Engineering 2, Latin American Studies, MUN101, and Mythology are online self-paced classes; they do not have live synchronous or on-campus meetings.

Engineering 2, Geo Honors/Trig, Latin American Studies, and Mythology continue in Session 2.

Engineering 2, Latin American Studies, and Mythology continue from Session 1 and are online self-paced classes; they do not have live synchronous or on-campus meetings.

Geo Honors/Trig continues from Session 1.

Physics Honors and Trig/Precalc continue in Session 3.

Physics Honors and Trig/Precalc continue from Session 2.

3 Weeks / On-Campus

July 8 - July 26 / T, TH; 10:00am - 2:30pm

1/2 Credit / $375

This course seeks to prepare students to compete in speaking competitions. Competitive Performance Prep offers a study in best practices of time management, research methods, and rehearsal techniques so that any speaker, performer, or debater may feel confident and comfortable throughout the competitive process from preparation to performance. Meeting in-person and online as needed, students will work in small labs to workshop their material. At the end of the 3-week course, a student will have a prepared speech, performance, or debate case to take to any competition.

3 Weeks / On-Campus

July 29 - August 16 / M, T, TH; 9:00am - 10:00am

1/2 Credit / $375

This is a three-week conversational language skills course. The goal of this course is developing speaking skills by improving their ability to communicate in real life situations. Students will demonstrate the ability to initiate and maintain from basic to intermediate high proficiency level conversations by staying on topic in various role-playing scenarios similar to those they may experience in a Spanish speaking country. They will also enhance their active listening skills to better respond and engage in topic conversations. A variety of resources for engagement and discussion in Spanish will be used: cultural artifacts (indoor and outdoor games, latino food), videos (news clips and movies), and written resources (short stories, newspaper articles, poems, songs etc). Consistent feedback will be provided to help students recognize their progress and areas for improvement such as pronunciation, fluency and application of grammatical rules and forms

3 Weeks / On-Campus

July 8 - July 26 / M, T, TH; 9:00am - 12:00pm

1 Class / $575

2 Classes / $775

This course is required for any students who failed a course during the academic year. Students will sign up for an Educere course, receive teacher-supported study, and have any associated exams scheduled. Time on task will be closely monitored. The course fee covers the cost of the Educere course.

3 Weeks / Online Self-Paced

June 10 - June 28 / Office Hours by Appointment

July 8 - July 26 / Office Hours by Appointment

July 29 - August 16 / Office Hours by Appointment

1/4 Credit / Free

This course is only available to incoming freshmen and fulfills the Design Thinking requirement for the 2023-24 academic year. This self-paced course focuses on the engineering design process. Working within predetermined parameters, students will learn and participate in the engineering design process: identify the problem, brainstorm ideas, test the solutions, analyze the results, and iterate the process. By the end of the course, students will have produced an engineering notebook to be used for future curricular or personal designs.

6 Weeks / Online Self-Paced

June 10 - July 26 / Office Hours by Appointment

1 Credit / $575

This course is only available to students who have completed Engineering 1 and intend to take Engineering 3 during the academic year. Students must have completed Engineering 1 to take this course. Engineering 2 will equip the students with the ability to design and fabricate complex mechanisms virtually and physically. As a prerequisite, all students will have taken Engineering 1 before embarking on Engineering 2. Students will learn to work with advanced fabrication machinery including laser cutters, 3D printers, and CNC machines.

3 Weeks / On-Campus

June 10 - June 28 / W; 8:45am - 11:45am

1/2 Credit / $375

This course is only available to rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. Preference will be given to juniors and seniors. This course will focus on students learning the basics of finance, develop their own investment strategies, and test them using real-world data. Students will also meet virtually with several experts in the field of finance to explore their area of expertise, learn from their experience, and ask questions. This course also assists rising seniors in learning the skills necessary to manage the Frank Frederico ’00 Student Investment Fund. Meeting days may change due to speakers’ availability. A trip to NYC is possible. Space is limited to 24 students.

3 weeks / Synchronous Online

June 10 - June 28 / M, T, TH; 8:45am - 10:00am

1/2 Credit / $375

This course is only available to rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. This course will introduce students to fundamental personal finance topics: budgeting, different types of financial accounts, credit cards (interest rates), and loans.  This will be interactive and application-based, as students will apply the fundamentals they learn to their own financial position. Space is limited to 24 students.

