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2025 Summer Camps
Note: Half-day camps can be combined as full-day camps from 8:30am-5pm.
Week 1-6 (07/07-08/15)
07/07 to 08/15 6 week By Schedule 9:00am-5:00pm $0/term Location: Online13Volunteer Opportunity for high school and 8th grade students
Sunshine is seeking enthusiastic 8th graders and high school students to join us as volunteer teacher assistants for our Sunshine Elite summer camps or afterschool program. We offer flexible volunteer hours, allowing you to choose slots that fit your schedule once your application is approved.
To volunteer at Sunshine, you must meet the following requirements:
1. Be a 8th grader or high school student with a GPA of 3.8 or above.
2. Commit to volunteering for at least 15 hours during the summer or once a week during the school terms.
Why Volunteering Holds Value for You:
1. Gain Valuable Experience: Participating in our volunteer program offers an opportunity to acquire working and tutoring skills. Through a comprehensive 3-hour in-person training session led by our professional educators, volunteers will develop essential communication and mentoring abilities crucial for working with young children. These skills will be put into practice during your volunteer activities.
2. Contribute to Your Community: Your involvement as a volunteer allows you to share your strengths with the community. Many children are still grappling with learning gaps, especially in the aftermath of COVID-19. By dedicating your time, you're making personalized learning more accessible for numerous families. Your mentoring efforts have the potential to positively impact and motivate countless young individuals within our community.
3. Opportunity for PVSA Prestigious Recognition: Engaging in volunteer work also presents the chance to earn the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA), a distinguished national honor that acknowledges volunteer dedication. This award celebrates the most exceptional volunteers and highlights the significant difference you're making through your contributions.
4. Qualify for Sunshine Elite Scholarship: Volunteering hours at Sunshine Elite can help students qualify for various levels of the Sunshine Elite Scholarship.Application Process:Instructor: Shilpa Sharma; Connor Nelson
1. Begin by registering for the "Sunshine Volunteer Signup" on the Sunshine website. Upon signing up, you will gain access to the course "Sunshine Volunteer Application" within your Sunshine account.
2. Proceed to complete your application by following the instructions on the "Class Page" assignment labeled "Submit Application Material". This entails submitting your most recent school transcript along with an essay about yourself covering the specified topics.
3. Sign up volunteer slots. Upon receiving the approval email from Sunshine, you can proceed to schedule your volunteer slots using the scheduling interface available in your Sunshine account.Week 1 (07/07-07/11)
07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: Online11This is the 1st out of 2 Speech camps for Grade k-2.
This camp is all about building confidence. Your child will learn to confidently discuss opinions and describe the world around them. Participants will get a head start speaking in front of others. We will introuduce the basic speech skills such as eye contacts or voice etc and practice those skills in the camp via different topics.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5We have 2 writing camps for upper level of elementary school students this Summer. You may attend one of them, or join both. This is the 1st out of 2 creative writing camps for Grade 3-5.
Creative Writing: Making Stories Together for 3rd-5th Grade
Make stories using all of your senses. This writing workshop emphasizes children's ideas. They will build, sketch, and cut and paste their ideas using unconventional creative materials; then find the words and writing conventions that support what they really want to say. Children will learn new techniques for getting inspired and bringing their ideas to paper. At the end of this week-long creative writing workshop, children will hand-make a bound book to bring home.We will use the https://stonesoup.com/ website for inspiration, submit writing for publication or contest, and if all goes as planned, we will do some publishing of our own.Instructor: Jennifer Rose07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 7This is the 1st out of 4 camps for learning PreAlgebra in summer. This camp will learn PreAlgebra Chapter 1-2.
PreAlgebra Camp for Rising Grade 6-7
This Summer Camp is for students who want to learn PreAlgebra or refine their PreAlgebra skills so that they are ready to learn Algebra 1.
Each Lesson gives several examples and explanation of the math topic, and have 10-20 practice questions as assignments. Students will be able to complete the PreAlgebra in 6-week of half day PreAlgebra camps.
Instructor: Janani Maheswaran07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the first of two Middle School MathCounts and AMC 8 camps, designed to introduce and develop essential skills, strategies, and practice for the 2025-2026 contests. This camp will primarily focus on Algebra and Geometry, along with problem-solving techniques.
MathCounts is a national middle school mathematics competition that builds problem-solving skills and fosters achievement through four levels of fun, in-person "bee" style contests. Some students love math. Other students fear math. MATHCOUNTS is the place for both. It provides engaging math programs to U.S. middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes towards math and problem-solving.
The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple-choice examination in middle school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills. The contest is held in November every year and for students in grades 8 and below.
We designed 2-week of summer camps for students to learn the common problem-solving strategies for both competitions and also working on the previous years of tests for practice. The 2 camps will focus on different topics and use different practice materials. It's best that students can join both camps, but it's also ok to join one of them.Prerequisites: Students have at least completed PreAlgebra; It's better if students have completed or learning Algebra I and Geometry.
Textbook:
Instructor: Peng Lin; Manny Norse
07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1This camp is limited to 10 students.
Astronomy Science Camp for Grade K-2
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can make children grow and become even better scientists!
Our Solar and Earth Science Camp combines knowledge, creative thinking, research projects, and introduces newly advanced technology in space science.
We would like students to know the only limitation in science is your own imagination.We will discuss and work on the following topics:
(1) Solar system and the dream of living on Mars.
(2) Research Topic: The critical work of Katherine Johnson
(3) Earth Rocks and Gems, Field trip to Rock Museum(4) Cutting-edge Technology in Space Science: Introducing A Newly Discovered Solar System: Kepler-90 System Planets
(5) Research Topic: What is the Kepler Space Telescope?NASA and Google announced the newly discovered planet orbits the star known as Kepler-90, eight-planet solar system. The system is about 2,545 light-years away. Researchers have named the planet Kepler-90i. Like Earth, Kepler-90i is the third farthest planet from its sun......
Google used data from NASA’s special planet-hunting device, called the Kepler Space Telescope, to locate Kepler-90i. The company used the data to develop a computer program with machine learning.......
Instructor: Kyle Golden
07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the first week of Robotics Camp for Grade K-2. We will start to build the Robotics and learn how to control it by coding too.
Sunshine Elite Robotics Camp for K-2
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can help children become even better scientists!
Robotics is a great way to inspire students to learn about math, science, and technology!
This Robotics Camp for K-2nd graders introduces the world's coolest robotics program as listed in Robots from National Geographic KIDS.
Students will be instructed in the basics of robotics before experimenting themselves with the amazing LEGO Creators, LEGO Boost Educational Robots and the new Spike Essential Toolkits. Through hands-on learning, students will have lots of fun and gain exceptional knowledge about design, construction, mechanics, and programming.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the first Robotics Camp. We will start to build the Robotics and learn how to control it by coding too.
Sunshine Elite Robotics EV3 Mindstorms Beginner for Grade 3-5
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can help children become even better scientists!
Robotics is a great way to inspire students to learn about math, science, and technology!
Sunshine Elite Robotics Camp for 3rd-6th graders introduces the world's coolest robotics program as listed in Robots from National Geographic KIDS.
Students will be instructed in the basics of robotics before experimenting themselves with the amazing LEGO EV3 Robotic Toolkits. Through hands-on learning, Students will have lots of fun and gain exceptional knowledge about design, construction, mechanics, and programming.
We are using LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 Comprehensive Solution in this classroom.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $375/camp Location: Online5Cybersecurity Camps for Middle & High School Students
We offer two cybersecurity camps tailored to different experience levels, helping students build their skills and prepare for competitions like CyberPatriot and PicoCTF.
Cybersecurity Foundations Camp (Beginner Level)
🔹 Who’s it for? Students new to cybersecurity or with limited experience. No prior knowledge required!
🔹 What you’ll learn:- Introduction to cybersecurity fundamentals
- Basics of Windows & Linux security
- Understanding networks, firewalls, and encryption
- Hands-on CTF-style challenges (beginner-level)
- Team collaboration & problem-solving
💡 This camp is a perfect starting point for students interested in cybersecurity and looking to build a strong foundation for competitions like CyberPatriot & PicoCTF.
Students who attend this camp will receive priority placement on the CyberPatriot middle school team or the PicoCTF high school team organized by Sunshine Elite for the Fall term. For more details about the CyberPatriot and PicoCTF competitions.Both camps offer:
✅ Hands-on labs & real-world simulations
✅ Guidance from experienced cybersecurity professionals
✅ Practice challenges to prepare for CyberPatriot & PicoCTF
✅ Collaborative team exercises & competition strategy training🚀 Whether you’re just starting out or aiming to compete at an elite level, our camps will give you the skills and confidence to excel in the world of cybersecurity!
Instructor: Joshua Pelino07/07 to 07/18 10 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $1200/2-week camp Location: Online10Highlights: Students receive a personalized learning experience in small groups with a student-teacher ratio of 5:1
🚀 AI Explorers: Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence!
Ever wondered how your favorite apps seem to know exactly what you want? Or how self-driving cars navigate busy streets? Dive into the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence with our introductory camp, "AI Explorers: Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence!" This camp is perfect for middle and high school students with no prior experience who are curious about the technology shaping our future.
What You'll Discover:
- What is AI? We'll break down the basics of Artificial Intelligence in a fun and easy-to-understand way.
- How AI Works: Learn about the core concepts like machine learning and how computers can learn from data.
- Real-World AI: Explore exciting examples of AI in action, from virtual assistants to game-playing robots.
- Hands-on Activities: Participate in engaging activities and simple projects that demonstrate AI principles.
- Building Simple AI: Get hands-on experience with user-friendly platforms to create basic AI models.
- AI and You: Discuss how AI impacts our daily lives and explore the exciting possibilities of this technology.
- Ethical Considerations: Start thinking about the responsible use of AI and its potential impact on society.
- Collaborative Learning: Work with fellow explorers and friendly instructors in a supportive and fun environment.
Who Should Attend:
This camp is perfect for students who:- Are curious about technology and how it works.
- Have little to no experience with AI or coding.
- Enjoy hands-on learning and exploring new ideas.
- Want to learn about the future of technology.
- Are eager to collaborate with other students.
What You'll Gain:
- A basic understanding of Artificial Intelligence and its applications.
- Hands-on experience with simple AI tools and platforms.
- The ability to recognize and understand AI in your everyday life.
- Increased confidence in your ability to learn about technology.
- A fun and engaging introduction to the world of AI.
- A foundation to build on for future AI learning.
🚀 Join us and take your first step into the world of Artificial Intelligence! Discover how you can be a part of shaping the future!
07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the 1st out of 2 camps for SSAT/HSPT Vocabulary/Reading/Essay test preparation in summer.
This is the SSAT/HSPT Vocabulary/Reading/Writing test prep camp for Middle school students preparing Private High school entry tests. The class will cover information about the format of the SSAT/HSPT, its timing, scoring, and content, We will learn through the test skills and tips by practice tests for each section.
We will use some printed materials for Vocabulary, Reading and Writing skills, and we will also use online tests for practice and mock the real tests. All materials will be provided in the camp. We will have Ipads in the camp for students doing the online tests.The SSAT score is required by OES, Catlin Cable high school application or it can be used to qualify the talented search program such as Johns Hopkins for talented youth https://cty.jhu.edu/. SSAT tests usually are hosted by some local schools like OES, Catlin Cable. The tests are usually offered in December, January, and February.
The HSPT test is similar to the SSAT test, which is used by the Christian High schools like Jesuit, St. Mary, or Valley Catholic. HSPT test is usually offered in January by the private school like Jesuit.
Instructor: Julie Hlad07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the 1st out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on 5 sections: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classfication, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy and Number Series
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 3
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 3rd graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Noopur Tandon
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the 1st out of 2 CogAt camps.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 5
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 5th graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Curran Gregory; Addison Lopiccolo
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8This is the 1st camp out of 6 Academic Advance camps for Grade K-2. The camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math
(b) Reading and Vocabulary, Story telling
(c) Creative Writing and Writing Skills
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu; Shilpa Sharma; Olive Anderson07/07 to 07/11 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 1st out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade 3-5 in Summer. This camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math/Math Olympiad/Word Problem Solvings
(b) Advanced Reading and Vocabulary by Wordly Wise or Classical Root
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Elizabeth Prestegaard; Javid Solan; Shilpa SharmaWeek 2 (07/14-07/18)
07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the 1st out of 2 Speech camps for Grade 3-5.
Public Speech/Debate Camp
This camp focuses on public speech and oral communication. Students will build up confidence and learn communication skills in the camp. We will go through following 5 units
Unit 1: Introduction to Speech
Students will learn essential speech techniques that they will be developing over the course of the class. They will learn the process of writing and prepare a speech and set goals for their learning.Unit 2: Informative
Students will learn the effective public speaking skills through 4 types of informative speeches by practice. The 4 types of informative speeches we will learn and practice in this unit are: Definition Speech, Explanatory Speech, Descriptive Speech and Demonstrative Speech.Unit 3: Persuade
Students will learn the value of and techniques to speak persuasively. They will be able to determine the difference between fact and opinion based argument, and effectively persuade an identified audience using sound reasoning and relevant evidence.Unit 4: Entertain
Students will learn the value of and ways to speak to entertain a specific audience, practising with both ideas of their own and others’. Students will work through the process of developing a speech to inform and presenting with appropriate tone and body language for the audience and purpose.Unit 5: Introduction to Debate
Instructor: Javid Solan
Students will be able to understand opposing viewpoints then choose and defend one viewpoint or the other, using logical reasoning and relevant evidence in the appropriate debate format.07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 7The camp is to make writing easy and enjoyable for children in grades K-2. The camp involves incorporating activities that are engaging, age-appropriate, and focused on building foundational writing skills.
Here are a few example strategies we employ at our camp to actively involve children in writing:
- Use Fun Prompts: Provide interesting prompts that stimulate imagination and creativity. For example, "If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to..." or "My favorite animal is..."
- Start Small: Begin with simple writing tasks such as writing a sentence from simple to descriptive or a short paragrap. Gradually increase the complexity as they become more confident.
