Online Summer Courses
Summer 2020 Calendar And Schedule
Most classes meet twice or three times a week and run for 4 weeks from June 23rd-July 16th.
Be sure to check each course for dates, days, and times.
Summer Course Types
Academic Workshops
Academic workshop classes will include mostly in-class work with some outside reading and/or homework. Academic workshop classes are Pass/Fail and are added to a student’s transcript/report card only by request of the parent after the class is complete using this form. High school workshops will receive 2.5 credits and will receive the OS (Kolbe Summer Course) designation on the Kolbe transcript. Academic Workshop classes are limited to a 20 student maximum enrollment.
Academic workshops meet three times per week during Summer term. The following are Academic Workshop courses being offered during the upcoming Summer term.
- Grammar Bootcamp (rising Junior High)
- Composition Bootcamp (rising High School)
- Composition Bootcamp (rising Junior High)
- Algebra 1 Readiness Skills (rising Algebra 1 students)
- Algebra 2 Readiness Skills (rising Algebra 2 students)
- Introduction to Latin 1 (rising Latin 1 students)
- Introduction to Latin 2 (rising Latin 2 students)
- Lord of the Rings Seminar (grades 6-12)
Mini-Workshops
Our middle and high school mini-workshops meet 6 times over the summer. These class may require a little outside reading and work, but most of the material is practiced within the workshop. Mini-workshop classes are Pass/Fail and are added to a student’s transcript/report card only by request of the parent after the class is complete using this form. High School mini-workshops will receive 1.25 credits and will receive the OS (Kolbe Summer Course) designation on the Kolbe transcript.
Middle and High School mini-workshops meet twice/week during summer term and K-5 mini-workshops meet once/week. The following are the mini-workshops being offered during this coming Summer term.
- Study Skills (Rising 8th through 12th)
- Research Paper Bootcamp (Rising 8th through 12th)
- Digital Learning Workshops (Rising K-5)
Summer Online Course Pricing
The pricing of our summer courses is dependent on the type of class. Please see each course description for number of credits, types, and pricing for that class.
| COURSE TYPE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEVEL | ACADEMIC WORKSHOP | MINI WORKSHOP (Grades 9-12) | MINI WORKSHOP (Grades 6-8) | MINI WORKSHOP (Grades K-5) |
Credits* |
2.5 |
1.25 |
N/A |
N/A |
Price |
$219 |
$109 |
$109 |
$59 |
*Note that K-8 courses do not receive credits since they are not high school courses. However, parents may still request that these courses be reflected on a student’s grade report.
*Transcripts will be automatically generated for Academic Semester courses. For credits to appear on a transcript/report card for Workshops and Seminars, the parent must make a request after the course has been completed using this form. All summer classes receive Pass/Fail grades except for the Academic Semester courses which receive an A-F grade.
Transcripts And Summer Credit
Kolbe Academy uses a 10 credit system for high school courses. A passing grade in a year long high school course will earn 10 credits, a semester 5, and a quarter 2.5 on a high school transcripts. Only Academic Semester courses will be automatically recorded on a transcript. Parents may request that Academic Workshops and Mini-Workshops be recorded on the transcript after the class is completed using this form. All high school credit classes are recorded with the Kolbe Summer Course designation (OS) and Pass/Fail grades except for the Academic Semester classes which are graded on the A-F Kolbe Academy scale.