6 weeks / Synchronous Online

June 10 - July 26 / M, T, TH; 10:00am - 11:15am

1 Credit / $800

This course is only available to rising sophomores taking Geometry Honors/Trig as a second math. This course fulfills the Geometry/Trig requirement for the 2024-25 academic year. This course approaches a traditional Plane Geometry course with greater sophistication of proof and more challenging problems than regular Geometry. Both 2- and 3-dimensional topics are covered. Some time is spent on coordinate (analytic) geometry and trigonometry. Problem solving and critical examinations of the theories involved are the most important elements in the course. Space is limited to 24 students. 

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

June 10 - June 28 / M, T, TH; 11:15am - 12:30pm

1/2 Credit / $375

This course will introduce journalism and media writing styles, focusing on traditional news stories to sports stories to blogs/message boards. It will also cover and explore photojournalism and broadcast journalism. The class will feature meetings with the writers and editors of Philadelphia Magazine.

6 Weeks / Online Self-Paced

June 12 - July 26 / Office Hours by Appointment

1/2 Credit / $425

This course focuses on post Spanish conquest colonialism in the Americas, will research and evaluate the social classes (and the effects that have carried over today), the slave trade in comparison to that of the United States, the influences and causes that led to independence, and the effects of the new independent nations that would inevitably lead to 20th century conflict throughout the Americas.  This course will implement writings, art, film, and debate over the course of three weeks.

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

June 10 - June 28 / M, T, TH; 8:45am - 10:00am or 10:15am - 11:30am

July 8 - July 26 / M, T, TH; 8:45am - 10:00am or 10:15am - 11:30am

1/2 Credit / $400

This course is only available to rising juniors and fulfills the Morality requirement for the 2024-25 academic year. This course in Catholic morality seeks to familiarize students more deeply with the sources of Catholic moral teaching that emerge from the teachings of Jesus, Sacred Scripture, and Sacred Tradition. A primary goal will be to make students more conversant with the content of Section 3 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (“Life in Christ”). Students will be encouraged to critique their own behavior and the behavior of our culture via the principles taught as a means of helping them to grow as Christian young men who take seriously the call to holiness that comes through faithfulness to Christ. There may be multiple sections of this course depending on enrollment. Space in each section is limited to 18 students.

3 Weeks / Online Self-Paced

June 10 - June 28 / Office Hours by Appointment

1/2 Credit / $375

This course is only available to rising freshmen and sophomores interested in joining the Model UN team. This course explores the international impact of global issues at the local, national, international scope. These issues extend to politics, foreign policy, economics, development, sustainability, the environment, conflict and violence, among other key components. Students will be versed in diplomatic and political jargon, current events, and historical context of events impacting our world. Students will research and collaborate to determine the appropriate solutions using case studies and traditional simulation of Model United Nations. Students will learn how to research, write, and speak in order to compete.

6 Weeks / Online Self-Paced

June 10 - July 26 / Office Hours by Appointment

1/2 Credit / $425

This course is only available to rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors. This course uses the well-known stories of the ancient Greeks and Romans to explore concepts which can be applied to myths from all cultures. By the end of the course students will be exposed to the themes, terminology, and concepts they would learn in a college-level mythology class.  Work will consist primarily of reading assignments, short reflection writings, listening to pre-recorded lectures, and electronically administered tests.  Work will be completed asynchronously, meaning students can move at their own pace and complete work as quickly or as slowly as they wish.

6 Weeks / On-Campus

July 8 - August 16 / M, T, W, TH; 9:00am - 11:00am

1 Credit / $800

This course is only available to rising juniors also taking AP Chem or AP Bio as a 7th course. Students taking AP Chem will be given preference. Students planning to take AP Physics senior year should NOT take this course. This course fulfills the Physics requirement for the 2024-25 academic year. This course introduces students to traditional topics in Physics.  Physics enables students to solve simple and advanced word problems through application of various formulas while demonstrating comprehension of concepts in order to gain an appreciation for the simplicity, order, and beauty of God's physical creation as revealed in natural laws.  The course's activities include lectures, demonstrations, in-class problem solving, and student lab work along with chapter quizzes and exams. Space is limited to 18 students. 