- Provide Positive Feedback: Encourage children's efforts and celebrate their progress. Offer specific praise for their ideas, efforts, and improvements in writing.
- Make it Fun: Turn writing into a game by playing writing-related activities like word bingo, storytelling games, or writing scavenger hunts.
- Read Aloud: Read stories and books aloud to children to expose them to different writing styles, vocabulary, and sentence structures. This can inspire their own writing.
- Offer Choices: Allow children to choose their writing topics or formats. Giving them autonomy increases motivation and engagement.
By incorporating these strategies, we can help make writing enjoyable and easy for children in grades K-2, laying a strong foundation for their literacy development.
Instructor: Jennifer Rose07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 7This is the 2nd out of 4 camps for learning PreAlgebra in summer. This camp will learn PreAlgebra Chapter 3-5.
PreAlgebra Camp for Rising Grade 6-7
This Summer Camp is for students who want to learn PreAlgebra or refine their PreAlgebra skills so that they are ready to learn Algebra 1.
Each Lesson gives several examples and explanation of the math topic, and have 10-20 practice questions as assignments. Students will be able to complete the PreAlgebra in 6-week of half day PreAlgebra camps.
Instructor: Janani Maheswaran07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the second of two Middle School MathCounts and AMC8 camps. aimed at introducing and develop the skills, strategies, and practice for the 2025-2026 year contests. This camp will primarily focus on Number Theory, Probability, and Counting concepts, along with problem-solving techniques.
MathCounts is a national middle school mathematics competition that builds problem-solving skills and fosters achievement through four levels of fun, in-person "bee" style contests. Some students love math. Other students fear math. MATHCOUNTS is the place for both. It provides engaging math programs to U.S. middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes towards math and problem-solving.
The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple-choice examination in middle school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills. The contest is held in November every year and for students in grades 8 and below.
We designed 2-week of summer camps for students to learn the common problem-solving strategies for both competitions and also working on the previous years of tests for practice. The 2 camps will focus on different topics and use different practice materials. It's best that students can join both camps, but it's also ok to join one of them.Prerequisites: Students have at least completed PreAlgebra; It's better if students have completed or learning Algebra I and Geometry.
Textbook:
Instructor: Peng Lin; Manny Norse07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5Sunshine Elite Life Science Camp for Grade K-2
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can make children grow and become even better scientists!
Our life science camp adopts New Jersey standard for elementary science education plus unique Sunshine Elite style to foster creative thinking throughout hand-on experiences and research topics.
We will discuss and work on the following topics:
Life Cycle, Ecosystem
Understanding of the life-cycles of various creatures and plants in order to understand the world around us and to connect ourselves with nature
Understanding of the interdependence of living organisms in their environment
(1) Understanding of the impact of human activities on the environment
(2) Plant genetics and field trips to Natural Park/Greenhouse(3) Research Topic: How animals, such as Monkey, Elephant, mice communicate?
(4) Human Body Systems - various organs, systems and their fuctions in human body
(5) Study Human body cells under microscope : To Understand that all living organisms are composed of cells; understand that cells grow and divide to form many cells which perform specialized functions
Instructor: Kyle GoldenLearning basic building blocks of conducting scientific research (HOW TO THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST):
- Aims : choosing the right question or aim of the investigation
- Hypothesis: Make a guess on the outcome of the results
- Experiments or literature review: planning how to collect information or data
07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the second Robotics Camp for Grade 3-6. We will continue to explore the different ways to build our Robotics and learn how to control it by coding too. Students who missed the first Robotics camp are still ok to join this camp.
Sunshine Elite Robotics EV3 Mindstorms Beginner for Grade 3-5
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can help children become even better scientists!
Robotics is a great way to inspire students to learn about math, science, and technology!
Sunshine Elite Robotics Camp for 3rd-6th graders introduces the world's coolest robotics program as listed in Robots from National Geographic KIDS.
Students will be instructed in the basics of robotics before experimenting themselves with the amazing LEGO EV3 Robotic Toolkits. Through hands-on learning, Students will have lots of fun and gain exceptional knowledge about design, construction, mechanics, and programming.
We are using LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 Comprehensive Solution in this classroom.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $375/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4Cybersecurity Camps for Middle & High School Students
We offer two cybersecurity camps tailored to different experience levels, helping students build their skills and prepare for competitions like CyberPatriot and PicoCTF.
Advanced Cybersecurity Competition Camp (Next Level)
🔹 Who’s it for? Students with prior experience in cybersecurity or who have participated in competitions like CyberPatriot/PicoCTF before.
🔹 What you’ll learn:- Advanced Linux & Windows security hardening
- Network security & forensic analysis
- Reverse engineering & exploit development
- Cryptography & password cracking techniques
- Simulated CyberPatriot & PicoCTF-style challenges
💡 This camp is designed for students looking to compete at a higher level and refine their skills with real-world cybersecurity scenarios and advanced problem-solving techniques.
Students who attend this camp will receive priority placement on the CyberPatriot middle school team or the PicoCTF high school team organized by Sunshine Elite for the Fall term. For more details about the CyberPatriot and PicoCTF competitions.Both camps offer:
✅ Hands-on labs & real-world simulations
✅ Guidance from experienced cybersecurity professionals
✅ Practice challenges to prepare for CyberPatriot & PicoCTF
✅ Collaborative team exercises & competition strategy training🚀 Whether you’re just starting out or aiming to compete at an elite level, our camps will give you the skills and confidence to excel in the world of cybersecurity!
Instructor: Joshua Pelino07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1Chess is a classic game that develops spatial thinking and strategies and builds focused concentration. Often known as a game for the intellectually gifted, chess is the best sport to exercise the most important organ in our bodies: the brain. It promotes brain growth; raises your IQ; teaches planning and foresight; sparks your creativity; increases problem-solving skills and optimizes memory improvement
This camp will teach more about basic opening strategies and more advanced tactical tricks and patterns.
The class is going to cover STRATEGY - the long-term structural considerations that reveal the depth and inner logic of chess! Students will learn about harder and more complicated checkmate patterns too.In this camp, we will run USCF-rated Chess Quads on Friday, the last day of the camp.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the 2nd out of 2 camps for SSAT/HSPT Vocabulary/Reading/Essay test preparation in summer. This camp will use more material to further refine the vocabulary, reading and essay writing skills for the SSAT/HSPT tests.
This is the SSAT/HSPT Vocabulary/Reading/Writing test prep camp for Middle school students preparing Private High school entry tests. The class will cover information about the format of the SSAT/HSPT, its timing, scoring, and content, We will learn through the test skills and tips by practice tests for each section.
We will use some printed materials for Vocabulary, Reading and Writing skills, and we will also use online tests for practice and mock the real tests. All materials will be provided in the camp. We will have Ipads in the camp for students doing the online tests.The SSAT score is required by OES, Catlin Cable high school application or it can be used to qualify the talented search program such as Johns Hopkins for talented youth https://cty.jhu.edu/. SSAT tests usually are hosted by some local schools like OES, Catlin Cable. The tests are usually offered in December, January, and February.
The HSPT test is similar to the SSAT test, which is used by the Christian High schools like Jesuit, St. Mary, or Valley Catholic. HSPT test is usually offered in January by the private school like Jesuit.
Instructor: Julie Hlad07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the 2nd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on 4 sections: Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification and Figure Paper Folding.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 3
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 3rd graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Noopur Tandon
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the 2nd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on 4 sections: Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification and Figure Paper Folding.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 5
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 5th graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Curran Gregory
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8This is the 2nd camp out of 6 Academic Advance camps for Grade K-2. The camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math
(b) Reading and Vocabulary, Story telling
(c) Creative Writing and Writing Skills
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu; Shilpa Sharma; Olive Anderson07/14 to 07/18 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 2nd out of 6 Academic Advance camps for Grade3-5. The camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math/Math Olympiad/Word Problem Solvings
(b) Advanced Reading and Vocabulary by Wordly Wise or Classical Root
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Elizabeth Prestegaard; Javid Solan; Shilpa SharmaWeek 3 (07/21-07/25)
07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8This is the 2nd out of 2 Speech camps for Grade k-2. The camp is different from the 1st camp, and will continue to build up students' confidence and speech skills by practice more with different topics and different strategies. Students can still join this camp even if they miss the first camp.
This camp is all about building confidence. Your child will learn to confidently discuss opinions and describe the world around them. Participants will get a head start speaking in front of others. We will introuduce the basic speech skills such as eye contacts or voice etc and practice those skills in the camp via different topics.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This Math Competition Camp/Class for Grade 4-6 will focus on learning and practicing the problem-solving skills with the materials from all the following 3 contests. Students enrolled in this class will be invited to the online adaptive learning system for the Math League contest.
The Math Olympiad camp/class will stimulate enthusiasm and a love for mathematics. It will teach major strategies for problem-solving and develop mathematical flexibility in solving problems. The goal is to strengthen the problem-solving skills of all students.
Math League expands on basic math concepts taught in schools by using more challenging questions and word problems, requiring students to use critical thinking to complete each question accurately and in a timely manner. All questions must be finished in the allotted time, and due to this constraint, the course is focused on practical strategies to quickly and accurately answer these types of questions.
Math Kangaroo is a great way to introduce elementary school students to the world of competitive math. An interactive competition complete with prizes, the test is not based on knowledge but is rather replete with puzzle and logic-type problems. Math Kangaroo is open to students in grades 1 - 12, the competition offers 24 problems to be solved within 75 minutes for grades 1-5 and 30 questions for students in grades 5 and up.
Instructor: Noopur Tandon; Peng Lin07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 7This is the 3rd out of 4 camps for learning PreAlgebra in summer. This camp will learn PreAlgebra Chapter 6-8.
PreAlgebra Camp for Rising Grade 6-7
This Summer Camp is for students who want to learn PreAlgebra or refine their PreAlgebra skills so that they are ready to learn Algebra 1.
Each Lesson gives several examples and explanation of the math topic, and have 10-20 practice questions as assignments. Students will be able to complete the PreAlgebra in 6-week of half day PreAlgebra camps.
Instructor: Janani Maheswaran07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the first of two weeks of Middle School Science Bowl camps. Each week will cover different topics and practice questions. This camp will primarily focus on Physics, Energy, and Math. While attending both weeks is ideal, students are welcome to join either week individually.
Middle Science Bowl Camp
Launched in 1991, the National Science Bowl (NSB) is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school and middle school students. Students will face off in a fast-paced, question-and-answer format, and to be tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth and space science, physics, energy, and math. The winner of the academic portion of the Regional Science Bowl wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington DC to compete in the National Science Bowl.
This is a great opportunity for students who are passionate about science and engineering to show off their talents in this academic competition. In preparing middle school Science Bowl Competition, schools will select students to form teams in fall and train the teams for regional competition in February.
We designed 2-week of middle school Science Bowl Summer Camp which will lead students going through several STEM Texts and practicing middle school sample questions provided by National Science Bowl® (NSB), preparing students for their schools’ Science Bowl team selection in fall.
Instructor: Christopher Dupuis07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the second week of Robotics Camp for Grade K-2. We will continue to explore the different ways to build our Robotics and learn how to control it by coding too.
Sunshine Elite Robotics Camp for K-2
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can help children become even better scientists!
Robotics is a great way to inspire students to learn about math, science, and technology!
This Robotics Camp for K-2nd graders introduces the world's coolest robotics program as listed in Robots from National Geographic KIDS.
Students will be instructed in the basics of robotics before experimenting themselves with the amazing LEGO Creators, LEGO Boost Educational Robots and the new Spike Essential Toolkits. Through hands-on learning, students will have lots of fun and gain exceptional knowledge about design, construction, mechanics, and programming.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $375/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4Future City Competition Camp for Middle School Students
Are you ready to design the city of the future? Join our Future City Competition Camp, where middle school students will work in teams to create innovative, sustainable cities using engineering, technology, and creative problem-solving!
🔹 What You’ll Learn:
✅ Urban planning & sustainable city design
✅ Engineering principles & real-world problem-solving
✅ Environmental science & renewable energy solutions
✅ Team collaboration & project management
✅ Hands-on SimCity-style digital modeling and physical model buildingLed by experienced mentors, this camp prepares students to compete in the Future City Competition, where teams present their city designs through a virtual model, a physical scale model, and a compelling narrative.
📌 Why Join?
🚀 Develop critical STEM and engineering skills
🏙️ Learn to think like an engineer and city planner
🎤 Enhance teamwork and public speaking abilities
🏆 Gain a competitive edge for the Future City CompetitionJoin us to build a city of tomorrow and bring your ideas to life! 🌍✨
Instructor: Kyle Golden07/21 to 08/01 10 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $1200/2-week camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4Highlights: Students receive a personalized learning experience in small groups with a student-teacher ratio of 5:1
🚀 AI Pioneers: Shaping the Future of Technology!
Ready to move beyond the basics and build real AI projects? Join "AI Pioneers: Shaping the Future of Technology," the next step in your AI journey after completing "AI Explorers." This immersive camp will equip you with the skills and knowledge to design, build, and deploy your own AI-powered solutions.
Prerequisite: Completion of "AI Explorers: Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence" or equivalent introductory AI experience.
What You'll Dive Into:
- Advanced Machine Learning Concepts: Delve deeper into machine learning algorithms, including supervised and unsupervised learning.
- Practical Coding for AI: Learn to use popular programming languages and libraries (like Python and TensorFlow/PyTorch) to develop AI models.
- Data Science Fundamentals: Master the art of data collection, cleaning, and analysis to prepare data for AI training.
- Building AI Models: Design and train your own AI models for tasks like image recognition, text analysis, or predictive modeling.
- Real-World AI Applications: Explore how AI is used in various industries and apply your skills to solve practical problems.
- Project-Based Learning: Work on hands-on projects that challenge you to apply your knowledge and create innovative AI solutions.
- Ethical AI Development: Discuss the importance of responsible AI development and learn to address ethical considerations in your projects.
- Collaborative Teamwork: Work with fellow pioneers to design and build complex AI systems.
Who Should Attend:
This camp is ideal for students who:- Have completed "AI Explorers" or have a solid foundation in basic AI concepts.
