Acceleration Academy Sign-up

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Do you want to learn more about playing college basketball, Bad Bunny, how behavior is influenced by color, or finding your voice through poetry? Do you want to take a college-style course that will help you increase your English, math, or science skills and prepare you for the next level of education? Sign-up for this opportunity to take a one week course in a college-style, hands-on environment.

Details: Monday August 9th to Friday August 13th, 8:30am-12:30pm, Dean Campus

*Acceleration Academy is limited to current Dean students

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Are you available Monday August 9th-Friday August 13th from 8:30am-12:30pm? *

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"Basketball and Statistics"--In this course, students will explore all of the numbers, costs, and statistics associated with playing basketball and being a college athlete. Students will have the chance to use geometry and advanced statistics to understand the choices and considerations that come with being a basketball player, specifically at the college level.

"The Science of Color: How Behavior Is Influenced by Color"--In this course, students will explore how color is used in society and nature to influence human and animal behavior. Students will be using a wide range of resources, including but not limited to social media, films, museums, and especially scientific research papers to evaluate the uses of color in different settings and its impact on the surroundings.

"The World According to Bad Bunny: Language, Colonization, and Pop Culture"--In this course, students will examine the personality, lyrics, and impact of Hip Hop artist Bad Bunny. Students will use a critical lens to analyze his work in the greater context of US colonization of Puerto Rico, as well as digging into themes such as masculinity, violence against trans people, and how language can be used as a tool to either empower or marginalize.

"Finding Your Voice Through Poetry"--In this course, students will spend a week digging into the writing process. From pre-writing to publishing students will write, edit, revise, and present a short collection of poems on the topic(s) of their choice. With the aim of helping students find their voice through creative writing, we will explore some of the most influential contemporary poets, using their poems as mentor texts. Once drafts of their poems are written, students will participate in a college-style workshop, allowing them to become active participants in the writing process of their peers. Students will understand firsthand how language can liberate, heal, and empower.

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