Description: Don’t just use AI; control it. This summer, move beyond basic chatbots and go under the hood of the world’s most powerful tech. In this immersive lab, you’ll step into the role of an AI Strategist. You’ll learn the high-level prompt engineering secrets used by Silicon Valley pros, explore how LLMs actually "think," and tackle the massive ethical questions that will define your generation. Build the skills that will make you the smartest person in any room (and any future job).

Lab/Experience: A field trip to Bell Works to explore the history of computing and a VR session at oasisVRX to experience SLAM technology.

Session Offered: Session 1H & Session 2H

Teacher: Jessica Olszewski

Session 1H_Mandatory Dates:

Live Virtual Kick Off: 6/23,10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

In Person Lab/Experience:  7/9, 11:00 - 1:00PM, OasisVRX at Bellworks, Holmdel

Live Virtual Wrap-up:  7/14, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates: 

Live Virtual Kick Off:  7/7, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

In Person Lab/Experience:  7/16, 11:00 - 1:00 PM, OasisVRX at Bellworks, Holmdel

Live Virtual Wrap-up:  7/28, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Description: Do statistics actually matter in sports? In this course, you’ll use real data from popular sports to analyze players, predict outcomes, and debate strategies — all with math as your evidence. If you like sports, competition, or proving your point with numbers, this course is for you!

Lab/Experience: Field Trip to the Lakewood Blueclaws Game to analyze real-time player stats and data trends.

Session Offered: Session 1H & Session 2H

Teacher: Megan Rizzitello

Session 1H Mandatory Dates:                                               

Live Virtual Kick Off:  6/23, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM     

In Person Lab/Experience: 6/30, 6:30 PM - 8:30PM, Blueclaws Stadium, Lakewood

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/14,  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Session 2H Mandatory Dates:                                                  

Live Virtual Kick Off: 7/7, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

In Person Lab/Experience:  7/21, 6:05 PM- 8:05 PM, Blueclaws Stadium, Lakewood

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/28,  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Description:This course turns adulthood into a strategy game where students use math to navigate real-world decisions about careers, housing, loans, and long-term goals. Through hands-on, interactive scenarios, they explore how choices like renting vs. buying or borrowing money actually play out. It’s practical, engaging, and designed to help students learn the rules of the game before it gets expensive.

Lab/Experience: Build Your Life Blueprint (In-Person Lab)

Session Offered: Session 1H & Session 2H

Teacher: Jeff Herkimer

Session 1H_Mandatory Dates:

Live Virtual Kick Off: 6/24,  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/8 , 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, RFH

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/15,  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates:

Live Virtual Kick Off: 7/9,  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

In Person Lab/Experience: Tues. 7/14 , 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, RFH

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/29,  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Description: Does your child live for the game-winning buzzer-beater? Do they spend their weekends analyzing stats or practicing their "announcer voice" in the living room? It’s time to take those talents to the airwaves! In this high energy course aspiring broadcasters will step into the shoes of their favorite sports personalities. From the high-octane energy of Play-by-Play to the deep-dive storytelling of Podcasting, students will master the art of the "Big Three" roles: the Narrator, the Storyteller, and the Investigator.

Lab/Experience: Students will learn about the different parts of announcing and will call their own game.  Students will also get into podcasting and make their own podcast.

Session Offered: Session 1H & Session 2H

Teacher: Jeff Herkimer

Session 1H_Mandatory Dates:

Live Virtual Kick Off: 6/24, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/8, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, RFH 

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/15, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates:

Live Virtual Kick Off: 7/9, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/14, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, RFH

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/29, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Description: Ever looked at your phone and thought, "I wish there was an app for that"? Most people stop there because they think they need a Computer Science degree to build one. Spoiler alert: You don’t.Welcome to the App Architects course. This isn't about memorizing brackets and semicolons; it’s about the "Low-Code" revolution. We use visual builders and drag-and-drop logic to help you build functional, beautiful apps at lightning speed. If you can move a mouse and have a great idea, you’re already qualified.

Lab/Experience: Students will be able to make their own app.  No coding experience required!

Session Offered: Session 1H & Session 2H

Teacher: Jeff Herkimer

Session 1H_Mandatory Dates:

Live Virtual Kick Off: 6/24, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/8, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, RFH 

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/15, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates: 

Live Virtual Kick Off:  7/9, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/14, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, RFH

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/29, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Description: Virtually explore the Baja desert and Mexican marine ecosystem through an active scientific field station in Bahia de Los Angeles. This course will explain how the environment is shaped along the Vermilion Sea. Topics will include cactus forests, marine ecology, plastic pollution, sea turtles, and even whale sharks!. 

