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06101 Pre-Algebra 准备小学升初中数学分班考试 (Chapter 1-5)

Instructor: Hannah Kapoor

12 sessions on Wednesday to teach Pre-Algebra Chapter 1 to 5

05131 Singapore Dimensions Math 新加坡数学 5A

Instructor: Hannah Kapoor

12 sessions on Thursday from 9/20 to 12/13

Dimensions Math is newly, upgraded, and advanced Singapore Math program developed in 2019-2020

https://www.singaporemath.com/programs/dimensions-pk-5/

This course will work on Singapore Dimensions Math 5A

The Placement tests: https://www.singaporemath.com/placement-tests/ 

05070 Literary Analysis and Reflective Writing 文学阅读与分析写作 Grade 5 (New Books)

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

In 13 lessons, Katharine will lead students to read several books, analyze, and write reflective essays. 

Dr, Sprecher selected the following books, and will lead students to read, analyze, and write analytical essays

(1) Room to Dream by Kelly Yang

(2) Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

(3) Peacemaker by Joseph Bruchac

(4) Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

Reflective Writing builds on analysis by considering the learning you’ve gained from practical experience. The purpose of the reflection is to help you to make improvements for the future and, as such, it is a more ‘personal’ form of academic writing often using the first person. Evidence still has a key role in reflective writing; it’s not just about retelling your story and how you felt. And evidence in the case of reflection will include your own personal experience which adds to the discussion. Reflective writing focuses on future improvements and answers questions like ‘what next?’

05062 Sadlier English Language Art 英语读写综合能力教程 Grade 5 (Continue)

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

13 sessions in Fall term to continue

Grade 5 Textbook Samples: https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/5feecbe9#/5feecbe9/1

04021 English Grammar Workshop for Writing 英语语法 (Grade 4)

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

14 lessons to work on elementary Grammar needed for better writing

05150 Elementary School 1-on-1 tutoring 小学科目一对一辅导 

Instructors: TBD

13 sessions for the Fall term

Tutoring Subjects

English Vocabulary and Reading
English Grammar and Writing
Singapore Dimensions Math Grade 2A to 5A
Numbers to Algebra
Pre-Algebra (for Placement test)
ITBS Test Prep
CogAT Test Prep
SSAT/ISEE Test Prep (for Private Middle School Application)

11101 AP Calculus AB / IB Calculus 1 微积分 1

Instructor: Colby Brown

13 sessions in Fall term to work on AP Calculus AB / IB Calculus 1

Textbook: Calculus (Early Transcendentals) 6 Edition (PDF file)

09201 AP Physics 物理 1： 力学，能量

Instructor: Tyler Dille

13 sessions to teach AP Physics 1

AP Physics 1 course overview:

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-physics-1-course-overview.pdf

Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics-ap-courses-2e 

Chapter 1  Introduction: The Nature of Science and Physics
Chapter 2  Kinematics
Chapter 3  Two-Dimensional Kinematics
Chapter 4  Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion
Chapter 5  Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity
Chapter 6  Uniform Circular Motion and Gravitation
Chapter 7  Work, Energy, and Energy Resources
Chapter 8  Linear Momentum and Collisions
Chapter 9  Statics and Torque
Chapter 10  Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum

09203 AP Physics 物理 2： 流体，光，波，电，电磁，热力学，原子能

Instructor: Tyler Dille

13 sessions to teach AP Physics 2

AP Physics 2 Course Overview:

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-physics-2-course-overview.pdf

Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics-ap-courses-2e 

Chapter 11  Fluid Statics
Chapter 12  Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological and Medical Applications
Chapter 13  Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws
Chapter 14  Heat and Heat Transfer Methods
Chapter 15  Thermodynamics
Chapter 18  Electric Charge and Electric Field
Chapter 19  Electric Potential and Electric Field
Chapter 20  Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
Chapter 21  Circuits and DC Instruments
Chapter 23  Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies
Chapter 25  Geometric Optics
Chapter 28  Special Relativity
Chapter 29  Quantum Physics
Chapter 30  Atomic Physics

09021 English Grammar for Writing 语法与写作 Grade 8-9

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

12 sessions to teach Grammar and Writing for Grade 8-9 students

Textbook: Sadlier Grammar for Writing Grade 9

10031 Reading and Analyzing American Experiences: 1750 - present (Grade 9+) 美国历史阅读与分析

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

13 sessions in Fall term. This course will give students the opportunity to read and analyze fiction and nonfiction narratives, letters, speeches, documents, autobiographies, poems, and informational materials depicting American experiences from 1750 to the present. Students will study and practice reading comprehension strategies, literary analysis, summarizing, identifying key details, and text-based vocabulary. Dr. Sprecher will supplement the textbook with additional materials to teach historical context, multiple perspectives, and critical literacy, while giving students opportunities to write analyses and reflections that examine the contested nature of historical interpretations, compare perspectives, and make connections to current events.