- Are eager to learn coding skills for AI development.
- Enjoy hands-on projects and problem-solving.
- Want to explore real-world applications of AI.
- Are interested in collaborating with other students to build innovative AI solutions.
What You'll Achieve:
- Proficiency in coding for AI development using Python and relevant libraries.
- A deeper understanding of machine learning algorithms and data science principles.
- Experience in building and training your own AI models.
- The ability to apply AI to solve real-world problems.
- A portfolio of AI projects demonstrating your skills and creativity.
- Enhanced teamwork and collaboration skills.
- A deeper understanding of the ethical responsibilities regarding AI.
🚀 Join "AI Pioneers: Shaping the Future of Technology" and become a leader in the exciting world of applied artificial intelligence!
07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8Visual Art Camp
The art camp is aimed to foster young student's general appropriation toward arts and to learn basic skills for their artistic expressions such as painting and sketching.
This camp will teach students observing the real world in fine drawing and quick sketches from life. The camp will introduce basic concepts of shapes and forms, volume, textures, values of shades basic design, 1-3 Prospective, basic color theory, and many more. Trying to complete a piece of work in each day. Further their interests and knowledge in art making.
The camp will also introduce students the history of Art - Students will learn the different styles of famous artists while learning basic art history.
Instructor: Lolly Jamerson; Curran Gregory07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/term Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1Chess is a classic game that develops spatial thinking and strategies and builds focused concentration. Often known as a game for the intellectually gifted, chess is the best sport to exercise the most important organ in our bodies: the brain. It promotes brain growth; raises your IQ; teaches planning and foresight; sparks your creativity; increases problem-solving skills and optimizes memory improvement
This camp will teach more about basic opening strategies and more advanced tactical tricks and patterns.
The class is going to cover STRATEGY - the long-term structural considerations that reveal the depth and inner logic of chess! Students will learn about harder and more complicated checkmate patterns too.In this camp, we will run USCF-rated Chess Quads on Friday, the last day of the camp.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the SSAT/HSPT Math test prep camp for Middle school students preparing Private High school entry tests. The class will cover information about the format of the SSAT/HSPT, its timing, scoring, and content, We will learn through the test skills and tips by practice tests for each section.
We will use some printed materials to go through the Math topics and skills, and we will also use online tests for practice and mock the real tests. All materials will be provided in the camp. We will have Ipads in the camp for students doing the online tests.The SSAT score is required by OES, Catlin Cable high school application or it can be used to qualify the talented search program such as Johns Hopkins for talented youth https://cty.jhu.edu/. SSAT tests usually are hosted by some local schools like OES, Catlin Cable. The tests are usually offered in December, January, and February.
The HSPT test is similar to the SSAT test, which is used by the Christian High schools like Jesuit, St. Mary, or Valley Catholic. HSPT test is usually offered in January by the private school like Jesuit.
Instructor: Tejas Pandit07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the 3rd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on refining the CogAt skills by more practice tests and also focus more on the challenge sections to improve.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 3
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 3rd graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Noopur Tandon
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the 3rd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on refining the CogAt skills by more practice tests and also focus more on the challenge sections to improve.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 5
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 5th graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Curran Gregory
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8This is the 3rd camp out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade 1-5. The camp is limited to 16 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math
(b) Reading and Vocabulary, Story telling
(c) Creative Writing and Writing Skills
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu; Shilpa Sharma; Merveille Musangu07/21 to 07/25 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 3rd camp out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade 3-5. The camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math/Math Olympiad/Word Problem Solvings
(b) Advanced Reading and Vocabulary by Wordly Wise or Classical Root
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Elizabeth Prestegaard; Javid Solan; Shilpa SharmaWeek 4 (07/28-08/01)
07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the Speech/Debate camp for Grade 3-5. It helps to build up students' confidence and speech skills by practice with different topics and different strategies.
Public Speech/Debate Camp
This camp focuses on public speech and oral communication. Students will build up confidence and learn communication skills in the camp. We will go through following 5 units
Unit 1: Introduction to Speech
Students will learn essential speech techniques that they will be developing over the course of the class. They will learn the process of writing and prepare a speech and set goals for their learning.Unit 2: Informative
Students will learn the effective public speaking skills through 4 types of informative speeches by practice. The 4 types of informative speeches we will learn and practice in this unit are: Definition Speech, Explanatory Speech, Descriptive Speech and Demonstrative Speech.Unit 3: Persuade
Students will learn the value of and techniques to speak persuasively. They will be able to determine the difference between fact and opinion based argument, and effectively persuade an identified audience using sound reasoning and relevant evidence.Unit 4: Entertain
Students will learn the value of and ways to speak to entertain a specific audience, practising with both ideas of their own and others’. Students will work through the process of developing a speech to inform and presenting with appropriate tone and body language for the audience and purpose.Unit 5: Introduction to Debate
Instructor: Javid Solan
Students will be able to understand opposing viewpoints then choose and defend one viewpoint or the other, using logical reasoning and relevant evidence in the appropriate debate format.07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 3Creative Writing: Making Stories Together For Grade K-3rd grade
Make stories using all of your senses. This writing workshop emphasizes children's ideas. They will build, sketch, and cut and paste their ideas using unconventional creative materials; then find the words and writing conventions that support what they really want to say. Children will learn new techniques for getting inspired and bringing their ideas to paper. At the end of this week-long creative writing workshop, children will hand-make a bound book to bring home.Instructor: Jennifer Rose07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1Literary reading skills are above basic reading skills (outline meaning) and key reading skills (summary scanning) to the point where we are grasping complex texts in all their complexity during reading. It is reading between lines in order to discover levels of meaning and develop complex interpretations.
In this class, students will:
(1) Review Basic Reading (imagining, responding, skimming)
(2) Learn Reflective Reading (selecting, scanning, tracking)
(3) Learn Analytical Reading (Interpreting, analyzing)
(4) Write a critical analysis style essay
(5) Build up vocabulary throughout reading
(6) Form up their unique critical essay writing style with correct logical structure and grammar.
In this one week camp, the instructor will lead students to read at least one book, plus shorter pieces or chapters from books in a variety of genres.For essay writing, the first step of critical writing is to take notes on evidence, document quotes and paraphrases while reading. The purpose of critical analysis is not merely to inform, but also to evaluate the worth, utility, excellence, distinction, truth, validity, beauty, or goodness of something from the books that students are reading. We will instruct students to write those notes down on a notebook.
The second step of critical writing is to design a clear logical structure of an essay. Students need to design/plan their essay with clear logical flow before start writing critical essay.
During the revising process, we will check the logical structure, information, interpretation, evaluation of the text, and eliminate grammar errors.
Text Books (Free Rent from Sunshine Elite Education or student purchase)
(1) The Pearl By John Steinbeck
(2) Animal Farm by George Orwell
(3) A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers By Lee A. Jacobus, 9th EditionClass Plan:
Monday:
Discuss and practice critical reading strategies on the Pearl, including active reading, pre-reading, turning headings or titles into questions, 20 questions after reading chapter 1, embracing confusion, note taking, double entries, ?nding the main ideas, author’s techniques, rhetorical strategies, evidence, underlying assumptions and biases, vocabulary in context, mapping, making inferences, second draft reading, soaps (subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker), paying attention to diction (contrast 2 articles), logos, ethos and pathos, re?ecting on what it means to the student’s life and society at large (circles of re?ection), paraphrasing, what does it not say, statistics, why does it matter, evaluationA World of Ideas: p. 1: Evaluating Ideas: An Introduction to Critical Reading Example/Practice: Machiavelli/Frederick Douglass Homework: Read civil disobedience and map it
Tuesday:
Discuss Civil Disobedience and The Pearl practicing critical reading
Discuss Critical Analysis Paper
Homework:
Read Animal Farm. Pick a topic and ?nd 3 quotes and thesis statement
Wednesday:
Discuss Animal Farm practicing critical reading
Discuss crediting sources and analyzing quotes within paragraphs
Model Essay Work on Drafts
Homework:
Draft 1 Critical EssayThursday:
Work on Critical Essay Drafts in Class
Read additional Essays from "A World of Ideas" : James Madison, de Tocqueville
Homework:
Final Drafts Due
Read Jean-Jacques RousseauFriday:
Instructor: Julie Hlad
Read Essays from "A World of Ideas" of authors
Hannah Arendt, Friedrich Nietzsche, Virginia Woolf07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 7This is the 4th out of 4 camps for learning PreAlgebra in summer. This camp will learn PreAlgebra Chapter 9-11.
PreAlgebra Camp for Rising Grade 6-7
This Summer Camp is for students who want to learn PreAlgebra or refine their PreAlgebra skills so that they are ready to learn Algebra 1.
Each Lesson gives several examples and explanation of the math topic, and have 10-20 practice questions as assignments. Students will be able to complete the PreAlgebra in 6-week of half day PreAlgebra camps.
Instructor: Janani Maheswaran07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the second of two weeks of Middle School Science Bowl camps. Each week will cover different topics and practice questions. This camp will primarily focus on Biology, Chemistry and Earth Science. While attending both weeks is ideal, students are welcome to join either week individually.
Middle Science Bowl Camp
Launched in 1991, the National Science Bowl (NSB) is a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school and middle school students. Students will face off in a fast-paced, question-and-answer format, and to be tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth and space science, physics, energy, and math. The winner of the academic portion of the Regional Science Bowl wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington DC to compete in the National Science Bowl.
This is a great opportunity for students who are passionate about science and engineering to show off their talents in this academic competition. In preparing middle school Science Bowl Competition, schools will select students to form teams in fall and train the teams for regional competition in February.
We designed 2-week of middle school Science Bowl Summer Camp which will lead students going through several STEM Texts and practicing middle school sample questions provided by National Science Bowl® (NSB), preparing students for their schools’ Science Bowl team selection in fall.
Instructor: Kyle Golden07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 3rd week of Robotics Camp for Grade K-2. We will continue to build the different Robotics and learn how to control it by coding too.
Sunshine Elite Robotics Camp for K-2
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can help children become even better scientists!
Robotics is a great way to inspire students to learn about math, science, and technology!
This Robotics Camp for K-2nd graders introduces the world's coolest robotics program as listed in Robots from National Geographic KIDS.
Students will be instructed in the basics of robotics before experimenting themselves with the amazing LEGO Creators, LEGO Boost Educational Robots and the new Spike Essential Toolkits. Through hands-on learning, students will have lots of fun and gain exceptional knowledge about design, construction, mechanics, and programming.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $375/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the first week out of 2-week of NASA TechRise Summer Camp
NASA TechRise Challenge Summer Camp 🚀
Get ready to design, build, and launch your own experiment into space! Our NASA TechRise Challenge Camp is a two-week immersive program designed to prepare middle and high school students for the NASA TechRise Student Challenge—a national competition where students create experiments to be tested on a high-altitude balloon or suborbital rocket.
🚀 Week 1: Foundations of Space Experimentation
🔹 Understanding NASA TechRise & Space Exploration
🔹 Introduction to aerospace engineering & atmospheric science
🔹 Basics of microgravity, payload design, and sensor technology
🔹 Hands-on coding with Arduino & Raspberry Pi for data collection
🔹 Team brainstorming & research for experiment ideas
🔬 Week 2: Experiment Design & Proposal Development
🔹 Prototyping & testing experiment components
Instructor: Christopher Dupuis
🔹 Learning 3D modeling & CAD software for payload design
🔹 Writing a strong NASA TechRise proposal
🔹 Developing a project pitch & presentation skills
🔹 Finalizing experiment designs & receiving mentor feedback07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/term Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1Visual Art Camp
The art camp is aimed to foster young student's general appropriation toward arts and to learn basic skills for their artistic expressions such as painting and sketching.
This camp will teach students observing the real world in fine drawing and quick sketches from life. The camp will introduce basic concepts of shapes and forms, volume, textures, values of shades basic design, 1-3 Prospective, basic color theory, and many more. Trying to complete a piece of work in each day. Further their interests and knowledge in art making.
The camp will also introduce students the history of Art - Students will learn the different styles of famous artists while learning basic art history.
Instructor: Lolly Jamerson; Curran Gregory07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the 1st out of 3 CogAt camps for K-2. The camp will work on the 3 Verbal sections: Verbal Anlogy, Verbal Classification and Verbal Sentence Completion.
This is the CogAt fundamental training camp for Kindergarten-2nd grade. The camp will build up the fundation and skills for students to take the TAG test in the next school year.
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is a multiple-choice test designed to measure a child's academic aptitude. It is used to measure cognitive development among children and is often used to identify gifted children for admissions into gifted and talented programs across the United States.
The goal of this camp is to have the young students familiarize with the test format. But a more important goal to set up this camp is to improve the cognitive and reasoning abilities by learning the logical and creative thinking behind the materials. The verbal skills and some figure cognitive skills in the CogAt test may take more time to build up, which are the common weak areas for most students.
07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the 1st out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on 5 sections: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classfication, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy and Number Series
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 3
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 3rd graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Noopur Tandon
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the 1st out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on 5 sections: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classfication, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy and Number Series
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 5
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 5th graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Curran Gregory
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8This is the 4th camp out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade K-2.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math
(b) Reading and Vocabulary, Story telling
(c) Creative Writing and Writing Skills
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu; Shilpa Sharma; Olive Anderson07/28 to 08/01 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 4th camp out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade 3-5. The camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math/Math Olympiad/Word Problem Solvings
(b) Advanced Reading and Vocabulary by Wordly Wise or Classical Root
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Elizabeth Prestegaard; Javid Solan; Shilpa SharmaWeek 5 (08/04-08/08)
08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5We have 2 writing camps for upper level of elementary school students this Summer. You may attend one of them, or join both. This is the 2nd Writing camp.
