FLEX Academic HeadStart

Program Overview

FLEX Academic HeadStart offers long-term guidance and mentorship in various academic disciplines. Our approach is not only to provide students with high-level instruction but also to help them apply their learning through publications, clubs, competitions, and activities.

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FLEX HeadStart English & Writing

The FLEX Writing HeadStart provides high-level opportunities for students who are serious about English and Writing. Humanities HeadStarts are less clear and standardized than are STEM HeadStarts. The FLEX Writing Center leverages the deep knowledge and expertise of its instructors to help students thrive in the humanities. Our approach is not only to provide students with high-level instruction but also to help them apply their learning through publications, clubs, competitions, and activities.

FLEX Business/Economics HeadStart

FLEX Business/Economics HeadStart students will learn what business is, how it works, and how to run a successful business. Additionally, they will engage in projects and exercises to encourage socially-minded entrepreneurship, improve life skills and develop habits for success. By leveraging the deep knowledge and expertise of its instructors, students will also create and present a business proposal.

FLEX Health Sciences HeadStart

Want to get a head start in the Health Sciences? Through the strategic design of the FLEX Health Sciences HeadStart course track and the inspired teaching of FLEX instructors, students gain early exposure to academic subjects and opportunities to engage with Health Science knowledge in real-world applications.

FLEX Speech & Debate HeadStart

FLEX Speech HeadStart offers students long-term academic headstarts for middle and high school students who are serious about speech, debate, and communication. Our approach is not only to provide students with high-level instruction but also to help them apply their learning through projects and media.

FLEX STEM HeadStart

Through the strategic design of the FLEX STEM HeadStart course track and the inspired teaching of FLEX instructors, students gain early exposure to academic subjects and opportunities to engage with Mathematics & Computer Science knowledge in real-world applications.

2021 Summer HeadStart Complete Course Schedule

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