Summer Program
ASMS also offers an academic summer camp for students entering the 7th through 10th grades. The Adventures In Math and Science summer program is typically held in June and enrolls roughly 250 students over the course of three weeks. Students from across Alabama can enroll in classes that are taught by ASMS instructors. Courses include: Marine Biology, Geometry with Computers, Painting, Spanish, ACT Verbal and Math Prep, Football in Alabama: a History, Exploring Vampires in Literature and Pop Culture, Photoshop, Rocketry, Engineering the Future, Weird Food Science, among others. The camp offers a residential program as well as a day-school program. AIMS runs for three week-long sessions. Each AIMS student takes three courses of their choice per week. Admissions to AIMS is highly competitive. Nearly 36 percent of students who attend the AIMS summer program enroll as full-time ASMS students.
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