Registration for the highly acclaimed Chicago Pre-College Science & Engineering Program (ChiS&E) summer session opens on Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Chicago State University, College of Education Building, 9501 South M. L. King, Jr. Drive. This year’s summer program is restricted to students entering seventh, eighth, or ninth grade in the fall. In-person registration is required. There is no entrance exam.
The summer session meets weekdays from July 6th through July 31st, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Classes include algebra, computer science, and quantum physics. Field trip destinations will be announced at registration.
Experts say the earlier children learn math, science, and physics, the better prepared they will be for tomorrow’s jobs in high-tech fields. ChiS&E’s tuition-free classes have opened doors to STEM careers for Chicago students for nearly 20 years.
“Public schools have a very long summer vacation. The school year ended on June 5th. The next school year starts on August 24th. That’s an 11-week summer break,” observed ChiS&E founder Kenneth Hill. “Most of them will suffer from summer learning loss during that time, meaning that they will forget much of the information they learned this year, and will need to review the previous year’s lessons. By contrast, ChiS&E students return to school every fall prepared to quickly advance to the next level.”
