Summer Academy
Middle School Courses
Summer Academy dates for 2020 will run from June 29 - Aug. 7.
Registration will open at the end of January.
Welcome!
Registration will open at the end of January.
Welcome!
At Hamden Hall Country Day School, our hallmark is our family-like environment. Hamden Hall's Middle School Summer Academy courses set the class size small so that teachers can get to know their students in order to nurture and challenge each child with individualized instruction. Middle School courses are designed for students entering grades 7 and 8.
Hamden Hall's Middle School Summer Academy courses can help students get ahead, mitigate summer learning loss, or focus on particular areas of a student weakness.
Summer Academy is broken in to two, 3 week sessions. Click on a course link to be taken to its corresponding course description.
Click on the Summer Academy Application to register.
Click on the Summer Academy Application to register.
| Session 1 | June 29 - July 10 | Session 2 | July 13 - Aug. 27 |
| 9:00-10:00 | The Fundamentals of English I |
9:00-10:00 | The Fundamentals of English I |
| 10:00-11:00 | Writing Fundamentals I | 10:00-11:00 | Writing Fundamentals I |
| 11:00-12:00 | Geometry Preview Pre-Algebra |
11:00-12:00 | Pre-Algebra |
If interested in Spanish, French, or Latin preview/review courses, please contact Kim Porto at kporto@hamdenhall.org.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGLISH I
Tuition: $335
Grades 7-8
This is an English skills review course which covers critical reading and writing skills, using literature from Hamden Hall’s summer reading list. Students will read, discuss and analyze the literature with an accompanying writing component. Grammar and vocabulary will also be reviewed.
Strongly recommended for students new to Hamden Hall.
Suitable for English language learners who have a basic understanding of English.
WRITING FUNDAMENTALS I
Tuition: $335
Grades 7-8
This course will provide intensive practice in critical writing skills needed for analytical and research papers. Constructing the 5 paragraph essay will be emphasized. Analyzing the question, brainstorming, outlining, writing and editing drafts, and close proofreading are all skills that will be taught. Appropriate footnoting, endnoting and bibliography techniques will also be reviewed.
Suitable for English language learners who have a basic understanding of English.
GEOMETRY PREVIEW
Tuition: $335
Grades 8-12
Students will become acquainted with the use of definitions, postulates and theorems, particularly as they apply to the “if-then” logic of proofs; points, lines, planes, segments and angles; properties of triangles and other geometric figures; congruency and similarity; right triangles; circles; areas and volumes.
Strongly recommended as a preparation for Geometry.
FRENCH PREVIEW/REVIEW
Tuition: $335
Grades 8-12
Students will become acquainted with the use of definitions, postulates and theorems, particularly as they apply to the “if-then” logic of proofs; points, lines, planes, segments and angles; properties of triangles and other geometric figures; congruency and similarity; right triangles; circles; areas and volumes.
Strongly recommended as a preparation for Geometry.
Grades 7 and 8
This preview/review course is designed to strengthen the student's basic Spanish vocabulary in order to prepare them for Spanish I in the fall. Spanish vocabulary and grammar will be the focus of this course.
Contact Kim Porto at kporto@hamdenhall.org if interested in this course.
Contact Kim Porto at kporto@hamdenhall.org if interested in this course.
FRENCH PREVIEW/REVIEW
Grades 7 and 8
This preview/review course is designed to strengthen the student's basic French vocabulary in order to prepare them for French I in the fall. French vocabulary and grammar will be the focus of this course.
Contact Kim Porto at kporto@hamdenhall.org if interested in this course.
LATIN PREVIEW/REVIEW
Grades 7 and 8
This preview/review course is designmed to strengthen the student's basic Latin vocabulary in order to prepare them for Latin I in the fall. Latin vocabulary and grammar will be the focus of this course.
Contact Kim Porto at kporto@hamdenhall.org if interested in this course.
Contact Kim Porto at kporto@hamdenhall.org if interested in this course.
LATIN PREVIEW/REVIEW
Grades 7 and 8
This preview/review course is designmed to strengthen the student's basic Latin vocabulary in order to prepare them for Latin I in the fall. Latin vocabulary and grammar will be the focus of this course.
Contact Kim Porto at kporto@hamdenhall.org if interested in this course.
Summer Programs Information
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
About Us
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