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Crotona  Leadership  &  Culture  Club  (summer course)

at The Crotona Center

The summer club is designed for young men who want to better prepare themselves for the ever increasing challenges they will face in school and life. In an informal setting, the club offers intense courses in math, science, history, reading comprehension, writing and communication. Twice a day, groups break for a general get-together where students read and discuss topics from such publications as The Economist and Wall Street Journal as well as participate in exciting games designed to further challenge and stimulate their minds. Through selected readings, discussions and day trips to museums, parks, and other cultural sites, Crotona boys receive a well-rounded course in the humanities and sciences preparing them to be leaders with the self-confidence to be their own person in the face of peer and cultural pressure.

The Club is divided into three groups: one for entering 4th, 5th and 6th graders, another for entering 7th and 8th graders and the high school prep group for entering 9th and 10th graders.  Each day is broken into two sessions separated by a forty-five minute break for physical education and lunch. The study sessions run from 9:00 - 12:30 and 1:15 - 4:00. During the last hour, the students may play sports.

 

Activities: * Elements of Physical Analysis (9th and 10th grades) * Trigonometric & Geometric Principles (7th-10th grades) * Algebraic Principles (7th-10th grades) * Elementary Mathematics (All grades) * History of America in World War I (4th-6th grades) * Early Roman History (9th and 10th grades) * History of America 1865-1939 (7th and 8th grades) * Vocabulary Building & Reading Comprehension (all grades) * The Meaning of Vocation (7th and 8th grades) * Elements of Equity Markets - Stocks (7th-10th grades) * Introduction to Real Estate Development (7th-10th grades) * Chess Instruction & Competition (all grades) * Baseball, Basketball, and Other Sports (all grades) * The Water of Life (All grades) * Team Circuit Workout (All grades) * Competitive Conversation (All grades) Trips: * Bronx Veteran’s Administration (all grades) * Museum of Natural History - Space Exhibit (all grades) * Car Exhibit or Thomas Edison Museum (4th-8th grades) * Bear Mountain (all grades) * NYSE (9th & 10th grades) * The Met (All grades)