Academic Mini Courses

Summer at Wooster is offering Academic Mini Courses this summer for Middle School and Lower School students. These courses are for students entering grades three through eight. Each workshop will include a combination of direct instruction, cooperative group work, and individualized one-on-one instruction.

Lower School Workshops (Grades 3-5)

Fun With Fractions and Math Boot Camps

July 30 - August 3
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch and Recess: 12:00 - 1:00 pm (No Additional Cost)

Cost: $500

Fun with Fractions

Strengthening students' understanding of fractions and the facets of fractions through fun activities and real life applications.

Math Boot Camp

Through a variety of games, students will practice and review multiplication and division facts, in order to attain automaticity.

Middle School Workshops (Grades 6-8)

Math Workshop and Study Skills (2 week session)

July 9 - July 20
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch and Recess: 12:00 - 1:00 pm (No Additional Cost)

Cost: $1,000

Math Workshop

This workshop will include review of fractions, decimals, percents, positive and negative numbers. We will also explore the usage of variables in equations and real life situations.

Study Skills

This workshop will provide students with a variety of strategies to help develop active learning skills. We will focus on time management, goal setting, note taking, and test taking skills. Students will learn more about themselves as learners preparing them to be more effective students in the upcoming school year.

Writing Workshop and Book Club (2 week session)

July 23 - August 3
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch and Recess: 12:00 - 1:00 pm (No Additional Cost)

Cost: $1,000

Writing Workshop

This workshop will teach students the process of writing which includes planning, drafting, revising and publishing. Students will learn strategies such as brainstorming, using graphic organizers and/or outlining to organize information. Each student will have access to a laptop computer. Students will leave this workshop with the tools necessary to prepare them to be more effective writers in the upcoming year.

Book Club

This workshop will focus on students collaborating, selecting and reading a book from different genres. They will discuss compare, predict, study vocabulary, discuss themes, and all literary elements within the book. Students will leave with a better understanding of how to dig for deeper meaning from a book as well as how to elicit important information from an assigned reading.