Summer Camp « Young Ivy Academy

Summer Camp

Registration for the Young Ivy Summer Camp is now open! The application can be downloaded here.

You can either 1) download it and e-mail it to youngivyacademy@yahoo.com, (2) fax it to 1-888-308-3122, or (3) drop it off at the center (the address can be found on the contact page).

Enjoy an early registration discount and waive the registration fee by 3/31 & 4/30, respectively.

Click here to download the application and get started!

Click here to download the PDF of the Young Ivy Summer Camp Description Sheet (same information as below)

Here are pictures of the flyers for our summer camp (click for a full sized image)

Your child can do much more than just have fun at Young Ivy for the summer 2011!

We offer the best academic enrichment programs in the East Bay area in addition to all kinds of fun activities, and prepare your child for the incoming semester with the following academic workshops:

Subjects	Name	School	Major	Notes
English Writing Workshop	James Estrella	Stanford (PhD)	English Literature	A teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Master’s degree in Education. Teaching literacy, reading, and writing skills at Berendo Middle School in Los Angeles. A Teaching Associate at Stanford on masterpieces of contemporary literature, two classes on writing and rhetoric, and film/literature. A Fellow at UCLA School of Law. Syllabus is available upon request.
	James Estrella	University of Chicago (B.A., Honors)	English Language & Literature
	Laura Maxwell	UC Berkeley	English	Laura Maxwell is a graduate of U. C. Berkeley with a B. A. in English and Spanish. She also received her teaching credentials there for K-12 English with an authorization in Spanish. For many years she taught English, Spanish, and ESL for the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has tutored in all subjects at the elementary and middle school levels, including French.

Subjects	Name	School	Major	Notes
Math Workshop	Weiqi Hu	Reed College	English	Weiqi Hu has been teaching mathematics since early high school and she has taught mathematics to a variety of students from age 5 to age 18 in group and individual settings. Her coursework at Reed College, one of the premier undergrad schools for academic mathematics, gives her the background to thoroughly teach not only computational but also conceptual math concepts.
	Jeffrey Feng	UC Davis	Statistics	Jeffrey is a TA who will help students in all math subjects
	Julian Wittische	UC Berkeley (Graduate School)	Math & Science	Julian has already done private tutoring in Math, French, English and Biology/Geology to 7th and 12th graders. Julian is currently living in Greece to enhance his knowledge and skills in modeling and mathematical ecology by attending small group lectures and training (University of the Aegean).
	Stephen Zhang	UC San Diego	Pharmacological Chemistry	Stephen is a TA who will help students in all math subjects.

Subjects	Name	School	Major	Notes
Science Workshop	Julian Wittische	UC Berkeley (Graduate School)	Math & Science	4 days a week workshops involving biology, chemistry and physics (theory to understand experiments outcomes). Themes will be like – Life as the origin of rocks.- How can I evaluate the age of trees? (dendrochronology) – Scientific classification of animals.- Plant development ( to grow a plant, describe its development, take measurements, …)

Subjects	Name	School	Major	Notes
Arts & Crafts	Haley Guilfoile	SF Academy of Art University	Arts	Haley is very skillful in painting and various art works.

Subjects	Name	School	Major	Notes
Mental Arithmetic	Jim Chen	Cornell University	MBA	Young Ivy Partners with CMA to offer students the most effective and efficient way to learn or improve mental arithmetic skills in 10 weeks. CMA uses two hands (instead of one hand) to enhance developments of brains and is the largest Mental Arithmetic franchise in the world (www.cma.com.tw).