class descriptions
AI Camp with MIT and Stanford Instructors
Tuition: $400
Grades offered: 9-12
Dates: July 8, 2024 - July 18, 2024
Times: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Description: What do self-driving cars, Alexa, iPhone's face recognition technology, and Chat GPT have in common? They are driven by modern advances in artificial intelligence. Whether you’re interested in law, healthcare, art, or economics, AI is poised to transform every discipline and industry in the future. AI is already all around us today, and by the end of the program, students will understand the underlying concepts and motivations behind technology such as computer vision, natural language processing, and neural networks.
In this course, we will explore the foundations of machine learning and explore different applications of machine learning models. In the first half of the course, students learn AI’s core technologies including applications, foundational concepts, and programming tools through live lectures and coding labs. Students will not only learn about different types of machine learning models, but also apply those models to real data sets. In the second half of the course, students will complete an instructor-led group project applying AI to the discipline of their choice (e.g., music, healthcare, astrophysics, finance, etc.), utilizing the programming skills they developed in the first half.
This course normally costs $1400 per student, but with a grant D127 is able to offset all but $400. This incredible opportunity is only available for 20 D127 students. This does not count a high school credit or course.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE CLICK ON THIS LINK
Dual Credit Business 121 at the College of Lake County
Credit: .5 CTE elective credit
Tuition: $390
Grades offered: 12
Dates: June 5, 2023 - July 19, 2023
Times: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Transportation: No D127 transportation is available as this is not a D127 class, and it is not running on our campus, so only students who have transportation to and from the class should sign up. This class will be placed on a CLC transcript and is transferable to other 2 and 4-year colleges.
Description: This is a unique opportunity for rising senior students of Lake County. They are hosting an Intro to Business class, taught by CLC staff on the college campus, for high school students. They will only run the class if enough students from Lake County express interest, so we will put all registrants on a waiting list. Registration will close May 13, and CLC will notify us by May 19th if the course has enough enrollment to run. You will not be charged until that time. The CLC price is consistent with our other courses - $390. You will pay us and CLC will invoice the school. Students must meet the College Reading and Writing Readiness required by CLC to be qualified for the class. Qualified students will enroll in CLC once it is determined if the class is running.
Students will receive a P/F grade on their high school transcript for completion of this class. Passing grades earn the .5 CTE elective credit. You will need to submit a copy of your transcript that shows a passing grade in this class to the Associate Principal for Curriculum and Instruction to get the class added to your D127 transcript.
Career Internship
Credit: 0.5 CTE elective credit
Tuition: $195
Grades offered: 11 - 12
Session: The student has all of Summer School to earn the 60 hours required for 0.5 elective credit. More information will be shared at the Parent Meeting.
Availability and Placement: Available D127 approved internship opportunities may change by the semester due to community availability. All internships are competitive and subject to student approval and placement through our Community and Career Partnership team.
Transportation: All internships take place at the provider location. Students are responsible for transportation to and from their site location.
Field Experiences (60 hours): Each internship will have weekly hours specific to the internship provider and approved by D127. Your D127 internship coordinator will facilitate placement and weekly reviews to ensure learning targets are being achieved. Additionally, at the end of each day students will be responsible for online reflection and guided-question posts required for the course credit.
Description: During this one semester, experiential learning course, students will spend the semester expanding their skills and interest throughout a hands-on internship. The internship experience is designed to give students at least 60 hours of on-site learning, expanding their exposure and skill set related to their career pathway.
Parent Meeting: A parent meeting will be held to provide students and parents with follow-up information. More details to come.
Driver Education (Includes both Classroom and Behind the Wheel)
Registration for Driver's Education courses ends on April 19th or as soon as the slots fill, whichever comes first.
If you don't need classroom, only Behind the Wheel, do not sign up here. Contact your Driver's Ed teacher.
Classroom Driver Education
Credit: 0.5
Prerequisite: On January 1, 1994, House Bill #0418 became law. This bill requires that a student must receive a passing grade in at least eight courses the previous two semesters prior to the semester in which the student will be enrolling in Driver Education.
Age: A student must be fifteen-years-old on or before June 10, 2024. Age will determine who will receive classroom instruction and Behind the Wheel. The 20 oldest students who register for Classroom Driver Education will be selected. You will be notified on or before April 19 if you are one of the 20 oldest students and therefore made the roster. Please don’t assume that your initial registration guarantees you a spot on the class roster, only once notified you are one of the 20 oldest will your spot be guaranteed.
