WEBB JUNIOR SCHOLARS SUMMER PROGRAM
IN DIGITAL ARTS, GLOBAL ETHICS, PALEONTOLOGY, OR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING GRADES 7, 8, & 9
RESIDENTIAL SUMMER PROGRAMS 2021
JUNIOR SCHOLARS PROGRAM GRADES 7, 8, & 9
EXPLORE. DISCOVER.
CHOOSE 1 OR 2 SESSIONS: Session 1: July 9 – 18 Session 2: July 20 – 29 Bridge Session: July 18 – 20 TUITION PER SESSION: $2,650 (domestic students) $2,800 (international students) $3oo Bridge Session
GLOBAL ETHICS
The major political and social issues our world faces—including environmental protection, immigration, economic development, and human rights—affect all nations and are not restricted to national boundaries. Join peers from around the world in uncovering the complexity behind these issues. In this course, you will participate in a series of case studies and simulations that offer the opportunity to deliberate on and debate the challenges that community leaders around the globe confront. What constitutes an ethical decision? How do different belief systems and traditions shape ethical decision making? How can a community promote economic growth while protecting its natural resources? Who is entitled to what rights? What responsibility do nations have to one another? In addition, interactive challenges will help you develop skills required to explore ethical decisions: communication, teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, and empathy.
Highlights:
DIGITAL ARTS
Students in our Digital Arts program will have the opportunity to make, create and explore at the intersection of art, media and technology. Whether utilizing CAD software to design a 3-D object for printing or looking through our Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles, students will discover how the latest digital technologies are transforming art and design. Graphic design, coding, photography, rotoscoping – all of the topics covered will allow students the chance to cultivate their current artistic interests and discover new passions along the way.
Highlights: + W ork in our cutting-edge facilities, including our digital media studio and maker’s space. + Design and create your own short film, 3D model and more. + E xplore the local arts and technology scene through field trips around the Los Angeles area – including film studios and the Laguna Beach art community. + H one your creativity, test your collaboration skills and cultivate your voice and confidence.
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
+ E xpand your understanding of global and national affairs through case studies and global forum simulations. + Sharpen your research and debate skills to allow you to better advocate for the issues you care about. + Learn how to foster teamwork and collaboration in experiential challenges, including a high ropes course. + Engage with professionals leading change. + Volunteer for a local community initiative.
Learn how to ask probing scientific questions and design hands-on experiments in this 10-day study of science & engineering. This course will guide students to think like scientists as they engage in research in our cutting-edge advanced science lab. From chemistry to neuroscience and robotics to marine biology, students will be immersed in real science. Working in the lab, students will use everything from Bunsen burners and beakers to circuit boards and microscopes in order to construct an understanding of how the world works.
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PALEONTOLOGY Students in the Paleontology program will be immersed in the world of the research paleontologist as they learn the latest methods and technologies for reconstructing our prehistoric world. The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at The Webb Schools is a one-of-a-kind science research institution: a nationally-accredited museum housed on the school campus. With a collection of over 175,000 specimens, including rare discoveries spanning 500 million years of global history, the Museum is a perfect site for students to dig into science and explore the fossil record.
+ E ngage in 10-days of hands-on lab research in our cutting edge advanced science lab facility. + L earn to create a unique research question and design an experiment. + M eet professional scientists and engineers and learn about their work through field trips around the Los Angeles area, including a day of marine science aboard a research vessel in Long Beach. + D esign and compete in an engineering challenge with other junior scholars.
Highlights: + L earn alongside world-renowned paleontologists through hands-on work with real fossils in the Alf Museum’s state-ofthe-art research and fossil prep labs. + G o into the field, excavating fossils from the tide pools on Solana Beach & explore the museums of Los Angeles, such as the Natural History Museum & the California Science Center. + T ravel through the cosmos at Webb’s own Hefner Observatory, housing a Celestron-14 telescope. + C reate 3-D prints of fossils and catalog your fossil finds so they can be placed into the permanent collections of the Alf Museum with your name listed as identifier.
COLLABORATE. LEAD. BUILD.
LIFE AT WEBB Nestled at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains just minutes away from the Claremont Colleges, our 150-acre campus is a safe and inspiring environment for students to make new friends, challenge themselves academically, and explore their passions. Summer program students experience all that boarding school life has to offer. They live in our dormitories under the supervision of experienced faculty and residential staff and have full reign of our beautiful campus. Afternoon and evening activities compliment the programs’ learning goals and engage students in a wide variety of sports, games and outings. From field trips to Southern California’s best tourist attractions to impromptu movies in Claremont Village, from swimming in our state-of-the-art aquatics center to hiking in the foothills behind campus, from gathering around fire pits in front of the dorm to enjoying our healthy, delicious dining hall food, students truly make Webb their summer home.
THE WEBB SCHOOLS Founded in 1922 in Claremont, California, Webb is a prestigious college-preparatory day and boarding high school with nearly a 100-year tradition of academic excellence and leadership development. 100% of Webb graduates are admitted into the most selective 4-year colleges and universities across the country and around the world. Colleges chosen by Webb graduates over the last 10 years include Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Cornell, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, USC, NYU, UCLA, UCSD, Georgetown, Wellesley, Johns Hopkins, Loyola Marymount, Boston University, Pitzer, and Occidental College.
HOW TO APPLY Applications and additional information can be found on our website at www.webb.org/summer. Priority application deadline is March 15, with rolling applications accepted after that date as space allows. $50 nonrefundable application fee is required. Limited need-based financial aid is available.
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