2013-2014 Enrollment Timeline

Jan 30                       Parent Meeting     8:45 a.m.     PSAT results and Enrollment information
Feb. 5                       Student Meeting   9:55 a.m.     PSAT results and Enrollment information
Feb. 7                       Counselor to meet with current 8th graders  10:00 a.m.
Feb. 8                       Parent Meeting for parents of current 8th graders   8:45 a.m. 
Feb. 12                      Parent Meeting     8:45 a.m.     AP & IB Information
Feb. 11 - March 15     Students meet individually with HS Counselor
March 15                   All enrollment forms due to guidance office

Summer Program Opportunity

Applications for the  2013 Cambridge Academy of Excellence are now open.

Held at the University of Cambridge, this is a rigorous academic programme
which seeks to prepare students for applying to the world's most
prestigious universities for courses related to Economics, History or
Politics. More information on the course is available on our website (click

here <http://cambridgeaoe.com/>).

This programme would be suitable for your top achieving students who have
the ability and ambition to make a successful application to an elite
university over the coming years.

Summer Program Opportunity

Yale seeks young global leaders for high school summer program

New Haven, Conn.— Yale University today announced that it is accepting applications for the Yale Young Global Scholars Program for Outstanding High School Students. The summer program is open to rising high school juniors and seniors from across the United States and around the world, who will live and study at Yale for two weeks in the summer of 2013.

The Yale Young Global Scholars program features intensive interaction with renowned Yale faculty in the fields of history, political science, law, economics, and international affairs. Unusual among summer programs, need-based financial aid is available to both American and international students. Yale Young Global Scholars builds on the successful Ivy Scholars summer program that Yale has offered for the last 12 years.

“Yale educates global leaders in our undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools,” said University Vice President Linda Lorimer, who oversees Yale’s Office of International Affairs, which administers the program. “Now, with the Yale Young Global Scholars Program, we are extending leadership training to outstanding high school students. This is a wonderful opportunity for talented young people from around the world to develop their abilities to think critically, speak powerfully, and write persuasively about some of the most important issues of our time.”

Students may apply to either one or both of the two-week summer sessions offered: (1) “Studies in Grand Strategy,” which focuses on strategic lessons from history and their application to contemporary international affairs; and (2) “Politics, Law, and Economics,” which focuses on great ideas and thinkers in the American intellectual tradition. Both sessions feature lectures and seminars by renowned Yale faulty and accomplished practitioners in their respective fields. Lecturers have included Yale professors Akhil Reed Amar, John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy, Anthony Kronman, William Nordhaus, Ian Shapiro, and Steven Smith, among many others.

Students live together in Yale’s residential colleges, eat at Yale’s dining halls, and take advantage of Yale’s library and online resources, all of which combine to give students a comprehensive introduction to life at Yale. Because the student-to-faculty ratio is only 6:1, students will enjoy an extraordinary level of attention, note the organizers.

To cement the classroom learning, the Yale Young Global Scholars program also features several interactive activities. For example, students in the “Studies in Grand Strategy” program can participate in an international crisis and negotiation exercise, or research and present a team policy proposal to a group of faculty members simulating the United Nations Security Council. In the “Politics, Law, and Economics” program, students might write and present a political campaign speech, publicly defend a legal opinion, or engage in a Constitutional Convention deliberation.

“We are looking for the best and brightest high school students, from every country, who relish the idea of working together to better understand 21st-century global challenges,” said program director Ted Wittenstein. “If this is you, we encourage you to apply, even if you need financial assistance in order to participate.”

For further information and application details, visit the following weblinks:

http://globalscholars.yale.edu

http://globalscholars.yale.edu/application-and-prospectus

http://globalscholars.yale.edu/sites/default/files/Prospectus&App11.21.12.pdf

Summer Program Oppotunity

Teen Spanish Programs & Sport Camps in BARCELONA, SPAIN www.SummerCampsBarcelona.com  Hola! Saludos desde Barcelona! We would like to intoduce SpainBcn-Programs and Youth Summer Camps in Barcelona with Homestay is a 1 to 4 weeks-long program (June through August). Our Summer Camps are designed for boys and girls, junior and teens, who want to improve their Spanish, enjoy a complete cultural program and practice their favorite sports in a fun, safe and nurturing environment with youth participants from all over the world. All our Teen programs are fully supervised. Available Programs in Summer 2013: Spanish Immersion & Cultural Youth Soccer Camp & Spanish/Cultural Youth Tennis Camp & Spanish Immersion Youth Swimming & Spanish/Cultural Youth Basketball Camp & Spanish Immersion Duration: Participants can enroll for 1,2,3 or 4 weeks Dates: Any weeks in late June, July and up to August 12th Choose your dates and contact us as soon as possible to book your place!e-mail:info@summercampsbarcelona.com

Summer Program Opportunity

The Pensylvania Governors Summer Institute for Global Entrepreneurship (PGSE) at Lehigh University brings American high school students (ages 15-18) together with International high school students from all regions of the world for a four-week residential learning experience. Seventy six students will be selected for the 2013 program. The purpose of the PSGE program is to expose students to the topics of entrepreneurship, globalization, team building, project management, leadership and working within a culturally diverse environment and to ignite the students’ spirit of creativity, innovation and learning. The program is open to current sophomores and juniors. The application deadline is January 21. You can get more information at www.iacocca-lehigh.org/Iacocca/psge/

SAT - Calendar Error

The school calendar says we are offering the SAT on June 1.  That is an error.  We will not be offering SAT at AISC on June 1.  Any senior who needs the SAT as an ending exam should register to take it on May 4.

Upcoming SAT

AISC has two remaining test dates for the SAT this school year, January 26 and May 4.  All juniors who anticipate needing a SAT score for college admission should take the test during one of these times.  If students anticipate needing SAT subject tests for college admissions they should also plan to take those.  

The deadline for registering for the January test date is December 28.  I would recommend that students register prior to our break, however, in case they encounter difficulties.  In order to register they need both our School Test Code: 671540 and our Test Center Number: 63183.  Remember that we test only AISC students and these numbers should not be shared with students outside our school

Please let me know if you have questions.