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

July 8 - July 26 / M, T, TH; 8:45am - 10:00am or 10:15am - 11:30am

July 29 - August 16 / M, T, TH; 8:45am - 10:00am or 10:15am - 11:30am

1/2 Credit / $400

This course is only available to rising sophomores and fulfills the Sexuality and Dating requirement for the 2024-25 academic year. This core course examines the dynamics of relationships and explores the physiological, psychological, and sociological dimensions of human sexuality from the perspectives of natural law, morality, Scripture, and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. There may be multiple sections of this course depending on enrollment. Space in each section is limited to 18 students.

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

July 29 - August 16 / M, T, W; 11:00am - 12:00pm

No Credit / Free

This course is only available to rising sophomores. This course reinforces study skills, test-taking skills, and classroom approaches. After a student completes his freshman year, he has a better understanding of his academic weaknesses. As rising sophomores embark on a year that is very rigorous academically, it is important to build on the techniques and skills acquired from freshman year to turn those academic weaknesses into strengths. This course also has specific preparation lessons for Chemistry, Literature, and Math. The goal of these lessons is to get a head start on some important topics. They will focus on methods to approach these particular subjects while reviewing some past lessons that might be important for the upcoming course.

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

June 10 - June 28 / M, T, TH 10:00am - 11:15am

1/2 Credit / $375

This course is only available to rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors and fulfills the Psychology elective for the 2024-25 academic year. In this course, students will learn about the field of sports psychology and exercise. The course will provide an overview of the field, which involves applying psychology topics to exercise, sports, competition and health. This course will examine elements of sport psychology such as anxiety, self-confidence, motivation, goal setting, leadership, sports injuries and group dynamics with sport and exercise. Source material for this course will be taken from The Champion's Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive by Jim Afremow, the Handbook of Sports Psychology Third edition Edited by Gershon Tenenbaum and Robert C. Eklund PDF as well as various podcasts, movies and books.  Students will be required to hold discussions, write reflections on source material, and complete a case conceptualizations and final presentation.

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

July 8 - July 26 / W at 10:00am

1/2 Credit / $375

This course will introduce students to fundamentals of statistical reasoning and data analysis that are becoming increasingly prevalent on Standard Assessments but that are not directly instructed clearly in one of our department’s core courses. This course will provide students with a foundation of interpreting, analyzing, and inferring from graphical representations and tabular accounts of data while getting exposure to probability and inferential statistics (not seen by many students before Senior Statistics or AP Statistics elective classes). 

6 Weeks / Synchronous Online

July 8 - August 16 / M, T, TH; 10:15am - 12:15pm

1 Credit / $800

This course is only available to students who have been approved by the Academics Office. This core course reinforces the concepts covered in previous math courses with greater emphasis on applications. In preparation for Calculus, the topics of function analysis, trigonometry, exponential functions and analytic geometry will be studied. Space is limited to 18 students. This course continues in Session 3.

3 Weeks / On-Campus

June 10 - June 28 / TH; 4:00pm - 8:00pm

1/2 Credit / $375

This course is for current, or aspiring, part-time and full-time VEX robotics competitors. Students will use the VEX robotics platform to design, build, and program robots to compete at the highest levels of the competition. They will experiment with the basic components of the VEX platform (structure pieces, motors, sensors, and microcontrollers) through open-ended challenges, with an emphasis on the proper documentation of the engineering process. Students will be assessed on their iterative problem solving approach, and on robot performance. Assignments will be completed at home, and are accompanied by a build session once each week in the Brennan Family Innovation Center.

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

June 10 - June 28 / M, T, TH; 8:45am - 10:00am

July 8 - July 26 /M, T, TH; 8:45am - 10:00am

1/2 Credit / $400

This course is only available to rising seniors and fulfills the World Religion requirement for the 2024-25 academic year. This core course seeks to introduce students to the beliefs, writings, and cultures of the world’s major religious movements.  It also hopes to promote appreciation for the diversity of religious experience in the world and to help students to better understand their Catholic Christian faith in comparison to other faith traditions.  Finally, this course attempts to better fulfill the Spiritan mission by preparing students to engage in inter-religious dialogue.  There may be multiple sections of this course depending on enrollment. Space in each section is limited to 18 students. 

3 Weeks / Synchronous Online

June 10 - June 28 / M, T, TH; 10:00am - 11:15am

1/2 Credit / $375

World War II was one of the most significant events of the 20th century, and this is clearly reflected in the literature about this period. This course will explore the novels, short stories, and poetry of the Second World War, and introduce students to various literary perspectives on this topic. Perfect for students interested in History or English!