Scope
HCS serves 183 students from over 50 schools doing hands-on advanced science research with over 250 mentors in more than 50 reputed institutions.
The Program has three components: Students and research projects; seminars and training; and local, regional and national professional conferences and community science street fairs. Family involvement and post-program follow-up provide students with support to plan their futures and mediate the transitions----academic, emotional, and social----to college and post-academic pursuits.
Based on their interests, selected students are matched with a mentor. They enter the program at the beginning of the summer with an orientation, and spend eight forty-hour weeks starting their research and receiving training in lab techniques and safety. During the academic year, students put in 12–24 hours each month at their internship sites and attend weekly seminars.
Students and supporters participate put on an annual science fair on the streets of Harlem, complete with high tech projectors and a sound stage; and at the Hopi Satellite HCS Health Fair.
Students spend a minimum of 450 hours per year for at least two years involved with HCS. They receive a substantial stipend for their participation and contribution.
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