Textbook: 

10211 Advanced High School Physics for 2024 Physics Bowl Competition 准备物理碗美国高中物理思维挑战赛

Instructor: Tyler Dille

American Assiciation of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Physics Bowl: https://www.aapt.org/programs/physicsbowl/

The 2024 exam will be likely given between March 25 and April 13, 2024. Exam questions are based on topics and concepts covered in a typical high school physics course.

Tyler will go through some difficult topics from the testbook below, and use Previous Exams (https://www.aapt.org/Programs/PhysicsBowl/printexams.cfm)  to prepare students for Physics Bowl 2024.

12151 Middle school or High School Subjects 2-on-1 Tutoring 初中或高中科目二对一辅导

Instructors: TBD

13 sessions in Fall term

Tutoring Subjects:

High School English Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Writing

AP or IB Level English, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Standardized Test Prep: PSAT11, SAT, ACT

College Application Essay

12152 Middle school or High School Subjects In-Person 1-on-1 tutoring 初中或高中科目面对面辅导

Instructors: Daniel Yu

13 sessions in Fall term, in-house, in-person

Tutoring Subjects:

TOEFL Training, English Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Writing, Grade level Math, SAT, ACT Math. 

12150 High School Subjects 1-on-1 tutoring 高中或AP科目一对一辅导  

Instructors: TBD

13 sessions in Fall term

Tutoring Subjects:

High School English Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Writing

AP or IB Level English, Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Standardized Test Prep: PSAT11, SAT, ACT

College Application Essay

08611 ACSL Intermediate Division Contest Prep

Instructor: Jing Liu

赛事的中文介绍：https://www.linstitute.net/acsl

21 sessions on Monday from 11/6/2023 to 4/22/2024

American Computer Science League (ACSL)  Contest https://www.acsl.org/get-started/divisions

Best for high school students with little or no programming experience and for advanced junior high students. Each contest consists of an online 30-minute, 5-question short answer test and an online programming problem to solve in 72 hours.

2023-2024 Season schedule https://www.acsl.org/get-started/schedule This course will prepare students to take intemediate Division Contest 1 and Contest 2.

There are four contests during the regular season. The window during which each contest can be accessed on HackerRank is as follows. 

• Contest #1: available Nov. 1, 2023; closes Sunday January 14, 2024 @ 11:59pm EST

• Contest #2: available Jan. 2, 2024; closes Sunday March 3, 2024 @ 11:59pm EST

• Contest #3: available Feb. 5, 2024; closes Sunday April 7, 2024 @ 11:59pm EDT

• Contest #4: available March 11, 2024; closes Sunday May 12, 2024 @ 11:59pm EDT

Based on the scores during the regular season, top students in all divisions will be invited to participate in an online Finals competition:

• Invitations E-mailed: May 1, 2024 through May 16, 2024

• Invitational Finals: Saturday, May 25, 2024 (Memorial Day weekend in the United States)

There is a nominal per-student registration fee to participate in the Finals. 

06011 English Vocabulary and Reading 词汇与阅读 Grade 6

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

13 sessions in the Fall term

In the consumable Student Edition, 20 academic vocabulary words are presented per unit. Students will:

• Read new words in the introductory informational text passage including historical nonfiction, newspaper editorial, expository essay, persuasive essay, magazine articles, debates, and more
• Acquire new vocabulary through eight exercises including definitions, sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms, word study, writing and more
• Encounter the words in excerpts from classic literature

08011 English Vocabulary and Reading 词汇与阅读 Grade 8

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

13 sessions in Fall term

In the consumable Student Edition, 20 academic vocabulary words are presented per unit. Students will:

• Read new words in the introductory informational text passage including historical nonfiction, newspaper editorial, expository essay, persuasive essay, magazine articles, debates, and more
• Acquire new vocabulary through eight exercises including definitions, sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms, word study, writing and more
• Encounter the words in excerpts from classic literature

07021 English Grammar for Writing 语法与写作 Grade 7

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

13 sessions to teach Grammar and Writing for Grade 7 students

Textbook: Sadlier Grammar for Writing Grade 7

Instructor: Dr. Katharine Sprecher

In 13 lessons, Katharine will lead students to read several books, analyze, and write reflective essays. 

