Summer STEM Track
The STEM track of the Summer Stretch and STEM Institute will introduce students to different STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields, offering them the opportunity to learn a skill or become familiar with a discipline. These skills are the basis for many highly coveted careers.
College-Credit Course
Take advantage of the opportunity to get a college course out of the way this summer at Companies That Care HQ with the help of a 5-star tutor. We’ll register for an online course, and work on it together each week in the office. When you start college, you’ll already have a collge course under your belt, and most importantly, avoid the trap of being placed into a remedial course. By passing this course, you’ll have already qualified yourself as passed the remedial level, so you’ll skip the courses that suck your financial aid and time, while not earning you college credit in the process. 
Fee: $150
Dates: Dates TBD
Location: 641 W Lake St, 2nd Floor
Who: Rising Seniors and students entering college in fall of 2019
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Computer Modeling and Robotics
Center for Connected Learning & Computer-Based Modeling at Northwestern University is partnering with Companies That Care to offer this course. From our instructors:
NetLogo: Using Computer-based modeling to solve soceity’s tough problems
Are there any ways we can increase people’s involvement in democratic processes? Can we predict the long-term success of a basketball team? How do viral stories spreak on social media? What are some potentially effective strategies to reduce crime in a neighborhood? Can we find pragmatic solutions to income inequality? Computer-based modeling helps scientists, economists, health care professionals, and others more deeply understand such complex questions and offer potential solutions.
In this 8-day summer institute, students will learn to program in the NetLogo agent-based modeling environment that they will use to tackle problems that they care about in their everyday lives and communities. Each student will work on laptop computers to develop simulations and scientific models to propose solutions to important contemporary challenges of their communities and contribute to the betterment of society.
Fee: $100, lunch provided
Date/Time: Dates TBD
Location: 641 W Lake St, 2nd Floor
Who: CPS High School Students
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