Summer Youth Program — At SMU-in-Plano

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Make new friends this summer!

Summer Workshop Schedule - A list of the workshops by content area, grade levels, and dates ... good for a quick glance at what's offered when and for whom! Registration is now CLOSED! Please check us out next spring!

Make your summer days sizzle with SMU's Summer Youth Program. Workshops are listed below. All workshops are offered at SMU-in-Legacy in Plano; location and registration information can be found at the bottom of this page.

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Workshop Schedule
A list of the workshops by content area, grade levels, and dates ... good for a quick glance at what's offered when and for whom!

Workshop Descriptions
Workshop descriptions with section dates/times are listed. Click on any subheading below to link directly to that particular content area of the catalog. "Grade" refers to the grade the student will enter in fall 2009.

Extended Day Option

Computer Animation, Web Design, Photoshop, & Digital Photography

• 3D Animation, Beginners & Advanced
• Web-Page Design
• Digital Photo Basics for the Shutterbug Set
• Pixel Pics Basics in Adobe Photoshop

Gaming

• Neverwinter Nights™
• Computer Gaming, Beginners & Advanced
• Mini-BattleBots
• BattleBots

Keyboarding Skills

• Keys to Keyboarding 

LEGO Technology

• LEGO  Early Structures
• LEGO  Car Rally
• LEGO  Mania
• LEGO Crazy Contraptions     
• LEGO Digital Construction
• LEGO Movie makers
• LEGO World of Droids
• LEGO Rocketry

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Applied Science

• Toy Builders I 
• Young Scientific Detectives new
• Inventor's Tool Box
• Girls Gone Green new
• Spore Creators new
• Myth Breakers new
• Prototype That new
• Rock 'n Roller Coasters  
• Toy Builders II  
• Kids in the Kitchen
• Science Olympiad Challenge
• Young Inventors Patent Workshop new
• Grossology 101 new
• Outer Space - The Final Frontier 
• It's All About Special Effects 
• Amusement Park Physics  new
• CSI Academy and CSI Forensics

Mathematics

• I Just Don't Get Math! new
• Math in the Real World new
• I Just Don't Get Fractions! new

Creative Arts

• Acting made Fun
• Readers Theatre
• Exploring History with The American Dolls
• Bits and Pieces in 3D Mosaics
• My Quilt! My Way!  new
• Drawing Studio
• Painting Studio new
• Fashion Sketching

Communication Skills

• Think and Speak Up

Test Preparation & College Planning

• Test Taking Strategies for Success new   
• SAT Preparation: Verbal/Math
• SAT Preparation: Writing 
• Career Explorations new
• World of Words, AP English Intro new
• Discovering the Past, AP History Intro new
• Quick Start for College Applications new

Reading and Literature Enhancement Skills

• Phonological Awareness
• Reading Fluency
• Reading Adventures
• Reading Comprehension
• Reading Fluency
• Building a Powerful Vocabulary 
• Becoming a Critical Reader  new

Spelling Enhancement Skills

• Spell Well

Writing Enhancement Skills

• Art and Writing Adventure
• Painted Paragraphs and Poems 
• Powerful Writing

Skills for School Success

• Social Skills for School Success 
• Smart Start! Getting Ready for School 
• WorkSmart
• Study Skills Strategies

Dyslexia Technology

• Dyslexia Technology for Students new
• Dyslexia Technology for Teachers new

Sports Camps (Main Campus)

• Available through the Athletics Department

Instructor Login
Instructors may log in with your Instructor ID and your initials to view current course enrollment and print rosters.

LOCATION
SMU-in-Legacy « 5236 Tennyson Pkwy. « Plano, TX 75024
 

CLICK HERE TO REQUEST A BROCHURE FOR SUMMER 2009 please check "Catalog - Summer Youth Program" as well as any additional interest.

For additional information, please call the Summer Youth Program office at 214-768-5433 or e-mail smu.youth.programs@smu.edu

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