one.Program Students Attend Summer Institute

The sounds of high school students singing spilled out into one of the courtyards bordered by ivy-covered brick walls at the University of the Pacific campus in Stockton.

Inside the rehearsal hall, the students were putting the final touches on a number they had been learning for the past two weeks. Their instructors had them thinking about the lyrics, the music, the choreography, and their characters while tapping into their own life experiences to bring their performances to life.

It was just one class of many at the Pacific Summer High School Institute, a two-week residential pre-college summer program designed for curious high school students to live, learn and grow. Students become immersed in cutting-edge topics and issues through learning environments focused on real-world, hands-on experiences in our labs, studios, fields and makerspaces.

For the first time last summer, students from the SJCOE one.Program attended the Summer Institute.

Two of the nine students from the one.Program were in the choir class. Alexa, a senior, had sung at church before – but this took her to the next level. Genesis, a sophomore, hadn’t really sung before, but this gave her confidence – and not just when it comes to singing.

“It makes me feel more independent,” she said, describing all the activities and options she could choose to partake in while living the college life on the Pacific campus. “I’m making my own priorities.”

Learn more about Alexa, Genesis, and the one.Pacific Summer Institute in the back-to-school Outlook publication. 

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