A High School Preview Experience
Give your student the opportunity to get ahead by introducing them to high school level curriculum. Courses offering in the Junior High Acheivers program reflect the academic content of high school, delivered to a cohort of rising 7 and 8 grade students (special consideration will be made for incoming 6th grade students). Participants are invited to explore their interest in non-credit academic high school courses. Classes offered are modeled after high school curriculum and are held to the same academic standards, policy, and rigor you expect from our High School classes. Sessions 1 and 2 cover the same course material. Morning and Afternoon Sessions available. Lunchtime supervision is available for those registering for a full day.
Summer '24:
Session 1: Monday to Thursday, June 10 to 28 (no class on Wednesday, June 19)
Session 2: Monday to Thursday, July 8 to 26
Location: All Junior High Achievers courses are held on campus in Glen Ellyn.
Algebra I
A preview of the high school Algebra curriculum, this course promotes the sequential study of variables and variable expressions encompassing operations of real number; systems of equations and inequalities; graphs of linear relations; rules of exponents; work with quadratic functions and equations; operations with polynomials, including factoring techniques, operations with rational expressions; and radical expressions and equations. The course is designed to strengthen students’ skills and attitudes toward quantitative reasoning. Required textbook: “Common Core Algebra 1,” Pearson High School Math, ©2015 (ISBN: 9780133281149) See codbooks.com for more information-rentals available!
Session 1:
8:45 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-200, $299
Session 2:
9 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-202, $299
Exceptional Essays
This introduction to high school writing practices covers the essentials of essay writing. Students refine the skills necessary to write concise and properly formatted descriptive, expository, persuasive and analytical essays.
Session 1:
8:45 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-220, $299
Session 2:
9 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-222, $299
Geometry I
A preview of the high school Geometry curriculum, this course promotes the sequential study of coordinate geometry, measurement, inductive and deductive reasoning, parallel line relationships, congruent triangles, quadrilaterals, proportions related to similarity, right triangle relationships, circles and their related angles and segments, area formula for planar figures, surface area and volume formulas for solids, and equations and graphs of lines. The course is designed to strengthen students’ skills and attitudes toward quantitative reasoning. Required textbook: “Common Core Geometry,” Pearson High School Math, ©2015, (ISBN: 9780133281156). See codbooks.com for more information-rentals available!
Session 1:
8:45 a.m. to noon YEHSC-0005-204, $299
Session 2:
9 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-204, $299
Global Economics
In this preview of the high school curriculum, students learn the basic principles of economics, including globalization, trade policies, supply and demand, taxes and investments.
Session 1:
8:45 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-208, $299
Session 2:
9 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-210, $299
Speech
In this preview of the high school speech curriculum, students become a poised and confident speaker by practicing writing and presenting several types of speeches. Speech team basics and impromptu speaking are also covered. Students learn fundamental skills used by speech teams through writing and presenting persuasive and expository speeches.
Session 1:
8:45 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-212, $299
Session 2:
9 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-214, $299
Spanish I
This preview of the high school Spanish I curriculum serves as an introduction to the sound system, pronunciation, basic vocabulary, verb structure and other grammatical concepts of the language.
Session 1:
8:45 a.m. to noon
YEHSC-0005-216, $299
Session 2:
9 a.m. to noon YEHSC-0005-218, $299
Summer '24:
Parent must register the student using a parent personal email address and phone number.
If you are registering your student for both a morning and afternoon session you will need to register for Lunch Supervision as well.
Lunch Supervision Registration Codes
Noon to 1 p.m.
Session 1: YEHSC-0003-998, $30
Session 2: YEHSC-0003-999, $30
To register call (630) 942-2208 or online via Instant Enrollment. Always register your student using the parent email and cellphone number.
Registration closes one week prior to class start.
No student under the age of 16 can be left unattended on campus. A parent or guardian over the age of 18 must sign the student in and out of the classroom. For those registering for a full say, parents will sign in the first class and sign out for the last class.
Registration is not completed until all required forms are submitted.
Medical/Photo/Behavior Release Form
All forms must be submitted one week prior to course start to youthacademy@cod.edu
Contact Information
Continuing Education
Student Resource Center (SRC), Room 1110
(630) 942-2208
Fax: (630) 942-3785
Email: CE@cod.edu
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- Fall 2024 Class Schedule (all classes)
- Spring 2025 Class Schedule (all classes)
- Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.