Dr. Sprecher selected the following books for this term

(1) Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II, by Alan Gratz

(2)  Out of The Dust by Karen Hesse

(3)  Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse

(4)  Marcos Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

(5)  Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman

Reflective Writing builds on analysis by considering the learning you’ve gained from practical experience. The purpose of the reflection is to help you to make improvements for the future and, as such, it is a more ‘personal’ form of academic writing often using the first person. Evidence still has a key role in reflective writing; it’s not just about retelling your story and how you felt. And evidence in the case of reflection will include your own personal experience which adds to the discussion. Reflective writing focuses on future improvements and answers questions like ‘what next?’

08101 Beaverton School District Math AGS 3 数学归纳总结提升

Instructor: Colby Brown

No lessons on 11/21

12 sessions to follow and review Beaverton School District's AGS 3 course. https://access.openupresources.org/curricula/our-hs-math/integrated/math-3/index.html 

Cover and Review Topics:

Functions and Inverse Functions 
Logarithmic Functions 
Polynomial Functions 
Rational Functions 
Trigonometric Functions  
Modeling with Functions 
Statistics

08201 High School Physics 物理力学 For Advanced Middle School Students 

Instructor: Tyler Dille

14 sessions to go through Mechanics Parts of High School Physics

Reference Textbook: https://openstax.org/details/books/physics 

04011 English Vocabulary and Reading 词汇与阅读  (Grade 4)

Instructor: Jessica Fonvergne

14 lessons to build English Vocabulary and Improve Reading using Sadlier Homeschool textbook

08900 Pre-ACT 8/9 Test Prep (BSD 8年级统考）

Instructor: Lynn Wang  and Hannah Kapoor

7 sessions to go through Pre-ACT 8/9 test,  help students understand ACT test, practice testing strategies and get familiar with question types.

In Beaverton, students in grades 8 take the PreACT 8/9. PreACT 8/9 measures English, math, reading, and science.​

TEST WINDOW ESTIMATE: NOV 1-17, 2023.

08150 Middle School Subjects 1-on-1 tutoring  中学科目一对一辅导

Instructor: TBD

13 sessions Tutoring Subjects:

English Vocabulary, Reading, Grammar, Writing
Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, AGS 1, 2, 3 
AOPS Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, AMC8
SSAT/ISEE Test Prep (for Private High School Application)

07510 VEX IQ Competition Robotics Building and Programming (Grade 4-7)

Instructor: Lynn Wang

8 lessons from 09/03 to 10/29 To teach students to build and program robot for 2023-2024 competition season.  Get teams ready for competitions startingin November.

Teams can pick 2-3 hours time slot on Saturday, bring building materials and laptop to learn competition robot building and programming. 

VEX Robotics Competition https://www.vexrobotics.com/competition

VEX IQ competition Game manual： https://www.vexrobotics.com/iq/competition/viqc-current-game

VEX IQ Competition Code of Conduct: https://viqrc-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/articles/9778593540247-Code-of-Conduct

VEX IQ Competition Student Center Policy: https://viqrc-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/articles/9778591033879-Student-Centered-Policy

09520 VEX VRC Competition Robotics Building and Programming (Grade 7-9)

Instructor: Lynn Wang

8 lessons from 09/06 to 10/25 To teach students to build and program robot for 2023-2024 competition season.  Get teams ready for competitions starting in November.

VEX Robotics Competition https://www.vexrobotics.com/competition

VEX VRC competition Game manual： https://www.vexrobotics.com/v5/competition/vrc-current-game

VEX Competition Code of Conduct: https://viqrc-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/articles/9778593540247-Code-of-Conduct

VEX Competition Student Center Policy: https://viqrc-kb.recf.org/hc/en-us/articles/9778591033879-Student-Centered-Policy

11401 AP Chemistry 

Instructor：Hannah Kapoor

13 lessons in Fall term, This course will continue in Winter and Spring term to prepare students for AP Chemistry exam in May

Textbook: