News Release
July 2002
(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) -- Moravian College is hosting
the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Center for Talented Youth program
for the sixth consecutive year this summer. Attending the summer camp
are students from sixth to tenth grade - nation and worldwide who are
taking courses at Moravian. The camp is held on Moravian’s Main
Street Campus in two three- week sessions. The first session, held from
June 23-July 12 will hold its closing ceremony on Friday, July 12. The
second session will run from July 14-August 2.
Approximately 235 students will attend each session. A
faculty and staff of 70 will teach eighteen different classes. To be
accepted, younger students (those who have completed fifth or sixth
grade) had to pass an aptitude test. Acceptance of older students is
based on their SAT scores and other factors. Each student in attendance
is academically gifted.
The JHU program offers a variety of courses such as “Great
Cases,” “The Middle Ages,” “Animal Science”
and “Math and Music” to attract kids of all backgrounds
and interest. Some of the more traditional courses offered include algebra,
geometry and writing.
“The JHU program offers a unique opportunity for
gifted and highly motivated students to expand their academic horizons
during the summer months,” said Dick Claussen, JHU director at
Moravian. “The kids want to learn, they have a real thirst for
knowledge. They tell their parents they want to come here.”
Some courses run seven hours a day, Monday-Thursday and
five hours on Friday. Each student is housed on campus. There is also
a full program of recreational and social activities outside of the
classroom.
For many of the youngsters the camp is the first
time they will leave home. This is the 22nd year of the JHU program.
Moravian was chosen to join the program in 1997. Other schools such
as Hood College in Maryland and Stanford University in California are
also involved. The Chesapeake Bay plays host to a “living classroom”
where students mostly study marine life.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective
liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its
founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college.
Visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu.
