Our last iOS class is very successful. All of the students were very happy with the instructor and the course. The project the students did will give big credit for their college application.
由名校毕业现在苹果公司工作的资深APP 专业工程师授课。老师会在轻松的氛围下教会学生做APP的技能，
READ LIKE A WRITER
From scientific hypotheses to political policymaking to the seed for a new start-up, creativity is absolutely essential. Through this week-long course, students will learn to exercise their creativity by reading and writing short stories.
Each day of the week will be spent looking at a different element of a successful short story. We will be using classic examples of short stories, along with more modern pieces, for students to learn from. Students will be taught how to read critically and carefully while learning new elements of language and strengthening their vocabulary. By the end of the week, students will have finished writing their very own short story. The last day of class will be an interactive workshop session, in which students will have the opportunity to read and give feedback on each other’s short stories. Food will be provided in celebration. Students will also receive their own copy of Strunk’s The Elements of Style as an invaluable resource for future writing.
Once enrolled, please come to class on the first day with writing utensils and paper. Students should have access to a computer at home.
Students will learn to:
– recognize the elements of a successful story
– emulate complex sentence structure and vocabulary use
– read carefully and critically
– use diction and details to take their writing to the next level
– deliver constructive criticism
– derive lessons from their peers and not only the instructor
Time: 9:30am to 12:00pm, the week 6/23 to 6/27 and 7/7 to 7/11.
Address: 1340 S De Anza Blvd. Suite 204, San Jose, CA 95129
Contact: 408-366-2204, spring.
Registration: reply this email with student’s name and your phone number
Fee: $200/week (Students can be dropped at 9:00am
Speaking of which,
The Instructor:
Yuqing Zhu recently completed her first year at the Johns Hopkins University. She is simultaneously pursuing two BA’s in Neuroscience and in Writing Seminars. Combining her interests in the sciences and in writing, she is an editor of her university’s Public Health Research Journal, working with seasoned researchers to perfect their scientific papers prior to publication. In a more creative vein, Yuqing has always considered herself to be an artist, both with paintbrush and proverbial typewriter. As a Writing Seminars major, she has consistently worked with professors and peers in small group settings to discuss and to learn from writings of all forms, from Chaucer to Chekhov. Her experiences have allowed her to develop a critical eye for her own writing and for that of others; her background in the sciences lends her a further analytical streak.
Yuqing hopes to someday become a successfully published poet and a professor on the side – just to foot the bills.
Syllabus for students entering 6th-7th grade:
Monday: Elements of Plot
“The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
“The Last Leaf” by O. Henry
“Breaking the Pig” by Etgar Keret
“A Taxi as Blue as the Sky” by Kimiko Aman
Homework: Complete outline; read “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry
Tuesday: Character
Discussion of “A Retrieved Reformation”
“Razi and the Sunbird” by Eugie Foster
“The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde
“A Driftwood’s Tale” by Shirley Ann Hoskins
Homework: Complete character sketch; read “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant
Wednesday: The Setting and the Situation
Discussion of “The Necklace”
“The Hunger Ship” by L. Shaw Blimes
“The Wolf and the Wedding” by Svetlana Ilyinykh and Rachelle DeSimone
“The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert William Service
Homework: Complete scene; read “Farewell” by Marnie K. Jorenby
Thursday: The Details
Discussion of “Farewell”
“The Stone Guards” by Marilyn Helmer
“Dark Tree” by Brian Gibbons
“The Wish” by Roald Dahl
Homework: Complete short story; make copies for the class
Friday: Workshop
Instructor Eli W. Admitted by Stanford.
3D design class
Start date：total 10 hours start from the week 6/23/2014. total two weeks.
3D printer class
7/12, 7/19, 7/26 three whole days (Only 6 students)
Tuition Fee: $600. (if you want to build your own 3D printer and bring home, please buy THIS and bring to the class)
Registration: CLICK HERE
This 5 week workshop is designed to allow aspiring makers and tech enthusiasts to have hands-on experience and training on 3D printers. Students will be engaging in building, tweaking, and maintaining a 3D printer, and may even take home their own 3D printer to take at the end of the workshop. This is a great opportunity to allow students who really would like to use and get familiar with 3D printing, but do not have the resources, to get the experience they would like. The course requires some knowledge of building and wiring. Some 3D modelling and programming experience is recommended.
Week 1 Day 1
Week 1 Day 2
Deleting parts of a sketch
Curved splines
Dimensions
Extrude, cut
Week 1 Day 3
Curved edges
Rotate
Ribs
Gearbox plate
Basic cylinder
Hex axles
Cube
Sphere
Week 1 Day 4&5
Introduction
Work with pre-made VEX Robotics parts to create a basic assembly
Drivebase
Arm
Week 2 Day 1
Such as a quadcopter
First on paper – design a trinket or small object to print
Week 2 Day 2
Finish paper designs
Begin plan for modelling in Solidworks and start modelling
Week 2 Day 3
Early finishers may be able to use the printer early?