Creative Writing: Making Stories Together for 3rd-5th Grade
Make stories using all of your senses. This writing workshop emphasizes children's ideas. They will build, sketch, and cut and paste their ideas using unconventional creative materials; then find the words and writing conventions that support what they really want to say. Children will learn new techniques for getting inspired and bringing their ideas to paper. At the end of this week-long creative writing workshop, children will hand-make a bound book to bring home.We will use the https://stonesoup.com/ website for inspiration, submit writing for publication or contest, and if all goes as planned, we will do some publishing of our own.Instructor: Curran Gregory08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5We have 2 writing camps for upper level of elementary school students this Summer. You may attend one of them, or join both. This is the 2nd Writing camp.
Creative Writing: Making Stories Together for 3rd-5th Grade
Make stories using all of your senses. This writing workshop emphasizes children's ideas. They will build, sketch, and cut and paste their ideas using unconventional creative materials; then find the words and writing conventions that support what they really want to say. Children will learn new techniques for getting inspired and bringing their ideas to paper. At the end of this week-long creative writing workshop, children will hand-make a bound book to bring home.We will use the https://stonesoup.com/ website for inspiration, submit writing for publication or contest, and if all goes as planned, we will do some publishing of our own.Instructor: Jennifer Rose08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1This is the first of two AMC 10/12 and AIME camps, designed to build skills, strategies, and practice for the upcoming Fall 2025 contests. This camp will primarily focus on Algebra and Geometry concepts and problem-solving techniques.
The AMC 10 and AMC 12 are nationwide tests administered by the Mathematical Association of America that qualify you for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). Only those with top scores will be invited to take the AIME. The MAA recommends 9th and 10th graders take the AMC 10, and 11th and 12th graders take the AMC 12. You can take the AMC 10 and/or 12 multiple times.
The AMC 10 and AMC 12 each have 25 questions. You have 75 minutes for the entire exam. Note that you don't need to get all of the questions right to get a qualifying score. You just have to do better than most of the other students taking the exam! Keep that in mind as you come up with a strategy for the test.
You need to be in the top 5% of scorers on the AMC 12 or the top 2.5% of scorers on the AMC 10 to qualify, so the vast majority of people who take the AMC exams don't qualify. But, if you do qualify, you can take the American Invitation Mathematics Examination, or AIME.
If you do well on the AIME, you can qualify for the US Mathematical Olympiad. The top scorers from that competition then have the opportunity to train to be on the US team that competes at the International Math Olympiad. (You can find more info on this process over at the Mathematical Association of American website .)
It's a long process to get to the IMO, and very few students make it that far. But even just taking the AIME can set you apart in the college admissions process, especially if you are interested in engineering programs. Along with a high GPA and strong SAT/ACT scores, taking the AIME is a way to signal to colleges you have superior math and problem-solving skills.
This course will help students to be more ready for do well on AMC 10/12 tests. We will use customized materials for different topics in the competition and also use many previously AMC 10/12 questions both in class and for homework.
Instructor: Peng Lin08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8Science Olympiad Elementary Division - Grade 3-5
This camp will introduce the Science Olympiad Division A events to students. https://www.soinc.org/programs/elementary
This class will build up our young students’ curiosity and keen insight towards physical science and chemistry around our day to day life, the fundamental ability for the love of science.
During this 5-days Camp, Students will go through the Science Olympiad events and complete several projects. Below are the sample projects we may work on:
- Aerodynamics Aloft (How an airplane works)
- Straw Tower (Build the tallest, most stable tower possible using drinking straws)
- Operation Egg Drop (Pack and drop a raw egg from 2+ floors without breaking it)
- Gunk (Chemistry: learn from experiments making the best glue)
- Cool it (Heat transfer and insulation)
- Building Bridges Event (Build a bridge using fixed amount of materials)
Text book:
Elementary Science Olympiad Club Lesson Plans
Elementary Science Olympiad Rules Manual
Instructor: Kyle Golden; Javid Solan08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8This camp is limited to 10 students.
This camp will teach the basics of Python programming by solving small problems through hands-on projects.
The camp will also briefly introduce students to the ACSL Junor computer programming contest.
Instructor: Shilpa Sharma08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $375/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the second week out of 2-week of NASA TechRise Summer Camp.
NASA TechRise Challenge Summer Camp 🚀
Get ready to design, build, and launch your own experiment into space! Our NASA TechRise Challenge Camp is a two-week immersive program designed to prepare middle and high school students for the NASA TechRise Student Challenge—a national competition where students create experiments to be tested on a high-altitude balloon or suborbital rocket.
🚀 Week 1: Foundations of Space Experimentation
🔹 Understanding NASA TechRise & Space Exploration
🔹 Introduction to aerospace engineering & atmospheric science
🔹 Basics of microgravity, payload design, and sensor technology
🔹 Hands-on coding with Arduino & Raspberry Pi for data collection
🔹 Team brainstorming & research for experiment ideas
🔬 Week 2: Experiment Design & Proposal Development
🔹 Prototyping & testing experiment components
Instructor: Christopher Dupuis
🔹 Learning 3D modeling & CAD software for payload design
🔹 Writing a strong NASA TechRise proposal
🔹 Developing a project pitch & presentation skills
🔹 Finalizing experiment designs & receiving mentor feedback08/04 to 08/15 25 hour 1:1 Mentoring Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $3750/1:1 AI Mentorship Location: Online10Highlights: Students receive 25 hours of 1:1 mentorship
🚀 AI Innovators - Dive into the Future of AI!
Ready to push the boundaries of AI and become a true innovator? "AI Innovators: Dive into the Future of AI" is the advanced camp designed for those who have mastered the fundamentals in "AI Explorers" and honed their skills in "AI Pioneers." This 1:1 Mentorship will challenge you to explore cutting-edge AI techniques and develop sophisticated solutions for real-world problems.
At this advanced level, students will benefit from personalized 1:1 mentorship, empowering them to pursue independent research or develop custom projects. This individualized guidance will equip them to potentially publish their findings or submit their work to prestigious science fairs.
This 1:1 AI Mentorship include up to 25 hours personal mentoring by an assigned AI professonal. The mentoring schedule is flexible and can be scheduled for 3 months.Prerequisite: Completion of "AI Explorers: Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence" and "AI Pioneers: Shaping the Future of Technology" or equivalent advanced AI experience.
What You'll Master:
- Advanced Deep Learning: Explore complex neural network architectures, including Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), and Transformers.
- Specialized AI Domains: Focus on a specific AI field, such as natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, or reinforcement learning, and develop advanced projects within that domain.
- Generative AI: Learn to build models that can generate realistic images, text, and audio, using techniques like Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs).
- AI for Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Explore how AI is used to control robots and develop autonomous systems, including self-driving cars and drones.
- Deploying AI Models: Learn how to deploy AI models in real-world applications, using cloud platforms and edge devices.
- AI Ethics and Societal Impact: Engage in critical discussions about the ethical implications of advanced AI and develop strategies for responsible AI development.
- Independent Research and Development: Design and execute an in-depth AI research project, culminating in a presentation to a panel of experts.
- Collaboration and Team Leadership: Work in collaborative teams to tackle complex AI challenges and develop leadership skills.
Who Should Attend:
This camp is designed for students who:- Have completed "AI Explorers" and "AI Pioneers" or have a strong foundation in advanced AI concepts.
- Are passionate about pushing the boundaries of AI technology.
- Want to develop expertise in a specialized AI domain.
- Are eager to tackle complex AI challenges.
- Are interested in exploring the ethical and societal implications of AI.
- Are ready to lead and innovate in the field of AI.
What You'll Achieve:
- Advanced proficiency in deep learning and specialized AI domains.
- Experience in building and deploying sophisticated AI models.
- The ability to conduct independent AI research and development.
- A deep understanding of AI ethics and societal impact.
- A portfolio of advanced AI projects demonstrating your expertise.
- Leadership and collaboration skills.
- The confidence to innovate and shape the future of AI.
🚀 Join "AI Innovators: Dive into the Future of AI" and win prestigious high school competitions and science fairs or publish research papers in your field of interest.
08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1Chess is a classic game that develops spatial thinking and strategies and builds focused concentration. Often known as a game for the intellectually gifted, chess is the best sport to exercise the most important organ in our bodies: the brain. It promotes brain growth; raises your IQ; teaches planning and foresight; sparks your creativity; increases problem-solving skills and optimizes memory improvement
This camp will teach more about basic opening strategies and more advanced tactical tricks and patterns.
The class is going to cover STRATEGY - the long-term structural considerations that reveal the depth and inner logic of chess! Students will learn about harder and more complicated checkmate patterns too.In this camp, we will run USCF-rated Chess Quads on Friday, the last day of the camp.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1PSAT 8/9 - A Head Start
The PSAT 8/9 tests the same skills and knowledge as the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10—in a way that makes sense for eighth and ninth graders. It measures what they’re already learning, shows them whether they’re on track for college, and lets them know where they need the most improvement. That means students have time to tackle these areas long before they take the SAT.
The PSAT 8/9 helps students determine what they need to work on most so that they’re ready for college when they graduate from high school—and it supports educators as they guide the way.
PSAT 8/9 Test Prep Camp - Reading/Writing
Most of the middle schools in Beaverton School district started to ask 8th-grade students to take the PSAT 8/9 test in October two years ago, and the 9th graders in Lake Oswego District will take the PSAT 8/9 test in October too. This camp is for students going to 8th grade or 9th grade to prepare the PSAT 8/9 test in October 2019. The camp will help students become familiar with the test and learn the skills and tips for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
Here is the complete guide information for PSAT 8/9 from College Board:
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat-8-9-student-guide.pdf
Textbooks for the camp:(1) PSAT 8/9 Prep Books 2018 & 2019: Test Prep Reading, Writing
(2) PSAT 8/9 Reading and Writing Workbook
Instructor: Brenda Andrus08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the 3rd out of 3 CogAt camps for K-2. The camp will work on the 3 Figure sections: Figure Analogies, Figure Classifications, and Figure Paper Folding
This is the CogAt fundamental training camp for Kindergarten-2nd grade. The camp will build up the fundation and skills for students to take the TAG test in the next school year.
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is a multiple-choice test designed to measure a child's academic aptitude. It is used to measure cognitive development among children and is often used to identify gifted children for admissions into gifted and talented programs across the United States.
The goal of this camp is to have the young students familiarize with the test format. But a more important goal to set up this camp is to improve the cognitive and reasoning abilities by learning the logical and creative thinking behind the materials. The verbal skills and some figure cognitive skills in the CogAt test may take more time to build up, which are the common weak areas for most students.
08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the 2nd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on 4 sections: Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification and Figure Paper Folding.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 3
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 3rd graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Noopur Tandon
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 7This is the 2nd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on 4 sections: Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification and Figure Paper Folding.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 5
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 5th graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Curran Gregory
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the 5th out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade K-2.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math
(b) Reading and Vocabulary, Story telling
(c) Creative Writing and Writing Skills
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu; Shilpa Sharma08/04 to 08/08 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 6th camp out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade 3-5. The camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math/Math Olympiad/Word Problem Solvings
(b) Advanced Reading and Vocabulary by Wordly Wise or Classical Root
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Elizabeth Prestegaard; Javid Solan; Shilpa SharmaWeek 6 (08/11-08/15)
08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This camp is designed to prepare students to compete in interscholastic debate competitions. Units will cover common formats of individual and partnered debate. Building on fundamental skills introduced in earlier speech and debate courses, this camp introduces students to the research, preparation, and strategy requirements of competitive debate.
Unit 1: Introduction to Debate
1. Introduce students to some basic concepts and terms.
2. Involve students in an informal debate.Unit 2: Expanding on the concept of debate
1. Observe a live or videotaped debate.
2. Take part in an informal debate.Unit 3: Affirmative Structure
1. Gain an understanding of the Affirmative philosophy.
2. Examine the speech of the first Affirmative.Unit 4: Overview of Negative Strategy
1. Understand negative strategy.
2. understand the job of the first Negative speakerUnit 5: Overview of Debate
1. Second Affirmative Constructive Speech
2. Second Negative Constructive Speech
3. The Break
4. Rebuttal by First Negative
5. Rebuttal by First AffirmativeUnit 6: The Great debate (Discussion, Preparation, Presentation)
Provide students an opportunity to prepare and debate in a formal style.
Debate is an excellent way to develop critical thinking skills. The process of researching a debate is one of examining the pros and cons of an issue, determining what the problems are and considering alternative solutions. The research and presentation of a debate is clearly a team effort, and participation in activities like debate explicitly develops the skills needed to work in teams.
Instructor: Julie Weindel08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/term Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1This is the second of two AMC 10/12 and AIME camps, aimed at developing skills, strategies, and practice for the Fall 2025 contests. This camp will primarily focus on Number Theory, Probability, and Counting concepts, along with problem-solving techniques.
The AMC 10 and AMC 12 are nationwide tests administered by the Mathematical Association of America that qualify you for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). Only those with top scores will be invited to take the AIME. The MAA recommends 9th and 10th graders take the AMC 10, and 11th and 12th graders take the AMC 12. You can take the AMC 10 and/or 12 multiple times.
The AMC 10 and AMC 12 each have 25 questions. You have 75 minutes for the entire exam. Note that you don't need to get all of the questions right to get a qualifying score. You just have to do better than most of the other students taking the exam! Keep that in mind as you come up with a strategy for the test.
You need to be in the top 5% of scorers on the AMC 12 or the top 2.5% of scorers on the AMC 10 to qualify, so the vast majority of people who take the AMC exams don't qualify. But, if you do qualify, you can take the American Invitation Mathematics Examination, or AIME.
If you do well on the AIME, you can qualify for the US Mathematical Olympiad. The top scorers from that competition then have the opportunity to train to be on the US team that competes at the International Math Olympiad. (You can find more info on this process over at the Mathematical Association of American website .)
It's a long process to get to the IMO, and very few students make it that far. But even just taking the AIME can set you apart in the college admissions process, especially if you are interested in engineering programs. Along with a high GPA and strong SAT/ACT scores, taking the AIME is a way to signal to colleges you have superior math and problem-solving skills.
This course will help students to be more ready for do well on AMC 10/12 tests. We will use customized materials for different topics in the competition and also use many previously AMC 10/12 questions both in class and for homework.
