A-C student to participate in Naval Academy Summer Seminar

Published 2:50 pm Saturday, May 23, 2009

The Naval Academy invited a select group of approximately 2,250 young men and women from around the nation and world to attend the Naval Academy Summer Seminar this summer. Summer Seminar is a fast-paced, six-day experience for high achievers who have completed their junior year in high school and are considering applying for admission to the Academy after graduation.

Alyssa Maras, a student at Alden-Conger School, will participate in the program.

Summer seminar will teach prospective applicants about life at the Naval Academy, where academics, athletics, and professional training play equally important roles in developing our nation’s leaders. Each student will attend a six-day session and experience a part of Academy life. They will live in the dormitory in which all Academy midshipmen live, eat in the dining hall, participate in academic and leadership workshops and experience a variety of other activities on the campus. They will have an opportunity to see first-hand what the Academy has to offer through its exceptional academic, athletic, extracurricular activities and leadership training programs.

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The seminar will have an academic focus. Each student will attend eight 90- minute workshops, covering subjects from Information Technology, Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering, to Oceanography, Mathematics, History and Meteorology. They will also participate in Seamanship and Navigation classes and will take an actual cruise aboard a Yard Patrol Craft to apply what they will learn in class. Naval Academy students (Midshipmen) run Summer Seminar with oversight by active duty Navy and Marine Corps officers.