Summer Programs 2009
Special Programs
2009 SUMMER SESSION
CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND
The Claflin University Upward Bound will begin its summer session June 7, 2009 with an opening motivational Banquet and will end July 15, 2008 with a Cultural/Educational Trip. Participants come from eight high schools located in Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties. The specific target groups are students with academic potential who have just completed the ninth grade and who will continue in the program through high school graduation. The summer following high school graduation, students can earn at least six hours of college credit during the summer “Bridge component” of Upward Bound.
The program provides intensive college preparation, academic advising and other social, cultural and educational activities. Students may qualify several ways. They may fall into the economic guidelines established by the Department of Education, and/or they may be a “first-generation” student. A “first-generation” student is one whose parents have not completed a four-year degree program at a college or university. A student may also qualify because of a learning or physical disability.
Upward Bound is a federally funded program sponsored by the United States Department of Education. Therefore, there is no cost to the student or to the family. The program pays all costs involved for participation. During the day, students attend academic and fine arts classes. Academic classes include: Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), Mathematics Reading/SAT & ACT Preparation, foreign Language (Spanish or French), Social Studies, and Study Skills. The Fine Arts classes include: Art, Chorus, Dance, Drama and Videography. In the evening hours there is organized recreation and social activities.
Claflin University Upward bound Math/Science Regional Center
The Claflin University Upward Bound Math/Science Regional Center, also known as the PRISM (Pursuing Rewards In Science and Mathematics) Program serves fifty-eight high school students from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee in a five-week residential summer program. The mission of the program is to increase the number of scientists and mathematicians from first-generation, low-income backgrounds by providing accelerated and intensified learning and developmental experiences that will facilitate the participants’ enrollment in college and pursuit of these careers.
The 2009 summer session will begin on June 7, 2009 and end on July 12, 2009. Academic courses, career awareness experiences, self-development activities, and tutorial assistance are provided in a supportive and nurturing environment. The participants are involved in improving their critical thinking skills, studying geometry through calculus, and writing scientific research papers. They are also enrolled in basic Latin and biology, chemistry or physics. The faculty incorporates technology-based instructional strategies that enhance the participants’ learning process and also contributes toward the decrease of the technology gap existing in our society. The participants are also engage in a mentoring program with professional mentors with careers in math and science related areas.
Career seminars featuring community professionals will be presented. Shadowing of career professionals allows the senior students to experience actual work environments of their chosen career field. Students also complete a science or math research project and present their results in a culminating research symposium. Weekly career oriented field trips as well as the culminating trip are planned.
CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY GEAR UP
10th Annual SUMMER ENRICHMENT INSTITUTE (S.E.I.)
JUNE 8 – July 2, 2009
The goal of The Claflin University GEAR UP Program (CUGU) is to ensure that deserving middle and high school students who are enrolled at target schools in Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five are prepared for, pursue, and succeed in post-secondary education. The program places emphasis on academic achievement, early comprehensive intervention, parental involvement and empowerment, high expectations, and professional development.
The Claflin University GEAR UP program will offer a Summer Enrichment Institute (S.E.I.) on the Claflin University campus beginning Monday, June 8, 2009 and ending Thursday, July 2, 2009. The afternoon program will run Mondays through Thursdays from 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. A culminating Cultural and Educational trip is tentatively scheduled for mid - July 2009. Two hundred (200) students will participate in the Summer Enrichment Institute.
Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five will provide one-way bus transportation for students attending Summer School at Clark and Howard Middle Schools to the Claflin University campus. All other students must provide their own transportation. All students must be picked up by parents in the evenings at 6:30 p.m. Students may purchase an afternoon snack and Dinner will be provided through the U.S.D.A. summer food service program at no cost to students.
The CUGU Summer Enrichment Institute curriculum will extend and enhance basic academic skills such as Math/Algebra/Geometry/Algebra II, English/Language Arts, History, and Science through exploration in the extracurricular areas of Fine Arts, Physical Education, Career Exploration, Self Development, and Character Education. All courses are aligned with state curriculum standards and No Child Left Behind standards. Whenever possible, classes are thematically integrated in order to foster retention and transfer of skills. The staff will be comprised of school district teachers and university faculty. Tutorial assistance will be provided by university tutors.
Claflin University GEAR UP is a federally funded program through the United States Department of Education. Participation in all CUGU program activities is at minimal or no additional cost to students or their parents.
Applications can be picked up from and returned to the following persons at your schools: Clark Middle School --- Mrs. Grace Hemby; Howard Middle School--Mrs. P. E. Charley (during 1ST Lunch Period), -Mrs. Mary Walker (during 2nd Lunch Period);-Mrs. A. Hallinquest (during 2nd Lunch Period); O-W High School ---Mrs. Angela Fersner
“We are especially recruiting 9th Graders who are not currently enrolled in the Claflin University GEAR UP Program”.