Instructor: Peng Lin08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 3rd Robotics Camp for Grade 3-6. We will continue to explore the different ways to build Robotics and learn how to control it by coding too. Students who missed the 1st and 2nd Robotics camps are still ok to join this camp.
Sunshine Elite Robotics EV3 Mindstorms Beginner for Grade 3-5
We believe that every child is a scientist and that we can help children become even better scientists!
Robotics is a great way to inspire students to learn about math, science, and technology!
Sunshine Elite Robotics Camp for 3rd-6th graders introduces the world's coolest robotics program as listed in Robots from National Geographic KIDS.
Students will be instructed in the basics of robotics before experimenting themselves with the amazing LEGO EV3 Robotic Toolkits. Through hands-on learning, Students will have lots of fun and gain exceptional knowledge about design, construction, mechanics, and programming.
We are using LEGO Mindstorms Education EV3 Comprehensive Solution in this classroom.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8This camp is limited to 10 students.
This camp will teach the basics of Python programming by solving small problems through hands-on projects.
The camp will also briefly introduce students to the ACSL Junor computer programming contest.
Instructor: Shilpa Sharma08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $375/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 3Physics & F=MA Competition Camp 🔬
Are you ready to dive deep into the world of physics and prepare for the F=MA exam, the first step toward the USA Physics Olympiad (USAPhO)? Our Physics & F=MA Camp is designed for middle and high school students eager to strengthen their problem-solving skills and master the fundamental concepts of mechanics.
What You’ll Learn:
✅ Classical mechanics fundamentals (Newton’s laws, kinematics, momentum, energy, and rotational motion)
✅ Problem-solving techniques tailored for the F=MA exam
✅ Hands-on experiments & physics simulations
✅ Strategies for tackling complex physics problems efficiently
✅ Practice exams & mock tests with detailed solutions
Why Join?
🚀 Gain a strong foundation in mechanics, essential for physics competitions
📈 Improve critical thinking & problem-solving skills
🏆 Prepare to compete in the F=MA exam & beyond
👩🏫 Learn from experienced instructors & physics mentorsWhether you’re new to competition physics or aiming for a top score, this camp will give you the tools and confidence to succeed. Join us and take your physics skills to the next level!
Instructor: Christopher Dupuis; Sasi Manipatruni08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 8Visual Art Camp
The art camp is aimed to foster young student's general appropriation toward arts and to learn basic skills for their artistic expressions such as painting and sketching.
This camp will teach students observing the real world in fine drawing and quick sketches from life. The camp will introduce basic concepts of shapes and forms, volume, textures, values of shades basic design, 1-3 Prospective, basic color theory, and many more. Trying to complete a piece of work in each day. Further their interests and knowledge in art making.
The camp will also introduce students the history of Art - Students will learn the different styles of famous artists while learning basic art history.
Instructor: Tie Li; Curran Gregory08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm $250/term Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1Chess is a classic game that develops spatial thinking and strategies and builds focused concentration. Often known as a game for the intellectually gifted, chess is the best sport to exercise the most important organ in our bodies: the brain. It promotes brain growth; raises your IQ; teaches planning and foresight; sparks your creativity; increases problem-solving skills and optimizes memory improvement
This camp will teach more about basic opening strategies and more advanced tactical tricks and patterns.
The class is going to cover STRATEGY - the long-term structural considerations that reveal the depth and inner logic of chess! Students will learn about harder and more complicated checkmate patterns too.In this camp, we will run USCF-rated Chess Quads on Friday, the last day of the camp.
Instructor: Jerry Sherrard08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/term Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 1PSAT 8/9 - A Head Start
The PSAT 8/9 tests the same skills and knowledge as the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and PSAT 10—in a way that makes sense for eighth and ninth graders. It measures what they’re already learning, shows them whether they’re on track for college, and lets them know where they need the most improvement. That means students have time to tackle these areas long before they take the SAT.
The PSAT 8/9 helps students determine what they need to work on most so that they’re ready for college when they graduate from high school—and it supports educators as they guide the way.
PSAT 8/9 Test Prep Camp - Math
Students who complete the Algebra I and geometry is fundamentally ready to take the PSAT 8/9 Math test. This camp is for students going to 8th grade or 9th grade to prepare the PSAT 8/9 test in October 2019. The camp will help students become familiar with the test and learn the skills and tips for Math sections. This is also a good chance to solidify and refine the math skills in Algebra I and Geometry, therefore, build up the math foundation for the future SAT math test.
Here is the complete guide information for PSAT 8/9 from College Board:
https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/psat-8-9-student-guide.pdf
Instructor: Janani Maheswaran08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 2This is the 2nd out of 3 CogAt camps for K-2. The camp will work on the 3 Number sections: Number Analogies, Number Series, and Number Puzzles
This is the CogAt fundamental training camp for Kindergarten-2nd grade. The camp will build up the fundation and skills for students to take the TAG test in the next school year.
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is a multiple-choice test designed to measure a child's academic aptitude. It is used to measure cognitive development among children and is often used to identify gifted children for admissions into gifted and talented programs across the United States.
The goal of this camp is to have the young students familiarize with the test format. But a more important goal to set up this camp is to improve the cognitive and reasoning abilities by learning the logical and creative thinking behind the materials. The verbal skills and some figure cognitive skills in the CogAt test may take more time to build up, which are the common weak areas for most students.
08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 4This is the 3rd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on refining the CogAt skills by more practice tests and also focus more on the challenge sections to improve.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 3
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 3rd graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Noopur Tandon
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 7This is the 3rd out of 3 CogAt camps. This week of camp will work on refining the CogAt skills by more practice tests and also focus more on the challenge sections to improve.
Academic Advance and SUMMA Test Preparation CogAt Camp for Grade 5
This 3 weekly-half-day camp package is to prepare students for the CogAt tests in the coming Fall term.
This is a SUMMA Package for rising 5th graders in Elementary school who would like to prepare for the SUMMA CogAt tests. The tests can be selected to take in the coming Fall semester. Scoring 99 percentile in CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA in middle school. Or scoring one 99 percentile in ITBS Math or Reading, plus one 97 percentile in another ITBS test or CogAt test will qualify for SUMMA too.
This camp will teach the skills for all 9 sections in CogAt tests and do practice and mock tests. Summer CogAt test preparation are designed to finish by 3 weeks of half-day camps. In the frist 2 weeks, we will work through 9 sections of CogAt: Verbal Analogy, Verbal Classification, Verbal Sentence Completion, Number Analogy, Number Puzzles, Number Series, Figure Analogy, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. In the third week, we will refine the skills by working on the challenge sections and do more practice tests.
Instructor: Curran Gregory
Note: We will assign an online assessement test for each section along the camp days so that parents will get the student performance report by those online assessment tests.08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 5This is the 6th out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade K-2.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math
(b) Reading and Vocabulary, Story telling
(c) Creative Writing and Writing Skills
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Merveille Musangu; Shilpa Sharma08/11 to 08/15 5 half day Monday-Friday 9:00am-12:00pm $250/camp Location: 16100 NW Cornell Road Suite 210 Room 6This is the 6th out of 6 Academic Advance camps for grade 3-5. The camp is limited to 10 students.
Sunshine Elite Academic Advance Half-Day Camp
Our Academic Advance Camps provide the chance for students to learn more advanced math and reading skills during Summer therefore be more academic success in the next school year. We usually have 6 morning academic camps in Summer. Students can join all of 6 camps to continue their learning journey week after week, or students can join for any week(s) to learn at a customized pace.
The curriculum used in the camp also aligns with the skills required by ITBS/OSAS math and reading for the TAG or SUMMA tests.
(a) Singapore Math/Math Olympiad/Word Problem Solvings
(b) Advanced Reading and Vocabulary by Wordly Wise or Classical Root
(e) Break and SnackNote: We provide books and materials used in the camp. We will also offer lunch options for students who are doing the full day camp.
Instructor: Elizabeth Prestegaard; Javid Solan; Shilpa Sharma2025 Summer Classes
- 07/09 to 08/13 6 Classes Wednesday 7:00pm-8:30pm $240/term Location: Online10
Course Description: This is the second course of Speech/Debate series. While this course continues to help students build up the Speech confidence and skills, it focuses more on Debate.
Below are the sample topics to cover in the class. Topics may vary in different terms.
Unit 1: Introduction to Debate
1. Introduce students to some basic concepts and terms.
2. Involve students in an informal debate.Unit 2: Expanding on the concept of debate
1. Observe a live or videotaped debate.
2. Take part in an informal debate.Unit 3: Affirmative Structure
1. Gain an understanding of the Affirmative philosophy.
2. Examine the speech of the first Affirmative.Unit 4: Overview of Negative Strategy
1. Understand negative strategy.
2. understand the job of the first Negative speakerUnit 5: Overview of Debate
1. Second Affirmative Constructive Speech
2. Second Negative Constructive Speech
3. The Break
4. Rebuttal by First Negative
5. Rebuttal by First AffirmativeUnit 6: The Great debate (Discussion, Preparation, Presentation)
Provide students an opportunity to prepare and debate in a formal style.
Debate is an excellent way to develop critical thinking skills. The process of researching a debate is one of examining the pros and cons of an issue, determining what the problems are and considering alternative solutions. The research and presentation of a debate is clearly a team effort, and participation in activities like debate explicitly develops the skills needed to work in teams.
Instructor: Julie Weindel07/07 to 08/13 12 Classes Monday,Wednesday 4:30pm-6:00pm $465/term Location: Online7This is an English reading and vocabulary enhancement class for students who are going to enter 6th grade in the coming Fall term.
Instructor: Tami BakeThis is a direct, systematic, and highly interactive reading comprehension program that teaches students practical strategies to build their reading comprehension while bolstering their vocabulary and academic acumen. The course aligns with the ITBS Reading & SSAT tests which will be used to measure the students’ achievement.
In this course, we will use the Wordroots Level II to boost students' vocabulary. A knowledge of Greek and Latin roots will not only help you remember the meanings of the words you are learning in class but will help you guess at the meanings of new words that you run into elsewhere. This is the most powerful way to continue expanding your vocabulary in the future.
Textbooks:
Word Roots Level II (Creative Thinking Co.)
Make Connections 6
Reading Information Text Message 607/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 4:00pm-5:00pm $375/term Location: Online2Comprehensive Reading and Vocabulary Level 7/8 is a direct, systematic, and highly interactive reading comprehension program that teaches students practical strategies to bolster their vocabulary and academic acumen. The course aligns with SSAT and PSAT tests which will be used to measure students’ achievement.
The class is designed with a one-year curriculum for Grade 7-8 students:
Level 7/8A: We will start with the "Close Reading Complex Text for Grade 7" Book to build up comprehensive reading skills with high-quality passages. We use "Vocabulary Workshop for Comprehension 7" for expanding students' vocabulary with a comprehensive reading context. The SSAT reading/writing skills and practice will also be included in this class. Level 7/8A usually takes 12 to 14 weeks to finish.
Level 7/8B: We will continue the class to the next level with "Reading Detective B1" and "SSAT Reading/Writing Skills" to further refine comprehensive reading skills with high quality texts. We will use the "Wordly Wise Book 8" to build up students' vocabulary for the standard test verbal skills. level 7/8B usually take about 20 weeks to complete. The digital "Wordly Wise 7" book and unit tests will be available for students who missed doing the "Wordly Wise 7" in Summer.
Level 7/8C: This is a bridge program in the Summer to solidify and improve students' comprehensive reading skills and prepare for SSAT/HSPT tests. SSAT English Reading/Writing/Vocabulary book, SSAT/HSPT practice tests and "Word Roots Level II" will be used in Summer
Student books for Level 7/8C:
Word Roots Level III
SSAT Vocabulary and Skills
SSAT Reading/Writing/Essay Skills and Practice TestsBooks in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy the textbooks at the group discount price on Sunshine's website via this link:
Instructor: Tami Bake
http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/course.php?term=3907/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 5:00pm-6:00pm $375/term Location: Online2This is an English reading and vocabulary enhancement class for students who are going to enter 8th/9th grade in the coming Fall term.
This is a direct, systematic, and highly interactive reading comprehension program that teaches students practical strategies to build their reading comprehension while bolstering their vocabulary and academic acumen. The course aligns with SSAT and PSAT 8/9 tests which will be used to measure students’ achievement.
We will use Wordly Wise Book 9/10 with unit tests, The PSAT 8/9 English skills from multiple resources for the class in summer.
Textbooks:
Wordly Wise book 9 - may upgrade to book 10 if book 9 is alredy finished.
PSAT 8/9 Reading/Writing skills and practice testsBooks in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy the textbooks at the group discount price on Sunshine's website via this link:
Instructor: Tami Bake
http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/course.php?term=3907/11 to 08/15 6 Classes Friday 4:00pm-6:00pm $315/term Location: Online6This class is for students who are going to enter the 9/10 th grade in the coming Fall term. The class will introduce Essay writing skills they will learn in high schools and get them ready for the new school year.
This course is the step towards to the high school essay. You will be guided through the writing process, learning the essential components of the American high school essay. Topics include the various types of essays, the structure, and the development of paragraphs, topic sentences, thesis statements, supporting examples, grammar for academic writing, and vocabulary choices.
By the end of this course, students will be more ready for their high school English class. Students may continue to improve and deep their Essay writing skills by entering to Essay Writing IA class in the coming Fall term at Sunshine.
Student Grammar/Workbooks for Bridge to Essay Writing I:
1. Sadlier: Grammar for Writing 9
2. How to Write High School EssayBooks in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy a hard copy of the book from Sunshine when it's available.
Instructor: Julie Hlad07/10 to 08/14 6 Classes Thursday 4:00pm-6:00pm $315/term Location: Online6This class is for high school students who wants to improve and refine their Essay skills in Summer. The class will introduce and practice Essay writing skills required by high school, especially practice for the timed Essay so that students will be more successful in their high school English classes.
This course is the step towards to the high school Honor English and AP English essay. You will be guided through the writing process, learning the essential components of the American high school essay. Topics include the various types of essays, the structure, and the development of paragraphs, topic sentences, thesis statements, supporting examples, grammar for academic writing, and vocabulary choices.