Session: Session 1 only
Attendance: Students are required by law to be present for a minimum of 30 hours of instruction. If a student misses class for any reason and they fall below the standard, they receive no credit for the class and no refund.
This one-semester required course covering all phases of the traffic environment: physical, social, psychological, moral, and legal. In order for students to qualify for all Illinois driver's licenses at ages 16 or 17, they must successfully complete this course or take it at a private facility.
This course will meet Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Because this course ends earlier than typical Summer School Courses, students will need their own transportation home. Students may sign up for the morning bus run if they need a ride to school.
Behind the Wheel/Driver Education
Tuition: $350
Prerequisite: Enrolled or completed Classroom Driver Education and must be at least 15 years of age, and a passing grade in at least eight courses the previous two semesters prior to the semester in which the student will be enrolling in Driver Education.
If you have already taken Classroom Driver Education and you only need Behind the Wheel over the summer, please contact your Driver Education instructor at your respective school - Don't sign up here.
Grades offered: Students who are 15 years old on our before June 10, 2024
Session: Session 1 only
Attendance: Although this program is more flexible than the classroom portion, excessive absences are not allowable. Poor attendance jeopardizes completing the course during the summer program and may result in the student not completing hours until well into the school year.
The scheduling of Behind the Wheel will be by age. Times for driving slots will be selected AND permit tests will be given at Grayslake North in early May. A letter will be sent home with the details. This program is run in conjunction with the summer classroom course. Sign up for Summer Driver Education will begin on February 23rd, and will run for one month OR until until slots are filled. At the time of registration all registrants will be put on a waitlist and not be immediately charged. Those who make the final class roster will be notified and invoiced for the cost of the class. Please don’t assume that your initial registration guarantees you a spot on the class roster, only once notified you are one of the 20 oldest will your spot be guaranteed. Enrollment in classroom does not guarantee you a spot for Behind the Wheel lessons in the summer. If so, Behind the Wheel lessons may be completed in the fall.
Engineering a Sustainable Future
Description: During this course, we will seek to understand the benefits of sustainable farming over traditional agriculture. Students will be able to evaluate the social, economic, and environmental impacts associated with both sustainable and traditional practices. Students in this course will acquire knowledge of sustainable farming through field experiences, engineering challenges, and cultivating their own crops. We will study concepts such as: composting, soil properties, organic crops, and other farming and agriculture practices. This course is a hands-on and experiential course focused on the principle of creating a more sustainable future. There is also a culinary component built into the class using what is grown at the Liberty Prairie Farm.
This is an elective science course and does not count towards the 2 year science graduation requirement.
Credit: 0.5
Tuition: $195
Materials & Lab fee: $75
Grades offered: 9 - 12
Format: The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays during both summer school sessions from 8-11 a.m. Students will sometimes stay on campus and sometimes travel to Liberty Prairie Farm to work in our plots/greenhouse on that property. The teacher will communicate where they are working each week. Students may take the yellow bus to and from Grayslake North, or they may drive themselves. You must sign up for the yellow bus separately through the main summer school course page.
Mathematics
Algebra I
Credit: 1.0 unless a student is recovering credit for a single semester, students must take both semesters of the course to get full credit
Tuition: $195 per semester
A graphing calculator is required for class. We recommend a calculator from the TI-84 family.
Ancillary Fees: There is an approximate cost ranging from $100-$150. In all cases the items purchased are the property of the student and may be kept.
Prerequisite: none
Grades offered: 9 - 12
Description: This two-semester course is designed for students to master the basic concepts of algebra. The goal of the course is to provide meaningful connections and increase problem solving skills. Modern terminology and concepts are used to study the real number system, sets, variables, operations with polynomials, solving linear equations and inequalities, and solutions of quadratic equations are some of the many topics covered.
Geometry
Credit: 1.0 unless a student is recovering credit for a single semester, students must take both semesters of the course to get full credit
Tuition: $195 per semester
A graphing calculator, protractor, and compass are required for class. We recommend a calculator from the TI-84 family.
Ancillary Fees: There is an approximate cost ranging from $100-$150. In all cases, the items purchased are the property of the student and may be kept.
Prerequisite: one credit in Algebra I
Grades offered: 9 - 12
Description: This two-semester course incorporates a review of algebraic skills in the study of two- and three-dimensional figures and their measurements. Lessons are designed to enable students to master essential concepts including points, lines, planes, angles, two and three-dimensional figures, area and volume, congruency, similarity, transformations, right triangle trigonometry, circles, and deductive proof. This course progresses from an understanding of critical terminology through the use of deductive or logical reasoning to prove ideas about the shapes and figures in the world.