Lab/Experience: Students will conduct a virtual field trip and participate in data collection of the Baja coastal and desert ecosystems. Students will virtually experience life at a working field station and have the opportunity to interact with scientists that work there and local school children.

Session Offered: Session 1H and Session 2H (sessions are exclusively virtual)

Teacher: Michael Haughwout 

Session 1H Mandatory Dates: 

Live Virtual Kick Off: 6/23, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM     

Virtual Lab/Experience: TBD 

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates:                                                  

Live Virtual Kick Off: 7/7, 10:00AM - 11:00 AM

Virtual Lab/Experience: TBD

Description: Students explore the science behind coastal erosion and shoreline protection along New Jersey’s coastline. Through the study of longshore drift, tidal cycles, storm impacts, and engineering solutions, students investigate why beaches are disappearing and how communities respond through methods such as beach replenishment, jetties, and seawalls. Using local case studies—including the lasting effects of Superstorm Sandy—students analyze current challenges facing Monmouth County beaches and evaluate future coastal resilience strategies. This course emphasizes real-world application through field observations and data-driven inquiry.

Lab/Experience: Students will participate in an applied lab focused on coastal processes and shoreline protection. Through field observations at local beaches, data collection, and hands-on modeling, students analyze erosion patterns, wave action, and human-engineered structures. The lab emphasizes real-world application as students evaluate coastal protection strategies and connect scientific concepts to the future of Monmouth County’s shoreline.

Session Offered: Session 1H & Session 2H

Teacher: Erika Waltz

Session 1H_Mandatory Dates: 

Live Virtual Kick Off: 6/22, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/9, 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM, Bayshore Waterfront Beach

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/16, 2026 10:30 - 11:30 am

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates: 

Live Virtual Kick Off: 7/6, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/23, 9:00 AM- 11:00 AM, Bayshore Waterfront Beach

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/30, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Description: In this class, you'll discover how websites really work behind the scenes and gain the core skills that professional web designers use every day. You'll learn to create web pages from scratch using HTML (the structure and content) and CSS (the styling and layout magic). By the end of the course, you'll have a personal portfolio site or mini-project that you can share with friends, family, college applications, or future employers.

Lab/Experience: Create Your Own Website Lab

Session Offered: Session 1H

Teacher: Anthony Dinallo

Session 1H Mandatory Dates:                                                

Live Virtual Kick Off:  6/23, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM      

In Person Lab/Experience:  6/30, 10:00 AM- 12:00PM, RFH

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/14, 10:00 AM- 11:00 AM

Description: This high-energy workshop offers the ultimate summer playground for aspiring creators looking to sharpen their creative edge and master professional-grade tools. A fast-paced, hands-on studio experience where you will dive deep into the essential building blocks of great design, from the psychology of Color Theory and the impact of Typography to the core Principles of Design that make an image pop. You will move beyond basic cropping and filters by unlocking advanced Photoshop mastery, including complex masking and digital manipulation techniques used by industry experts to turn raw ideas into stunning visual assets. 

Lab/Experience: Students will come into Room 107 to review their completed design projects from the first half of the course and begin working on new projects that will span for the remainder of the course.

Session Offered: Session 1H 

Teacher: Anthony Dinallo

Session 1H Mandatory Dates:                                             

Live Virtual Kick Off: 6/22, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM     

In Person Lab/Experience: 6/29, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, RFH

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/13, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM   

Description: This course will provide an opportunity to learn about basic principles of inheritance through experimentation with Brassica rapa plants, and explore various laboratory techniques used in genetic research such as DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis. Students will engage with a variety of digital & interactive resources to learn about the basics of genetics and several laboratory techniques. Students will also explore current topics in genetic research.

Lab/Experience: Students will conduct a lab at RFH using our genetics equipment, which will include DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis. Lab materials will be available for pickup two weeks prior to the start of the course.

Session Offered: Session 2H

Teacher: Valerie Kilar 

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates:

Live Virtual Kick Off: 7/6, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM   

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/22, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, RFH

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/30, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM   

Description: An introduction to the Roblox Studio game engine where students learn to build, code, and customize an obstacle course ("obby") to publish for others to play.

Lab/Experience: An in-person "Roblox Game Progress Check" where students demonstrate their progress and play-test other students' creations.

Session Offered: Session 2H

Teacher: Anthony Dinallo

Session 2H_Mandatory Dates: 

Live Virtual Kick Off: 7/7, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM        

In Person Lab/Experience: 7/21, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, RFH   

Live Virtual Wrap-up: 7/28, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM