Dear Students and Parents,

Welcome to Milken’s 2012 Summer Academy. Our Summer Academy team has been working hard throughout the year to strengthen and expand our course offerings and provide the best possible options for students wishing to fortify or expedite their learning.

As before, the main focus of Milken’s summer program is to deliver opportunities for acceleration and enrichment to all students in the Los Angeles area. This program is designed to help students fulfill requirements before the start of the school year, allowing them to open up space in their schedule, or to explore a topic with more time to focus and learn in depth.

In particular, Milken is proud to offer social studies courses for incoming Grade 9 & 11 students. By taking one of these courses, students will free up their fall and spring schedules, allowing them to pursue other passions during the school year. Likewise, we are offering an afternoon Physical Education course, which is open to students in Grades 9-12 and will fulfill a year of Milken’s physical education requirement. Our goal with these offerings is to provide Milken students with maximum flexibility in their schedules throughout the year.

We have also carefully redesigned our Grade 7 & 9 study skills courses. These courses, combined with our writing courses, are designed to help students learn and nurture the skills necessary for succeeding in a 21st century classroom and provide incoming students, from both inside and outside the Milken community, with a solid foundation to begin their Milken experience.

Summer is a wonderful time to fortify current passions and explore new interests. We encourage you to review our new brochure at www.MilkenSchool.org/summeracademy. Milken Community High School supports and challenges all students in the pursuit of educational and experiential learning.

Sincerely yours,