Week 2 Day 4&5
All projects need to be finished
数学老师刘老师是一个ABC，在美国出生的中国人。我们专程到他现在教学的Pioneer Family Academy请到了他。他能把一个很难的概念用简单的语言表达出来，是个非常有经验的老师。每天下了课，他会把他的课堂笔记post到他的博客上，方便学生课后复习。
刘老师除了在教会学校教书，他也教很多1对1的学生，几乎南湾的每个高中都有他的学生。他熟知每个高中的数学课程，尤其对Lynbrook的数学课了如指掌。
他上课活泼，生动，风趣。每个学生都喜欢他。
除了教学，他还很擅长和teenagers 青少年沟通。不少和父母沟通有问题的学生经过他一段教学，亲子沟通也好了。还有，他能挖掘您孩子对学数学的兴趣。
If you have taken Algebra 2/Trigonometry or Math Analysis, you can take this Pre-Calculus Honors class at SpringLight Education. 上过AlgII/Trig 的同学可以上Pre-Calculus。
Benefit of this class:
1. SAT subject test: After this class, you just need to do several practice tests, then you will be ready to take SAT math test subject in fall.
完成并掌握了Pre-Calculus的同学，做几套练习SAT II数学的练习，就可以考SAT II数学，并容易取得好的成绩。春晖教育已经有很多学生得到了800分的成绩。
2. Lynbrook High School students can take the challenge test on August 5th at 8:30am. and then next school year direct take AP Calculus BC with strong foundation.
Lynbrook高中的学生可以预备好在8月5日的challenge test，通过的学生可以直接上AP Calculus BC 课。去年在春晖教育上了Pre-Calculus的同学是所有考生中考分最高的。每个学生的SAT数学取得了好成绩。
3. Prepare to take Calculus in the next school year.
4. It will improve your GPA at next school year.
数学老师刘老师是一个ABC，在美国出生的中国人。他去年夏天在春晖教育教授Pre-Calculus。他能把一个很难的概念用简单的语言表达出来，是个非常有经验的老师。每天下了课，他会把他的课堂笔记post到他的博客上，方便学生课后复习。
刘老师在湾区辅导学生数学十多年，熟知每个高中的数学课程，尤其对Lynbrook的数学课了如指掌。
他上课活泼，生动，风趣。每个学生都喜欢他。除了教学，他还很擅长和teenagers 青少年沟通。不少和父母沟通有问题的学生经过他一段教学，亲子沟通也好了。还有，他能挖掘您孩子对学数学的兴趣。
刘老师是四个儿子的爸爸。
他将在春晖教育学院教Pre-Calculus Honors。
Where: 1340 S De Anza Blvd. suite 202, San Jose, CA 95129
When: 6/17 to 8/2 1:00 to 3:00 pm M/ W /F
Registration: call 408-366-2204，408-480-7547 or email spring.light.edu@gmail.com
小班上课。上课时间可以根据需求安排调整。（组成四人，就可以开课）
Discount: Sibling Discount: 5% for each additional child; Multiple Session Discount: 5%; Returning students: 5%.
(total max 15% discount.)
Referral Credit: Refer-a-Friend – each save $20
Exceptional Instructor Accelerating Performance in School
Doumer Liu has a BA in Mathematics from San Jose State University. He has helped numerous students with their math scores and with SAT prep for the last 9 years. He’s been teaching Algebra, Geometry and Advanced Mathematics for Pioneer Family Academy in Campbell, CA. For these classes he maintains web blogs to distribute class notes and assignment schedules. He also utilizes a digital pad computer to teach his lessons as well as create notes when tutoring. Mr. Liu is well liked by his students and is able to address young people with a friendly and approachable teaching style.
He is very organized and he shares his class notes at his blogs everyday for his group classes.
APUSH （AP 美国历史）是美国高中课程中颇具份量的课，它涵盖了从哥伦布发现新大陆到奥巴马时代的美国政治、经济和社会的历史。在课上，学生们通过对历史文件的分析，用自己的判断性思维，并利用分析性写作来理解美国的发展历程。
这是一门不容易学好的课，它需要花大量时间阅读，写作和讨论，在其他功课也需要顾及的情况下，往往给它的时间就不够了。特别是APUSH的写作和普通的英文写作很不同，需要比较强的逻辑性。 Continue reading
今年是考生最多的一年。一共有7766人参加了考试。最高分是43.75分。平均分是21.18分。共有624个semifinalists.
CA 是得奖最大州： 184人 （49个学校）
NJ 85
TX 58
NY 37
PA 30
春晖教育的学生的统计数字还没有完全出来。最高得分是43.25. 还有36.25 和30.75. 我们9位学生中有五位过线，成为semifinailists。
恭喜每一位同学。
