Summer Programs : The Next High School ‘Cool Thing’ that you can’t Miss

Summer is the best loved time of the high school students. While things slow down for the office people and families think about vacations, students gear up to explore their hidden potentials. High school summer programs offer a platform to students where they can examine their ability to create new ideas, to volunteer for various services, explore new academic dimensions as well as to explore a perfect opportunity to think about their options of further studies or professional career.

The career and admission counselors promote the idea of pushing the high school goers to do anything except what lies in their comfort zone and High school summer programs are all about exploring new dimensions of knowledge and education. From the beginning of the term, educators at high schools instigate their students with a positive idea of exploring their limits and testing what they can achieve academically and in-person. Such excursions test an individual’s leadership skills.

Summer Programs - Benefits:

Summer programs are not the make-up classes for students who lagged behind in the academics. Instead these programs lend a helping hand to students so that they can –

• ·         Traverse through their area of interests
• ·         Evolve new skill sets
• ·         Get a practical exposure on classroom fundamentals
• ·         Get a hint of what college life is all about
• ·         Get a sneak – peak into college classes
• ·         Earn credit points for college (if offered in chosen summer program)

Apart from practical learning and exposure to the classroom teachings, students also get a hand on learning experience on many off-beat (which are generally not part of school programs) carrier options like 3 Dimensional (3D) game design, language immersion (an exciting method to learn second language, which offers all the classroom teachings of subjects like science, mathematics etc. in the language that learner opted for) and creative writing for different platforms.

Where these programs are available

From applied arts to philosophy, from fundamentals of physics to athletics – multifarious nature of summer programs offers almost every area of study to students. These programs may be offered at exuberant college campus sites, museums, theatres, performing arts centers. High school summer programs are also offered in day boarding and residential setups in which, students can share housing facilities offered by the institute with fellow students.

How to begin:

First of all, you need to zero in your interests and goals. Why you want to enroll in a summer programs –to explore your interests, meet a distinctive career goal, or to communicate with other students from across the world who share the same interests. You can always ask a counselor for advice, thoroughly research about the various programs. After you have decided which high school summer program you will enroll in, find out the requirements and enrollment criteria and prepare yourself for it( you can always ask your school teacher or parents for guidance).