Summer School

Class Structure: Traditional On-Campus Course

This course includes diagnostic testing for college entrance exams, an understanding of the differences between the ACT and SAT, individualized goal setting for both tests, and special attention directed to the new essay portion of both tests. Students are required to take a scheduled National ACT and/or SAT during the semester in which the course is being taken. In addition to standardized test practice, students will also develop a college application process portfolio that includes a draft of a Personal Statement, an assessment of personal learning styles, and a resume created online through Naviance.

Class Structure: Traditional On-Campus Course
 

This course is a general digital literacy course which ensures that all students are familiar with the requirements for technological success at Father Ryan and beyond. It includes concepts such as study skills, keyboarding, laptop care and maintenance, online codes of behavior, basic applications and troubleshooting problems with them, and understanding one’s digital identity/footprint. Other concepts covered include utilizing the web efficiently for use, evaluating information sources and digital tools, copyright laws, online safety and security. Students will utilize Office 365 throughout the course.

Class Structure: Hybrid Course

This course is designed to give the students information they need to live a healthy life by making wise decisions concerning food, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, etc. Topics included are fitness, nutrition, disease, consumer information, human sexuality, family planning, mental and emotional health. Students will be required to take notes, pass skill and written tests, and participate in class discussion. Attendance, participation, and test scores will determine grades.

*Only offered during Session 1 (May 30-June 9)

Class Structure: Hybrid Course

The purpose of this course is to help the students understand that in and through the Church they encounter the living Jesus Christ. They will be introduced to the fact that the Church was founded by Christ through the Apostles and is sustained by him through the Holy Spirit. The students will come to know that the Church is the living Body of Christ today. This Body has both divine and human elements. In this course, students will learn not so much about events in the life of the Church but about the sacred nature of the Church. The Sacraments of Vocation are also covered in Theology IV.

Class Structure: Half-Day On-Campus Course

This is a course to prepare students for the rigor of the high school English curriculum. It is designed for incoming freshmen who need to strengthen basic grammar concepts, writing skills, and reading comprehension strategies. These skills will be taught through guided instruction and independent practice that utilize the assigned summer reading novel. This is a non-credit course.

Class Structure: Half-Day On-Campus Course 

This is the course which prepares a student for Algebra I. It is offered to the student who needs to strengthen basic mathematical skills. It is designed for incoming freshmen who wish to make an easier transition into Algebra I.
 

The topics studied include properties, order of operations, solving equations, inequalities, graphing, polynomials, and factoring. This is a non-credit course.

If you are interested in one of the Enrichment courses, please email Summer School Principal Mr. Matt Puryear at puryearm@fatherryann.org

Class Structure: Half-Day On-Campus Course

The Study Skills course is designed to give those students who are interested in improving their basic study skills a structured format as well as practice sessions to accomplish their goals. 

The focus of the course is the practical "hands-on" application of strategies designed to help improve the following skills:  listening, decoding specialized vocabulary, note-taking, improving memory, preparing for and taking tests, time management and organization, as well as how to read a textbook more effectively. This is a non-credit course.

If you are interested in one of the Enrichment courses, please email Summer School Principal Mr. Matt Puryear at puryearm@fatherryan.org

8:00am–3:00pm (classes take place on campus every day)

8:00am–3:00pm
Alternating two-day-on/two-day-off schedule with the below schedule for each week. 
 

Session I Hybrid: (May 30 – June 9)

Tues-Wed (May 30, 31) – ON campus, 8:00am-3:00pm

Thurs-Fri (June 1, 2) – OFF campus, work from home

Mon-Tues (June 5, 6) – ON campus, 8:00am-3:00pm

Wed-Thurs (June 7, 8) – OFF campus, work from home

Fri (June 9) – ON campus, 8:00am-1:00pm (final exam day)

 

Session II Hybrid: (June 12 – June 23)

Mon-Tues (June 12, 13) – ON campus, 8:00am-3:00pm

Wed-Thurs (June 14, 15) – OFF campus, work from home

Fri-Tues (June 16, 20) – ON campus, 8:00am-3:00pm

Mon, June 19 – Juneteenth holiday, no classes

Wed-Thurs (June 21, 22) – OFF campus, work from home

Fri (June 23) – ON campus, 8:00am-1:00pm (final exam day)
 

8:00-11:20am on-campus