Overview

AMSP Summer Camp is a unique opportunity for interested and talented students to improve their academic and social skills during summer time where students are guided and trained by utilizing competitions in a fun and challenging environment. In addition to intensive lectures and problem solving hours, the camp also consists of many educational, fun, and entertaining activities, field trips, and social events.

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Dates and Location

AMSP Summer Camp will be held between July 6-12, 2011.

Location: Summer camp will be hosted at California State University - Northridge (CSUN), one of the largest of the 23 campuses of the California State University system. CSUN is located just north of Los Angeles and only a short distance from major airports and local attractions such as the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Tolerance and Hollywood just to name a few. Students will be accommodated in campus housing facilities. More information about the location can be found at the following site: http://housing.csun.edu/mfp.php
For directions and campus map, please see: http://housing.csun.edu/conference_directions.php and http://housing.csun.edu/maps_campus.php.

Apartment style accommodations and traditional dormitories all of which are air-conditioned and have access to wireless internet and laundry facilities. Spacious residence halls provide two-bedroom apartment style suites occupying up to 4 guests with double or single options. Each suite has a fully furnished living room, bathroom, private balcony and most suites have kitchens. Traditional dormitories are double occupancy rooms, sharing a semi-private hallway bathroom. Geronimo's Dining Hall is a open buffet cafeteria style dining complex which provides a variety of food selections. It includes a deli, grilling bar, pizza, salad station with fresh fruits and vegetables, desserts and a beverages station. They offer a wide selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian entrees to ensure your dining experience meets your standards and expectations.

Transportation from Airports: SuperShuttle provides transportation from LAX and Burbank airports directly to the University (818-558-3177). Another choice is the Van Nuys Flyaway bus which picks passengers up at the airport terminals and takes you to 7610 Woodley Avenue in Van Nuys (866-435-9529). From there, you can travel by cab to the university. This information is provided solely as a courtesy and does not connote an endorsement of any kind by the university.

Registration

Who can register? Only AMSP students can register. Accord Institute reserves right to decline the application based on student's academic and discipline records. Registration is first come first served basis.

Registration consists of the following steps:

1. 1. Completing free online application form (click to start online application)
2. 2. Payment (See deadlines and fees table below) (click to pay - credit card)

Payments can be made by money orders, bank / cashier, personal checks, or credit cards. Please make checks payable to 'Accord Institute of Education Research' and send them to:

AMSP Summer Camp 2011
Accord Institute of Education Research
13950 Milton Ave. Ste. 200A
Westminster, CA 92683

P: (714) 892-4172

Please put the brief student information in the memo section of your check.

Deadlines and Fees

Refer to the following table for the details of camp fees and deadlines:

* Camp fee doesn't include the transportation to/from the camp site.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

$150 administrative fee is non-refundable. If you request to cancel enrollment until June 1st, 2011, the rest of the registration fee will be refunded. After that, refund is not available except if the student cannot participate in the camp due to medical reasons with appropriate documentation.

Online Placement Test

In the Summer Camp, middle school students will attend classes according to their academic levels. In order to determine their levels, they have to take Summer Camp Online Placement Test by June 22nd. The test is expected to be finished in 1 hour. Placement test is for registered students only. Please register before taking the test.

Placement Test

Camp Contents

AMSP Summer Camp has three major components: classes, entertainments, and field trips.

Each day, there are 5-6 hours of intensive math, and computer science classes. Math and computer science classes on advanced topics provides challenging environment for students. Lectures are given by Accord Institute’s AMSP team, guest lecturers who are former International Math and Science Olympiad medalists, and middle school teachers. Every day, one hour is devoted to group study time after classes. There are comprehensive exams to follow up student progress and placement throughout the camp. Outstanding guest speakers are invited to stimulate the curiosity and enthusiasm of the students: Richard Rusczyk (author of Art of Problem Solving books) and Nuh Gedik (a professor at MIT physics department) are among guest speakers who honored AMSP National Camps in the past. After the lectures, students relax with puzzles, games, and tricky questions that encourage interaction and improve their mental and logical capabilities.

In AMSP camps, entertainments are carefully selected, and have five different types that contribute to student improvement:

• Strategy, board, and math games to improve analytical reasoning, visual perception, and logical deduction
• Movies that are educational, instructional and motivating
• Sport activities to improve the team spirit and to motivate challenge
• Math and science oriented team competitions
• Short slideshows or clips as math entertainments (ex. The Art of M.C. Escher, Fractals)

As Accord Institute, we believe that students need to relax after condensed lectures. At the end of the camp, one day is devoted to an entertainment or science field trip to locations like Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Biosphere-2 or NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Camp Policies & Agreement

Cell phone usage, video and card games etc. during classes and activities are not allowed.

Early Dismissal Policy: A student who does not attend classes or practices, or who doesn't comply with the camp rules may be dismissed from AMSP Summer Camp. The student will be sent back at parent/guardian's expense.

Property Damage: Parents are responsible for the full replacement of any camp/school property damaged by their child.

Media Consent: Student and Parent/Guardian agree that Accord Institute, its authorized agents, employees and assignees may use the photographs, videotapes, student information and/or audio recordings prepared there from, to reproduce, exhibit, publish, or distribute for educational, research, promotional use or in any other positive manner as they deem fit. No compensation will be paid for this use.

Emergency Procedures: In case of illness, accidental injury or emergency during the camp day, camp staff will contact parents at home or at work immediately. If the parent cannot be reached Accord Institute staff, volunteers or school teachers will take any emergency medical measures deemed necessary for the care and protection of the child. This includes, if necessary, treatment by a physician, paramedic, and/or transfer to the hospital.

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