Summer Program
In the life of schools, summer is all about opportunity. For many, it is an opportunity to recharge our batteries and reconnect with our lives off campus. For some, like the students of the 2015 Drew Summer Program, it is an opportunity to explore new passions, rediscover old ones, and create new opportunities for growth and advancement for the coming year. As the doors closed on the 2014-2015 school year, the 2015 Drew Summer Program kicked into high gear, hosting nearly 100 students in a wide variety of academic and enrichment courses designed to offer a multitude of opportunities to interested students and families.
In the life of schools, summer is all about opportunity. For many, it is an opportunity to recharge our batteries and reconnect with our lives off campus. For some, like the students of the 2015 Drew Summer Program, it is an opportunity to explore new passions, rediscover old ones, and create new opportunities for growth and advancement for the coming year. As the doors closed on the 2014-2015 school year, the 2015 Drew Summer Program kicked into high gear, hosting nearly 100 students in a wide variety of academic and enrichment courses designed to offer a multitude of opportunities to interested students and families.
At the core of the summer program are our courses for academic advancement. Students from Drew and other bay area high schools (such as University, Urban, and St. Ignatius among others) took courses in science and mathematics aimed at allowing students to advance a year over 6 weeks. For the first time, we offered Chemistry and Algebra 2 as accelerated summer offerings. The courses were made special by the energy and extraordinary efforts of our summer academic faculty: Ms. Marian Ferrara, Mr. Anders Fairbanks, Mr. Sean Alexander, Ms. Kristin Josephson, and Ms. Ronitte Libedinsky. These wonderful teachers deserve special thanks for their hard work during the summer.
The summer program also offered several one and two week enrichment courses for intended for both middle school and high school students, ranging from the popular, long-running Math Boot Camp course to our two week Digital Music Studio course (led by Drew Alum Tony Jue ’13), which allowed students an opportunity to learn the rudiments of digital recording, sound design, and composition while developing their own recordings and projects. Drew’s own Mr. Burke Green once again led his Big Ideas Through Hands-on Science course, which allowed students to explore and design electronic crafts through a variety of carefully-implemented activities.
The Drew Summer Program also hosted three groups. Sky Kids entered its 2nd year at Drew, offering wide array of activities to local and international students. Drew students served as instructors and counselors during the summer term, leading art and theater activities for the young participants in the Sky Kids program.
The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival once again brought its “Upstart Crows” program to campus for a two week theater camp, led by SFSF theater manager Sabrina Wenske. The experience culminated in a memorable and powerful performance of “Richard the III” in the theater in front of friends and family.
The Golden Gate Bass Camp continued its long relationship with Drew under the leadership of Richard Duke and our very own James Garrison. The camp offered a variety of classes and experiences with some of the most famous and up-and-coming bassists from around the world. The camp culminated in two wonderful concerts featuring performances the faculty and students respectively.
Special thanks go out to Celia Docto, Michelle Johnson, Leslie Harroch, Lauren Cahill, Michelle Ong, Anthony Lynn, Sergio Peralta, and Natasha Aronson for working so hard to help with the day-to-day operations of the school during the summer. Their invaluable contributions make Drew shine for our summer program students and visitors alike, helping make the 2015 Summer Program such a significant success. I also would like to single out James Garrison for his many valuable contributions to the summer program and his help in coordinating our offerings in the performing arts.
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