Geometry Honors
Credit: 1.0 unless a student is recovering credit for a single semester, students must take both semesters of the course to get full credit
Tuition: $195 per semester
A graphing calculator, protractor, and compass are required for class. We recommend a calculator from the TI-84 family.
Ancillary Fees: There is an approximate cost ranging from $100-$150. In all cases, the items purchased are the property of the student and may be kept.
Prerequisite: one credit in Algebra or by teacher recommendation. Students who meet benchmark on PSAT and have completed Algebra will automatically qualify for this course.
Grades offered: 9 - 12
Description: This two-semester course involves the study of two- and three-dimensional geometric figures and their measurements, and is an accelerated geometry program. Lessons are designed for mastery of essential concepts including points, lines, planes, angles, two and three-dimensional figures, area and volume, congruency, similarity, transformations, right triangle trigonometry, and circles. The course emphasizes deductive proofs.
Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry
Credit: 1.0 unless a student is recovering credit for a single semester, students must take both semesters of the course to get full credit
Tuition: $195 per semester
A graphing calculator is required for class. We recommend a calculator from the TI-84 family.
Ancillary Fees: There is an approximate cost ranging from $100 - $150. In all cases, the items purchased are the property of the student and may be kept.
Prerequisite: one credit in Geometry
Grades offered: 10 - 12
Description: This course is designed to build on algebraic and geometric concepts. It develops advanced algebra skills working with polynomials, rational functions, imaginary and complex numbers, quadratics, sequence & series, areas of probability, and statistics along with concepts that include the study of trigonometric functions. The course also introduces exponential and logarithmic expressions, equations, and graphing. The content of this course is important for students' success on both the SAT and college mathematics entrance exams.
Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry Honors
Credit: 1.0 unless a student is recovering credit for a single semester, students must take both semesters of the course to get full credit
Tuition: $195 per semester
A graphing calculator is required for class. We recommend a calculator from the TI-84 family.
Ancillary Fees: There is an approximate cost ranging from $100-$150. In all cases, the items purchased are the property of the student and may be kept.
Prerequisite: one credit in Geometry. Students who meet benchmark on PSAT and have completed Geometry will automatically qualify for this course.
Grades offered: 9 - 12
Description: This two-semester course is an accelerated algebra program. The course includes a brief review of algebraic skills. Emphasis is on advanced equation solving and its application to the solution of real-world problems. This course stresses the advanced algebra topics essential for success in Pre-Calculus Honors or Math Analysis. The course covers the topics of the Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry course, but at a faster pace and in greater depth. Trigonometry topics include right and oblique triangle laws.
Personal Finance
Credit: 0.5 CTE credit
Meets the Consumer Education requirement for graduation.
Tuition: $195
Session: 2
Location: online only
Grades offered: 10 - 12
Description: In this remote-only course offered during the second session of Summer School, students will develop the skills, habits, and practices essential to becoming financially literate, independent, responsible citizens and consumers in the 21st century. Through a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous instruction, students will demonstrate their skills and knowledge through a real life application project that will teach students how to navigate personal financial decisions in relation to earning and reporting income, buying goods and services, using credit, banking, protecting against risk, managing finances and budgeting. This course meets the consumer education requirement for graduation. This class is aligned to both the Marketing and Business Career Pathways.
Summer Bridge - invitations for Summer Bridge will be going out soon
Summer Bridge Pre-Algebra
Credit: 0.5 elective credit
Invitation only class
Tuition and bus: tuition and bussing for this class is free to invited students
Please register separately for the bus in the registration system.
Grade offered: 9
Session: Session 2 only
Description: This course is for invited incoming freshmen students only. Students will learn fundamental pre-algebra skills to set them up for success in high school algebra. Students are invited based on placement test scores, among other criteria. We also incorporate social-emotional skill development to support the transition to high school through team building.
Successful completion of the course will result in 0.5 elective math credit. It does not count toward the math graduation requirement of 3 years.
Summer Bridge Reading
Credit: 0.5 elective credit
Invitation only class
Tuition and bus: tuition and bussing for this class is free to invited students
Please register separately for the bus in the registration system.
Grade offered: 9
Session: Session 2 only
Description: This course is for invited incoming freshmen students only. Students will work on cross-curricular reading skills to help prepare them for high school coursework. Students are invited based on placement test scores, among other criteria. We also incorporate important social-emotional skill development to support the transition to high school through team building.
Successful completion of the course will result in 0.5 elective credit.