Connections, Fall 2020

BY THE NUMBERS

Summer at EA

During a typical summer, EA’s campus is bustling with activity as hundreds of students descend upon fields, courts, theaters, and classrooms. EA continues to serve as a second home for countless students who excitedly attend specialty day camps, academic courses, enrichment programs, and sports clinics and camps each summer. As it became evident that the COVID-19 pandemic would result in canceling all in-person activities, administrators and faculty rallied to design new, online programs to help keep students active, engaged, and learning.

143 for-credit and enrichment courses offered

303 sections allowed popular courses to run multiple times

30 for-credit courses for Upper School students

3,293 classroom seats filled

85% of EA students enrolled in summer courses

2,600 synchronous learning hours

“ These courses have kept me very occupied during summer and during quarantine, and I feel like I am really learning a lot which will prepare me for courses that I will have to take in the future.”

-Gabriella Burke ‘27, What is a Scientist? course

Courses were offered from various disciplines, including STEM, classical and world languages, English and language arts, history, performing and visual arts, culinary arts, and athletics. See some of the course offerings below.

Advanced Trigonometry Grades 9-12

Kid-Friendly Foodie Fun Grades K-5

Beginner’s Guide to the Brain Grades 6-9

Magical World of Harry Potter Grades 3-5

Medical Problem Solving Grades 9-12

Zero to Zen: Beginners’ Yoga Grades 3-5

Backyard Biology Grades 7-10

What’s Your Story? Intro to Podcasting Grades 6-8

Financial Literacy Grades 10-12

“ I feel like [Guest Speaker] Dr. Paul Burton gave us insight into the mechanics of the development of vaccines, which is crucial in this unprecedented time. Listening to his expertise in this given topic allowed for some clarification into the uncertainties in the development of the vaccine.”

-Emily Staid ‘22, Immunology and Microbiology course