay allows you the unique opportunity to present the most rich and truthful picture of yourself to a college or university. Choose a great topic and deliver your essay in fine, clear language. Students will have about one hour of at-home work each night of the course. Suggested pre-course and post-course work will also be offered. Write the best essay possible, before senior year begins!
  

• August 14-18 - Executive Functioning for Middle School

  08/14/2023 - 08/18/2023   
  M - F, 9:00 AM - Noon
  
  Students will discover their individual learning style(s) based on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Students will spend the week discovering how they learn best, including which activities and study methods enhance their learning. Students will then practice executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, and time management to design a lesson on a chosen topic using their learning style, and will present to the class on the final day.
  
  This class is designed for rising middle school students entering grades 6-8.
  
  This information will be identical to the skills covered in Session 1 of this class.

• August 21-25 - Executive Functioning for High School

  08/21/2023 - 08/25/2023   
  M - F, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  
  Students will discover their individual learning style(s) based on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Students will spend the week discovering how they learn best, including which activities and study methods enhance their learning. Students will then practice executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, and time management to design a lesson on a chosen topic using their learning style, and will present to the class on the final day.

• August 21-25 - Executive Functioning for Middle School

  08/21/2023 - 08/25/2023
  M - F, 9:00 AM - Noon
  
  Students will discover their individual learning style(s) based on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Students will spend the week discovering how they learn best, including which activities and study methods enhance their learning. Students will then practice executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, and time management to design a lesson on a chosen topic using their learning style, and will present to the class on the final day.
  
  This class is designed for rising middle school students entering grades 6-8.
  
  This information will be identical to the skills covered in Session 1 & 2 of this class.

• August 21-25 - Intro to 6th Grade English

  The goal of this course is to help students brush up on their grammar, reading, and writing skills to prepare for their upcoming 6th-grade English classes. Students will work on their command of mechanics and ability to produce longer pieces of writing. They will also focus on being able to pull main ideas out of a piece of reading including the 5W’s. Students can expect to get a lot of practice and have fun brushing up on their skills before the start of 6th grade!

• August 21-25 - Intro to 6th Grade Math

  08/21/2023 - 08/25/2023   
  M - F, 9:00 AM - Noon

   

  The goal of this course is to help students brush up on their math skills and prepare for their upcoming 6th-grade math classes. We will focus on mastering fundamental skills, starting with integer operations, and building to operations with fractions and negative numbers. We will improve our number sense by doing activities and playing games that allow us to think about rounding, estimation, divisibility, equivalence, and other important ideas. Students can expect to get a lot of practice with key math concepts and have some fun along the way!
  
  (Students who wish to combine this course with the afternoon session of Intro to 6th English will have a lunch period in between classes.)

• August 21-25 - Rising 7th & 8th Grade Math Brush Up

  08/21/2023 - 08/25/2023   
  M - F, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

   

   

  In this course, we will deepen our math skills and explore algebraic concepts. We will evaluate numerical expressions containing negative numbers and fractions, and we will explore operations such as exponents and square roots. We will practice simplifying and evaluating algebraic expressions, as well as solving one/two-step linear equations. We'll also do some cool math puzzles, and play a few fun games!
  
  (Students who wish to pair this course with the afternoon session of Writing Workshop will have a lunch period in between classes.)

• August 21-25 - Writing Workshop for Middle School

  08/21/2023 - 08/25/2023   
  M - F, 9:00 AM - Noon

   

   

  Students will learn prewriting strategies to organize and elaborate on their ideas and structure their written work. Students will learn how to write cohesive paragraphs with clear topic sentences early in the week, building up to writing thesis statements, body paragraphs, and conclusions during the latter half of the class. Students will also work on their proofreading skills using online editing programs, a thesaurus, and a dictionary.

   

• August 21-25 - Writing & Grammar Fundamentals for High School

  08/21/2023 - 08/25/2023   
  M - F, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

   

   

  This course will cover important writing and analysis habits, skills, and strategies to help students feel confident in writing for their High School Humanities courses, particularly targeting skills that might have been harder to practice and strengthen during virtual learning.