By the end of this course, students will be more ready for their high school Honor or AP English classes Students may continue to improve and deep their Essay writing skills by entering to Essay Writing I or II class in the coming Fall term at Sunshine.
Student Grammar/Workbooks for Bridge to Essay Writing II:
1. Editor in Chief Level 3
2. Sadlier: Grammar and Writing for Standard Tests
3. How to Write High School Essay
4. The Seagull Reader EssaysBooks in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy a hard copy of the book from Sunshine when it's available.
Instructor: Julie Hlad07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 10:30am-12:00pm $690/term Location: Online5Math Level 3-B Syllabus and Class Plan
The goal of this program is to enhance and add supplemental materials to school-taught objectives. We teach this class to ensure that students fully understand new concepts and methods, while also providing homework to develop understanding and build a love for math. According to student level of performance, we will adjust pacing to various levels and include challenge problems.
This class will help students to prepare for the ITBS/OSA math tests While the math 3B book helps students to build up the advanced math skills, we also add ITBS/OSA online math practice tests to help students to master the test strategies. BSD school disctrict starts using OSA math/reading tests to qualify SUMMA since 2022. OSA math/reading tests are scheduled for 3rd-5th graders in Spring term. Here is the latest SUMMA information from BSD school district: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/teaching-learning/student-programs/talented-and-gifted
This course uses the Singapore Dimensions Math 3B, which is the refined version of Singapore primary math. Singapore math is the proven top math curriculum for elementary students in the world. It teaches students to learn and master mathematical concepts in great detail while simultaneously applying a three-step learning process: concrete, pictorial, and abstract.
As an added challenge for advanced students, we will selectively use the following Singapore Math supplementary materials in class: Singapore Math Intensive Practice (3A & 3B for Level 3) or Singapore Challenge Word Problems
Students in 3rd grade usually begin with Dimensions Math 3B in the Winter/Spring term of the school year. Students who finish the 3A math with a 3A final test score of 80% is good to start with level 3B.
Students may take our free online assessment test for accurate placement before joining the class. You may choose the Singapore math 3A test as the Pretest of this class to find out whether your kid is ready to start math level 3B. It's normal for students to test lower than their grade level; in contrast, other math programs are not as advanced as the Singapore Math Program.
Instructor: Lalith Lulla07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 2:00pm-3:30pm $690/term Location: Online5Math Level 4-A Syllabus and Class Plan
The goal of this program is to enhance and add supplemental materials to school-taught objectives. We teach this class to ensure that students fully understand new concepts and methods, while also providing homework to develop understanding and build a love for math. According to student level of performance, we will adjust pacing to various levels and include challenge problems.
This class will help students to prepare for the ITBS/OSA math tests While the math 3B book helps students to build up the advanced math skills, we also add ITBS/OSA online math practice tests to help students to master the test strategies. BSD school disctrict starts using OSA math/reading tests to qualify SUMMA since 2022. OSA math/reading tests are scheduled for 3rd-5th graders in Spring term. Here is the latest SUMMA information from BSD school district: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/teaching-learning/student-programs/talented-and-giftedThis course uses the Singapore Dimensions Math 4A, which is the refined version of Singapore primary math. Singapore math is the proven top math curriculum for elementary students in the world. It teaches students to learn and master mathematical concepts in great detail while simultaneously applying a three-step learning process: concrete, pictorial, and abstract.
Students starting 4th grade usually begin with Dimensions Math 4A and then finish 4B in the second term of the school year. Students who complete the 4A math in the Summer break may start with level 4B at the beginning of the school year.
If the 4th-grade student is starting 4A in the second term of the school year, we strongly recommend the student to complete level 4B in the coming Summer to catch up.
Students may take our free online assessment test for accurate placement before joining the class. You may choose the Singapore math 3B test as the Pretest of this class to find out whether your kid is ready to start math level 4A. It's normal for students to test lower than their grade level; in contrast, other math programs are not as advanced as the Singapore Math Program.
Instructor: Lalith Lulla07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 12:30pm-2:00pm $690/term Location: Online5Math Level 4-B Syllabus and Class Plan
The goal of this program is to enhance and add supplemental materials to school-taught objectives and prepare students for the ITBS Math test with the fundamental skills. We teach this class to ensure that students fully understand new concepts and methods, while also providing homework to develop understanding and build a love for math. According to student level of performance, we will adjust pacing to various levels and include challenge problems.
This class will help students to prepare for the ITBS/OSA math tests While the math 3B book helps students to build up the advanced math skills, we also add ITBS/OSA online math practice tests to help students to master the test strategies. BSD school disctrict starts using OSA math/reading tests to qualify SUMMA since 2022. OSA math/reading tests are scheduled for 3rd-5th graders in Spring term. Here is the latest SUMMA information from BSD school district: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/teaching-learning/student-programs/talented-and-giftedThis course uses the Singapore Dimensions Math 4B, which is the refined version of Singapore primary math. Singapore math is the proven top math curriculum for elementary students in the world. It teaches students to learn and master mathematical concepts in great detail while simultaneously applying a three-step learning process: concrete, pictorial, and abstract.
Students in 4th grade usually begin with Dimensions Math 4B in the Winter/Spring term of the school year. Students who finish the 4A math with a 4A final test score of 80% is good to start with level 4B.
We strongly recommend the 4th-grade students who have finished math level 4B in the school year to learn the math level 5A in the coming Summer. The math level 5A class will further deepen students' math knowledge for the coming ITBS Math test in 5th grade, which is a critical test to qualify for the SUMMA program in middle school.
Students may take our free online assessment test for accurate placement before joining the class. You may choose the Singapore math 4A test as the Pretest of this class to find out whether your kid is ready to start math level 4B. It's normal for students to test lower than their grade level; in contrast, other math programs are not as advanced as the Singapore Math Program.
Instructor: Lalith Lulla07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 9:00am-10:30am $690/term Location: Online10Math Level 5-A Syllabus and Class Plan
The goal of this program is to enhance and add supplemental materials to school-taught objectives. We teach this class to ensure that students fully understand new concepts and methods, while also providing homework to develop understanding and build a love for math. According to student level of performance, we will adjust pacing to various levels and include challenge problems.
This class will help students to prepare for the ITBS/OSA math tests While the math 3B book helps students to build up the advanced math skills, we also add ITBS/OSA online math practice tests to help students to master the test strategies. BSD school disctrict starts using OSA math/reading tests to qualify SUMMA since 2022. OSA math/reading tests are scheduled for 3rd-5th graders in Spring term. Here is the latest SUMMA information from BSD school district: https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/departments/teaching-learning/student-programs/talented-and-giftedThis course uses the Singapore Dimensions Math 5A, which is the refined version of Singapore primary math. Singapore math is the proven top math curriculum for elementary students in the world. It teaches students to learn and master mathematical concepts in great detail while simultaneously applying a three-step learning process: concrete, pictorial, and abstract.
Students starting 5th grade usually begin with Dimensions Math 5A and then finish 5B in the second term of the school year. Students who complete the 5A math in the Summer break may start with level 5B at the beginning of the school year.
Students who have finished the math level 5A or 5B with a final test score of 85% above should be able to start PreAlgebra to learn more advanced math for the coming middle school math placement test. Middle school math placement test is usually given to the 6th grade at the beginning of the school year, which is even more critical than the SUMMA tests.
Students who have finished math level 5A should be able to start with F1: Number to Algebra (middle school math 6/7), and students who have finished math level 5B should be able to start with F2: PreAlgebra (middle school math 7/8).
Students may take our free online assessment test for accurate placement before joining the class. You may choose the Singapore math 4B test as the Pretest of this class to find out whether your kid is ready to start math level 5A. It's normal for students to test lower than their grade level; in contrast, other math programs are not as advanced as the Singapore Math Program.
Instructor: Lalith Lulla07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 1:30pm-3:00pm $690/term Location: Online16This class starts from Chapter 1 and finishes the full year math 6/7 curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify math 6/7 skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
The Sunshine Elite fundamental math program is designed to enhance the school-learned curriculum by building up critical thinking in regard to algebra and related concepts. This course is for 5th graders who are ready to learn more advanced math or 6th graders who need more support to learn the first year of PreAlgebra class in middle schools. The class aligns to Middle School Math 6/7.
Text Book (free rental for the duration of the class)
Holt Mathematics California: Student Edition Course 1: Numbers to Algebra
Chapter 1 - Algebraic Reasoning
Chapter 2 - Integers
Chapter 3 - Number Theory and Fractions
Chapter 4 - Operations with Rational Numbers
Chapter 5 - Proportional Relationships
Chapter 6 - Percents
Chapter 7 - Collecting, Displaying, And Analyzing Data
Chapter 8 - Probability
Chapter 9 - Geometric Figures
Chapter 10 - Measurement and Geometry
Chapter 11 - Multi-Step Equations and Inequalities
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php.
Instructor: Pamela Robinson07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 3:30pm-5:00pm $690/term Location: Online5This class starts from Chapter 1 and finishes the full year math 7/8 (PreAlgebra) curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify PreAlgebra skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
The Sunshine Elite fundamental math program is designed to enhance the school-learned curriculum by building up critical thinking in regard to algebra and related concepts.
This is the second year of PreAlgebra class, which aligns with the Middle School Math 7/8 and plus. The full course usually takes 2 semesters of one school year from Sept-Jun to complete. Students who finish this course will be ready to take the Algebra 1 or AGS 1 course.
Text Book (free rental for the duration of the class)
Holt Mathematics California: Student Edition Course 2: Pre-Algebra
PreAlgebra A starts from Chapter 1 and covers Chapters 1 to 5 from Sep to Dec.
Chapter 1 - Principles of Algebra
Chapter 2 - Rational Numbers
Chapter 3 - Multi-Step Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 4 - Exponents and Roots
Chapter 5 - Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity
PreAlgebra B starts from Chapter 5 and covers Chapters 6 to 12 from Jan. to June.
Chapter 6 - Percents
Chapter 7 - Graphs and Functions
Chapter 8 - Foundations of Geometry
Chapter 9 - Two-Dimensional Geometry
Chapter 10 - Three-Dimensional Geometry
Chapter 11 - Data, Statistics, and Probability
Chapter 12 - Polynomials
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Pamela Robinson07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 10:35am-12:00pm $690/term Location: Online10This class starts from Chapter 1 and finishes the full year Algebra 1 curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify Algebra 1 skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
The Sunshine Elite fundamental math program is designed to enhance school-learned curriculum by building up critical thinking in regard to algebra and related concepts.
The goal of this course is to solidify students' math knowledge before taking the Geometry class. The full course takes 2 semesters, or one school year, from Sept-Jun to complete.
Text Book (free rental for duration of the class)
Holt Mathematics California Algebra 1, Student Edition
Algebra 1A starts from Chapter 1 and covers Chapters 1 to 5 from Sep to Dec.
Chapter 1 - Foundations of Algebra
Chapter 2 - Equations
Chapter 3 - Inequalities
Chapter 4 - Functions
Chapter 5 - Linear Functions
Algebra 1B starts from Chapter 6 and covers Chapters 6 to 12 from Jan. to June.
Chapter 6 - Systems of Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 7 - Exponents and Polynomials
Chapter 8 - Factoring Polynomials
Chapter 9 - Quadratic Functions and Equations
Chapter 10 - Rational Functions and Equations
Chapter 11 - Radical and Exponential Functions
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Maggie Greenwood07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 9:00am-10:25am $690/term Location: Online15This class starts from Chapter 1 and finishes the full year Geometry curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify Geometry skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
The Sunshine Elite fundamental math program is designed to enhance the school-learned curriculum by building up critical thinking in regard to geometry and related concepts. The course follows Common Core state standards.
The full course takes 2 semesters, or one school year, from Sept-Jun to complete.
Text Book (free rental for the duration of the class)
Holt Mathematics California Geometry, Student Edition
The Fall term will cover Chapters 1 to 5 from Sep to Dec.
Chapter 1 - Foundations for Geometry
Chapter 2 - Geometry Reasoning
Chapter 3 - Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Chapter 4 - Triangle Congruence
Chapter 5 - Properties and Attributes of Triangles
The Spring term will cover Chapters 6-12 from Jan. to June.
Chapter 6 - Polygons and Quadrilaterals
Chapter 7 - Similarity
Chapter 8 - Right Triangles and Trigonometry
Chapter 9 - Extending Perimeter, Circumference, and Area
Chapter 10 - Spatial Reasoning
Chapter 11 - Circles
Chapter 12 - Extending Transformational Geometry
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Maggie Greenwood07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 1:00pm-2:30pm $690/term Location: Online15This class starts from Chapter 1 and finishes the full year Algebra 2 / AGS III curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify Algebra 2 / AGS III skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
This is a fundamental Algebra 2 /AGS 3 course. The entire course takes 2 semesters, or one school year, from Sept-June to complete.
Successfully finishing this Algebra 2 /AGS 3 course will help with students' high school level math skills, making them well-prepared for Pre-calculus and math tests like SAT and ACT.
Who will benefit from this class:
- Students who want to solidify/enhance their AGS III / Algebra II skills to prepare them for Pre-calculus and be more successful in the future PSAT/SAT/ACT tests.
- Students who want to skip AGS III / Algebra II and take the Pre-calculus course in the new school year.
Textbooks:
- Holt Mathematics California Algebra 2, Student Edition
- AGS III Assessment tests from MVP
The Fall term will cover Chapters 1 to 6 from Sept. to Dec.
Chapter 1 - Foundations For Functions
Chapter 2 - Linear Functions
Chapter 3 - Linear Systems
Chapter 4 - Matrices
Chapter 5 - Quadratic Functions
Chapter 6 - Polynomial Functions
The Spring term will cover Chapters 7-14 from Jan. to June.
