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Summer Classes: 4th & 5th Grade Students

In Summer 2009, ATS inaugurated a new program for students in 4th and 5th grades. Students can gain their first experience in an ATS-style class as they discover new approaches to traditional topics and explore enrichment opportunities in new subject areas.

Classes are scheduled in one-week sessions and will be a total of 12.5 hours for the week. Morning and afternoon classes are available.

2012 Summer Session Dates: 4/5 Program
Session 1 June 18 to June 22
Session 2 June 25 to June 29
Session 3 July 9 to July 13
Session 4 July 16 to July 20
Session 5 July 23 to July 27

 

Classes
Over 40 classes are being planned for Summer 2012 including:

  • Beginning Drawing: Cartoons and Comic Strips
  • Chemistry: Everyday Phenomena
  • Creative Writing: Fairytales
  • Engineering and Architectural Design
  • Fun with Algebra
  • Reader's Theater
  • Solving Mysteries with Science
  • Wildlife Drawing

Cost Overview
ATS is a nonprofit, self-supporting program which receives no federal or state funding. Course fees for the 2011 4/5 Program were $259 per class. Financial aid is available.

Supervision
ATS provides supervision during class time only. ATS staff do not escort students to and from class. It is the responsibility of parents to drop their students off at the classroom and pick them up at the end of the class period.

For student safety and security, parents should walk their students to class and must sign in at the start of class and sign out at the end of class.

 

Student in class

Getting Involved in the
4/5 Program

  1. Be a current 4th or 5th grader (as of January 1)
  2. Take the Qualifying Exam: Intermediate Level
  3. Use your test scores to determine which classes best match your abilities

Summer 2011 information for 4th and 5th Grade Students (3.7 MB)
for reference only