Chapter 7 - Exponential And Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 8 - Rational And Radical Functions
Chapter 9 - Properties And Attributes Of Functions
Chapter 10 - Conic Sections
Chapter 11 - Probability And Statistics
Chapter 12 - Sequences And Series
Chapter 13 - Trigonometric Functions
Chapter 14 - Trigonometric Graphs And Identities
Instructor: Sunil Thapa07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 1:00pm-2:30pm $690/term Location: Online12This class starts from Chapter 1 and finishes the full year Precalculus curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify Precalculus skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
Pre-Calculus is a one school year math curriculum that studies polynomial, rational, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions, with applications to problems in mathematics and the sciences. Successfully completing this course will prepare students for Chemistry, Physics, advanced math classes in high school, and the SAT Math Level 2 subject test.
The full course takes 2 semesters, or one school year, from Sept-Jun to complete.
This summer Pre-Calculus course is an accelerated version over six weeks. Due to the time constraint, we will not be able to cover every chapter in detail. Once completed, however, students will have a strong backbone in Pre-Calculus that they can use in the full year-long course.Text Book (free rental for duration of the class)
Holt Mathematics Precalculus A Graphing Approach
Chapter 1 - Number Patterns
Chapter 2 - Equations and Inequalities
Chapter 3 - Functions and Graphs
Chapter 4 - Polynomial and Rational Functions
Chapter 5 - Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 6 - Trigonometry
Chapter 7 - Trigonometric Graphs
Chapter 8 - Solving Trigonometric Equations
Chapter 9 - Trigonometric Identities and Proof
Chapter 10 - Trigonometric Applications
Chapter 11 - Analytic Geometry
Chapter 12 - Systems and Matrices
Chapter 13 - Statistics and Probability
Chapter 14 - Limits and Continuity
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Maggie Greenwood07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 9:00am-10:25am $690/term Location: Online12AP Calculus AB
Calculus AB is designed to cover the equivalent of one semester of college calculus over the span of a year. Calculus AB covers derivatives, definite integrals, and the fundamental theorem of calculus.
This class will take students through the topics covered in AP Calculus, including the following:
•Limits and Properties
•Differentiation: Slopes of Curves
•Applications of Differentiation
•Integration
•Logarithmic / Exponential Functions
•Differential Equations
•Applications of Integration
•Integration Techniques, L’Hopital’s Rule, and Improper IntegralsAs this is an accelerated summer course, we will cover as much as we can in the 6 weeks of class. Once complete you will have a foundational understanding of calculus AB that will help you in your future courses.
Textbooks:Calculus I with Precalculus 3rd Edition
All class materials will be provided in ecopy via the class page before the class.
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Sunil Thapa07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 10:35am-12:00pm $690/term Location: Online12AP Calculus BC - learn ahead
Calculus BC covers a full year of college-level calculus over the same period of time. It includes the topics covered in Calculus AB as well as parametric functions, polar functions, vector functions and analysis of series.
This class will review the topics covered in AP Calculus AB and learn the extra topics in Calculus BC.
Textbooks:
Calculus: AP Edition by Ron Larason and Bruce Edwards
Barron's AP Calculus
All class materials will be provided in ecopy via the class page before the class.
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Sunil Thapa07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 9:00am-10:25am $690/term Location: Online19This class will start from Module 1 and finish the core AGS 1 curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify AGS I skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
This is the supportive/enhanced AGS I class taught in a different way. We are teaching AGS I at sunshine using the Holt California Algebra I / Geometry curriculum to build up the fundamental concepts and skills in the series that AGS I requires, with much more in-depth understanding. We also use the AGS I curriculum to ensure the class is aligning with the required skills in AGS I.
Who will benefit from this class?
- Students who are taking AGS I class in school but need more support to learn AGS I systematically with clear instruction and more in-depth understanding.
- Students who want to learn ahead than what they are learning at school to prepare the skip-level math placement test for next school year.
Textbooks:
Algebra I / Geometry Holt California Edition;
AGS I supportive material
Note: All class materials and books are offered in ecopy via the class page.
AGS 1 is the full school year curriculum. Below are the topics taught in the normal school year.
The Fall term will cover Modules 1 to 5 from Sep to Dec in 14 classes.
Module 2: Linear & Exponential Functions
Module 3: Features of Functions
Module 4: Equations & Inequalities
Module 5: Systems of Equations & Inequalities
The Spring term will cover Modules 6-9 and Reviews from Jan-Jun in 20 classes.
Review Modules 1-5
Module 6: Transformations & Symmetry
Module 7: Congruence, Construction & Proof
Module 8: Connecting Algebra & Geometry
Review Modules 1-9
Reference: Contents Comparison from AGS I to Algebra I, Geometry
AGS I Contents in Algebra I/Geometry Module 1: Sequences Chapter 1-6 in Algebra I Module 2: Linear & Exponential Functions Module 3: Features of Functions Module 4: Equations & Inequalities Module 5: Systems of Equations & Inequalities Module 6: Transformations & Symmetry Chapter 1 - 4 in Geometry Module 7: Congruence, Construction & Proof Module 8: Connecting Algebra & Geometry Module 9: Modeling Data Statistics in PreAlgebra and Algebra I
Instructor: Connor Nelson07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 10:35am-12:00pm $690/term Location: Online19This class will start from Module 1 and finish the core AGS II curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify AGS II skills. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
AGS II is the full school year curriculum. This is the supportive/enhanced AGS II class taught in a different way. We are teaching AGS II at sunshine using the Holt California Algebra I / Geometry curriculum to build up the fundamental concepts and skills in the sequence that AGS I requires, with much more in-depth understanding. We also use the AGS II curriculum to ensure the class is aligning with the topics in AGS II.
Who will benefit from this class?
- Students who are taking AGS II at school but need more support to learn AGS II systematically with clear instruction and more in-depth understanding.
- Students who want to learn ahead of what they are learning at school to prepare for the skip-level math placement test for the next school year.
Textbooks:
Algebra I / Geometry Holt California Edition;
AGS II supportive materials.
Note: All class materials and books are offered in PDF files via the class page.
Below are the topics in AGS II taught in the normal school year.
The Fall term will cover Modules 1 to 4 from Sep to Dec in 14 class.
Module 2: Structures of Expressions
Module 4: More Functions, More Features
The Spring term will cover Modules 5-9 from Jan-Jun in 20 classes.
Module 6: Similarity and Right Triangle Trigonometry
Module 7: Circles from a Geometric Perspective
Module 8: Circles and Other Conics
Review Modules 1-9
Reference: Contents and Comparison from AGS II to Algebra I, Geometry
AGS II Contents in Algebra I/Geometry Module 1: Quadratic Functions Chapter 9, 10 in Algebra I & Piecewise Functions Module 2: Structures of Expressions Module 3: Quadratic Equations Module 4: More Functions, More Features Module 5: Geometric Figures Chapter 5-8 & 11 in Geometry & Chapter 10 in Algebra II Module 6: Similarity and Right Triangle Trigonometry Module 7: Circles from a Geometric Perspective Module 8: Circles and Other Conics Module 9: Probability In PreAlgebra and some in Algebra II To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment tests at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Connor Nelson07/07 to 08/15 18 Classes Monday,Wednesday,Friday 1:00pm-2:30pm $690/term Location: Online15This class starts from Chapter 1 and finishes the full year AGS 3 curriculum in 6 weeks in Summer. It's good for students who are ready to learn ahead in a fast pace or review and solidify AGS 3 skills. The AGS 3 and Algebra 2 Curriculum are mapping well with just minor difference. We will use the Holt Algebra 2 textbook to teach better and use the AGS 3 model tests to make sure students are solid for all AGS 3 topics. All class materials in PDF format will be uploaded to the class page.
This is a fundamental Algebra 2 /AGS 3 course. The entire course takes 2 semesters, or one school year, from Sept-June to complete.
Successfully finishing this Algebra 2 /AGS 3 course will help with students' high school level math skills, making them well-prepared for Pre-calculus and math tests like SAT and ACT.
Who will benefit from this class:
- Students who want to solidify/enhance their AGS III / Algebra II skills to prepare them for Pre-calculus and be more successful in the future PSAT/SAT/ACT tests.
- Students who want to skip AGS III / Algebra II and take the Pre-calculus course in the new school year.
Textbooks:
- Holt Mathematics California Algebra 2, Student Edition
- AGS III Assessment tests from MVP
The Fall term will cover Chapters 1 to 6 from Sept. to Dec.
Chapter 1 - Foundations For Functions
Chapter 2 - Linear Functions
Chapter 3 - Linear Systems
Chapter 4 - Matrices
Chapter 5 - Quadratic Functions
Chapter 6 - Polynomial Functions
The Spring term will cover Chapters 7-14 from Jan. to June.
Chapter 7 - Exponential And Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 8 - Rational And Radical Functions
Chapter 9 - Properties And Attributes Of Functions
Chapter 10 - Conic Sections
Chapter 11 - Probability And Statistics
Chapter 12 - Sequences And Series
Chapter 13 - Trigonometric Functions
Chapter 14 - Trigonometric Graphs And Identities
Instructor: Sunil Thapa07/07 to 08/15 32 Classes any day 12:00am-12:00am $320/course Location: OnlineThis is the supportive/enhanced AGS I class taught in a different way. We are teaching AGS I at sunshine using the Holt California Algebra I / Geometry curriculum to build up the fundamental concepts and skills in the series that AGS I requires, with much more in-depth understanding. We also use the AGS I curriculum to ensure the class is aligning with the required skills in AGS I.
Who will benefit from this class?
- Students who are taking AGS I class in school but need more support to learn AGS I systematically with clear instruction and more in-depth understanding.
- Students who want to learn ahead than what they are learning at school to prepare the skip-level math placement test for next school year.
Textbooks:
Algebra I / Geometry Holt California Edition;
AGS I supportive material
Note: All class materials and books are offered in ecopy via the class page.
AGS 1 is the full school year curriculum. Below are the topics taught in the normal school year.
The Fall term will cover Modules 1 to 5 from Sep to Dec in 14 classes.
Module 2: Linear & Exponential Functions
Module 3: Features of Functions
Module 4: Equations & Inequalities
Module 5: Systems of Equations & Inequalities
The Spring term will cover Modules 6-9 and Reviews from Jan-Jun in 20 classes.
Review Modules 1-5
Module 6: Transformations & Symmetry
Module 7: Congruence, Construction & Proof
Module 8: Connecting Algebra & Geometry
Review Modules 1-9
Reference: Contents Comparison from AGS I to Algebra I, Geometry
AGS I Contents in Algebra I/Geometry Module 1: Sequences Chapter 1-6 in Algebra I Module 2: Linear & Exponential Functions Module 3: Features of Functions Module 4: Equations & Inequalities Module 5: Systems of Equations & Inequalities Module 6: Transformations & Symmetry Chapter 1 - 4 in Geometry Module 7: Congruence, Construction & Proof Module 8: Connecting Algebra & Geometry Module 9: Modeling Data Statistics in PreAlgebra and Algebra I
Instructor: Connor Nelson07/07 to 08/15 32 Classes any day 12:00am-12:00am $320/course Location: OnlineAGS II is the full school year curriculum. This is the supportive/enhanced AGS II class taught in a different way. We are teaching AGS II at sunshine using the Holt California Algebra I / Geometry curriculum to build up the fundamental concepts and skills in the sequence that AGS I requires, with much more in-depth understanding. We also use the AGS II curriculum to ensure the class is aligning with the topics in AGS II.
Who will benefit from this class?
- Students who are taking AGS II at school but need more support to learn AGS II systematically with clear instruction and more in-depth understanding.
- Students who want to learn ahead of what they are learning at school to prepare for the skip-level math placement test for the next school year.
Textbooks:
Algebra I / Geometry Holt California Edition;
AGS II supportive materials.
Note: All class materials and books are offered in PDF files via the class page.
Below are the topics in AGS II taught in the normal school year.
The Fall term will cover Modules 1 to 4 from Sep to Dec in 14 class.
Module 2: Structures of Expressions
Module 4: More Functions, More Features
The Spring term will cover Modules 5-9 from Jan-Jun in 20 classes.
Module 6: Similarity and Right Triangle Trigonometry
Module 7: Circles from a Geometric Perspective
Module 8: Circles and Other Conics
Review Modules 1-9
Reference: Contents and Comparison from AGS II to Algebra I, Geometry
AGS II Contents in Algebra I/Geometry Module 1: Quadratic Functions Chapter 9, 10 in Algebra I & Piecewise Functions Module 2: Structures of Expressions Module 3: Quadratic Equations Module 4: More Functions, More Features Module 5: Geometric Figures Chapter 5-8 & 11 in Geometry & Chapter 10 in Algebra II Module 6: Similarity and Right Triangle Trigonometry Module 7: Circles from a Geometric Perspective Module 8: Circles and Other Conics Module 9: Probability In PreAlgebra and some in Algebra II To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment tests at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Instructor: Connor Nelson07/07 to 08/15 40 Classes any day 12:00am-12:00am $400/course Location: OnlineThis is a fundamental Algebra 2 /AGS 3 course. The entire course takes 2 semesters, or one school year, from Sept-June to complete.
Successfully finishing this Algebra 2 /AGS 3 course will help with students' high school level math skills, making them well-prepared for Pre-calculus and math tests like SAT and ACT.
Who will benefit from this class:
- Students who want to solidify/enhance their AGS III / Algebra II skills to prepare them for Pre-calculus and be more successful in the future PSAT/SAT/ACT tests.
- Students who want to skip AGS III / Algebra II and take the Pre-calculus course in the new school year.
Textbooks:
- Holt Mathematics California Algebra 2, Student Edition
- AGS III Assessment tests from MVP
The Fall term will cover Chapters 1 to 6 from Sept. to Dec.
Chapter 1 - Foundations For Functions
Chapter 2 - Linear Functions
Chapter 3 - Linear Systems
Chapter 4 - Matrices
Chapter 5 - Quadratic Functions
Chapter 6 - Polynomial Functions
The Spring term will cover Chapters 7-14 from Jan. to June.
Chapter 7 - Exponential And Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 8 - Rational And Radical Functions
Chapter 9 - Properties And Attributes Of Functions
Chapter 10 - Conic Sections
Chapter 11 - Probability And Statistics
Chapter 12 - Sequences And Series
Chapter 13 - Trigonometric Functions
Chapter 14 - Trigonometric Graphs And Identities
Instructor: Joanne Rees07/08 to 08/12 6 Classes Tuesday 4:30pm-6:00pm $240/term Location: Online10This Math Competition Camp/Class for Grade 4-6 will focus on learning and practicing the problem-solving skills with the materials from all the following 3 contests. Students enrolled in this class will be invited to the online adaptive learning system for the Math League contest.
The Math Olympiad camp/class will stimulate enthusiasm and a love for mathematics. It will teach major strategies for problem-solving and develop mathematical flexibility in solving problems. The goal is to strengthen the problem-solving skills of all students.
Math League expands on basic math concepts taught in schools by using more challenging questions and word problems, requiring students to use critical thinking to complete each question accurately and in a timely manner. All questions must be finished in the allotted time, and due to this constraint, the course is focused on practical strategies to quickly and accurately answer these types of questions.
Math Kangaroo is a great way to introduce elementary school students to the world of competitive math. An interactive competition complete with prizes, the test is not based on knowledge but is rather replete with puzzle and logic-type problems. Math Kangaroo is open to students in grades 1 - 12, the competition offers 24 problems to be solved within 75 minutes for grades 1-5 and 30 questions for students in grades 5 and up.
Instructor: Lalith Lulla07/07 to 08/15 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 1:00pm-2:25pm $465/term Location: Online18Prerequisites: Completion of Singapore Math levels 4A OR Beast Academy 4C.
There are 4 books in Beast Academy Level 4: 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D.
- Beast Academy 4A covers shapes, multiplication, and exponents
- Beast Academey 4B covers counting, division, and logic
- Beast Academy 4C covers factors, fractions, and intergers
- Beast Academy 4D covers fractions, decimals, and probability
This class will cover book 4D in Summer. Students who finish this class may continue to the book 5A in the Fall term.
Beast Academy is published by Art of Problem-Solving as an introduction to their rigorous middle school and high school textbooks. It's a comprehensive curriculum for grades 2-5. Each level consists of a Guide book (a fully-illustrated textbook written in an engaging, comic-book style) and a Practice book (a workbook providing hundreds of exercises, problems, puzzles, and games to reinforce the lessons from the Guide).
The guides utilize many everyday contexts and visual representations to encourage children to think deeply and understand what they’re learning. This encourages a diminishment of rote learning and an increase of applying mathematics to various situations.
The materials cover core fundamentals and then presents these fundamentals at a deeper and more challenging level than typical elementary-school math curriculum. The problem sets are explicitly designed to help students develop the mental grit to handle AMC and Math Olympiad problems and later tackle the kind of non-trivial open questions that real mathematicians work on.
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Note: Books in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy the textbooks at the group discount price on Sunshine's website via the Courses page.
Instructor: Angela Norse07/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 2:30pm-4:00pm $465/term Location: Online18AoPS curriculum enhances school-taught learning at the problem-solving and advanced levels. It is also the foundation of competition math.
This full course takes 2 semesters, or one school year, from Sept-June to complete.
PreAlgebra A (fall term) includes a thorough exploration of the fundamentals of arithmetic, including fractions, exponents, and decimals. We introduce beginning topics in number theory and algebra, including common divisors and multiples, primes and prime factorizations, basic equations and inequalities, and ratios.
PreAlgebra B (winter/spring term) includes percents, square roots, exploration of geometric tools and strategies, topics of discrete mathematics and statistics, and a discussion of general problem-solving strategies.
PreAlgebra prepares students for the rigors of algebra and also teaches students problem-solving techniques to prepare them for prestigious middle school math contests such as MATHCOUNTS, MOEMS, and the AMC 8.
Textbook:
The text is structured to inspire the reader to explore and develop new ideas. Each section starts with problems, giving the student a chance to solve them without help before proceeding. The text then includes solutions and explanations to these problems. Important facts and powerful problem-solving approaches are highlighted throughout the text. In addition to the instructional material, the book contains well over 1000 problems.
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Note: Books in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy the textbooks at the group discount price on Sunshine's website via the Courses page.
Instructor: Angela Norse07/07 to 08/15 22 Hours Anyday 9:00am-8:00pm,Wednesday 12:00am-12:00am $235/term Location: Online17AoPS Intro to Algebra is the math foundation class for advance math learners and competition math. The class content goes beyond school-based Algebra curriulum.
This Course is designed for those students that have already taken the full-year course, but need additional practice and instruction. We will not cover the entire book but review all of the most important concepts.
Additionally, we will implement vigorous material and tests to enhance the curriculum and ensure students are mastering the materials in the depth.
Textbook: Introduction to Algebra
The topics in this book include the following: Exponents and radicals, linear equations and inequalities, ratios and proportions, factoring quadratics, complex numbers, completing the square, and the quadratic formula.
The text is structured to inspire the reader to explore and develop new ideas. Each section starts with problems, giving the student a chance to solve them without help before proceeding. The text then includes solutions and explanations to these problems. Important facts and powerful problem-solving approaches are highlighted throughout the text. In addition to the instructional material, the book contains well over 1000 problems.
This book can serve as a complete Algebra I course, and also includes many concepts covered in Algebra II. Middle school students preparing for MATHCOUNTS, high school students preparing for the AMC, and other students seeking to master the fundamentals of algebra will find this book an instrumental part of their mathematics libraries.
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Note: Books in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy the textbooks at the group discount price on Sunshine's website via the Courses page.
Instructor: Manny Norse07/07 to 08/15 22 Hours Anyday 9:00am-8:00pm $235/term Location: Online17AoPS Geometry is the math foundation class for advance math learners and competition math. The class content goes beyond school-based Geometry curriulum.
This Course is designed for those students that have already taken the full-year course, but need additional practice and instruction. We will not cover the entire book but review all of the most important concepts.
Additionally, we will implement vigorous material and tests to enhance the curriculum and ensure students are mastering the materials.
Textbook: Introduction to Geometry
The topics in this book include the following: similar triangles, congruent triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles, funky areas, power of a point, three-dimensional geometry, transformations, introductory trigonometry, and more.
The text is structured to inspire the reader to explore and develop new ideas. Each section starts with problems, giving the student a chance to solve them without help before proceeding. The text then includes solutions and explanations to these problems. Important facts and powerful problem-solving approaches are highlighted throughout the text. In addition to the instructional material, the book contains well over 900 problems.
This book serves as a complete geometry course and is ideal for students who have mastered basic algebra, such as solving linear equations. Middle school students preparing for MATHCOUNTS, high school students preparing for the AMC, and other students seeking to master the fundamentals of geometry will find this book an instrumental part of their mathematics libraries.
To ensure your child is a good fit for this class, you may have him or her take the online math assessment test at http://www.sunshineeliteeducation.com/assessment_test_list.php
Note: Books in PDF will be uploaded to the students' class page before the term starts. You may also buy the textbooks at the group discount price on Sunshine's website via the Courses page.
Instructor: Manny Norse07/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 4:30pm-6:00pm $465/term Location: Online15A thorough introduction for students in grades 7-10 to topics in number theory such as primes & composites, multiples & divisors, prime factorization and its uses, base numbers, modular arithmetic, divisibility rules, linear congruences, how to develop number sense, and more.
This class is ideal for students who have mastered basic algebra, such as solving linear equations. Middle school students preparing for MATHCOUNTS, high school students preparing for the AMC.
Textbook: AoPS Introduction to Number Theory
Instructor: Peng Lin
07/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 6:30pm-8:00pm $465/term Location: Online15A thorough introduction for students in grades 7-10 to counting and probability topics such as permutations, combinations, Pascal's triangle, geometric probability, basic combinatorial identities, the Binomial Theorem, and more.
This class is ideal for students who have mastered basic algebra, such as solving linear equations. Middle school students preparing for MATHCOUNTS, high school students preparing for the AMC.
Textbook: AoPS Introduction to Probability and Counting
Instructor: Peng Lin
07/07 to 08/13 12 Classes Monday,Wednesday 4:30pm-6:00pm $465/term Location: Online15The AMC 10 and AMC 12 are nationwide tests administered by the Mathematical Association of America that qualify you for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). Only those with top scores will be invited to take the AIME. The MAA recommends 9th and 10th graders take the AMC 10, and 11th and 12th graders take the AMC 12. You can take the AMC 10 and/or 12 multiple times.
The AMC 10 and AMC 12 each have 25 questions. You have 75 minutes for the entire exam. Note that you don't need to get all of the questions right to get a qualifying score. You just have to do better than most of the other students taking the exam! Keep that in mind as you come up with a strategy for the test.
You need to be in the top 5% of scorers on the AMC 12 or the top 2.5% of scorers on the AMC 10 to qualify, so the vast majority of people who take the AMC exams don't qualify. But, if you do qualify, you can take the American Invitation Mathematics Examination, or AIME.
If you do well on the AIME, you can qualify for the US Mathematical Olympiad. The top scorers from that competition then have the opportunity to train to be on the US team that competes at the International Math Olympiad. (You can find more info on this process over at the Mathematical Association of American website .)
It's a long process to get to the IMO, and very few students make it that far. But even just taking the AIME can set you apart in the college admissions process, especially if you are interested in engineering programs. Along with a high GPA and strong SAT/ACT scores, taking the AIME is a way to signal to colleges you have superior math and problem-solving skills.
This course will help students to be more ready for do well on AMC 10/12 tests. We will use customized materials for different topics in the competition and also use many previously AMC 10/12 questions both in class and for homework.
Instructor: Peng Lin07/07 to 08/13 12 Classes Monday,Wednesday 6:30pm-8:00pm $465/term Location: Online15The AIME competition usually is scheduled in February of the school year. This class will help students to prepare for the test early in Summer.
American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) is a multiple choice exam. The questions in AIME are roughly in order of increasing difficulty. The early questions are much easier than olympiad questions.
Any student who scores in the top 2.5% on the AMC 10, or in the top 5% on the AMC 12 is invited to take the AIME.
If you do well on the AIME, you can qualify for the US Mathematical Olympiad. The top scorers from that competition then have the opportunity to train to be on the US team that competes at the International Math Olympiad. (You can find more info on this process over at the Mathematical Association of American website .)
If you took the AMC 10, you'll compete in the USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO). Students who took the AMC 12 will compete in the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). The top roughly 200 participants from AMC 12 and AIME qualify for the USA Mathematics Olympiad (USAMO), while the top roughly 200 participants from the AMC 10 and AIME qualify for the USA Junior Mathematics Olympiad (USAJMO).
It's a long process to get to the IMO, and very few students make it that far. But even just taking the AIME can set you apart in the college admissions process, especially if you are interested in engineering programs. Along with a high GPA and strong SAT/ACT scores, taking the AIME is a way to signal to colleges you have superior math and problem-solving skills.
This course will help students to be more ready for do well on the AIME and USAMO tests. We will use customized materials for different topics in the competition and also use many previously AIME/USAMO questions both in class and for homework.
Instructor: Peng Lin07/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 9:00am-10:25am $465/term Location: Online8Course Objective: This class gives young students a strong foundation in the scientific discipline of biology. Students will learn about taxonomy, cell structure and types of cells, photosynthesis, plant structure, and life cycles, single-celled organisms and how they move and eat, the life cycle of the frog, the life cycle of the butterfly, and ecosystems.
This is a one-year curriculum and will be finished in Fall and Winter/Spring Terms, from Sep to Jun, about 34 weeks.
Text Books: (provided in PDF format)
Biology by PRENTICE HALL
Instructor: Kyle Golden
07/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 10:35am-12:00pm $465/term Location: Online5Course Objective: This is the stem Chemistry class for rising high school students who want to learn stem Chemistry ahead. We will finish the first 10 chapters in the book. Students who finish this course will be prepared to take the stem Chemistry class with ease in their high school.
Topics to be covered include: Matter, Formulas and Names of Compounds, Chemical Quantities, Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry, Atomic Theory, Electrons,and Patterns in the Periodic Table.
The class is strucutred based on the textbook below and accompanying work book.
Prerequisite: Algebra 1 or AGS 1
Text Books:
Instructor: Kyle Golden
07/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 9:00am-10:25am $465/term Location: Online12Course Objective: This is the stem Physics class for rising high school students who want to learn stem Physics ahead. We will finish the first 3 units in the book. Students who finish this course will be prepared to take the stem Physics class with ease in their high school.
The course content will focus on Introduction to Vectors, Equilibrium/Linear Motion, Newton's Laws of Motion, Momentum and Energy, Circular Motion, and Universal Gravity.
The class is based on an interactive lecture, supplemented with simulations, and problem solving.
Prerequisite: Algebra 1 or AGS 1
Text Books: (Free rental from Sunshine library)
The PDF file of the textbook will be loaded to the class page before the term starts.
Instructor: Christopher Dupuis07/08 to 08/14 12 Classes Tuesday,Thursday 10:35am-12:00pm $465/term Location: Online12This is a new class to teach AP Physics 1 Mechanics in Winter/Spring term. Ap Physics 1 Mechanics is a good fundation before AP Physics C. Students usaully feel hard to take the AP Physics C class at School since they don't have chance to learn AP Physcis 1. Students who finish AP Physics 1 Mechanics will be very well prepared to start AP Physics C in Summer or next school year.
Prerequisite: Algebra I/Basic Trigonometry or Algebra II
This class is designed to support 8-10th graders to learn to advance or support their school learning by making up gaps. It seeks to broaden students' horizons on a wide range of physics topics. Physics relies heavily on theories and experimentations that are highly quantitative to support conclusions.
Accordingly, foundational knowledge of algebra is required to succeed in this course. For example, students will be required to find the slope and area under graphs. In addition to that, students should have a good handle on basic trigonometrical functions. In this course, students will learn about Mechanics, States of Matter, Waves and light, Electricity and magnetism and Modern physics. Furthermore, students will be expected to construct and judge the validity of a logical argument, demonstrate effective oral and listening skills, use technology in a responsible manner.
Textbook:
Physics: Principles with Applications by Giancoli (AP Physics 1+2, Algebra based)
Note: The PDF file of the textbook will be loaded to the class page before the term starts.
Instructor: Christopher Dupuis