Summer Math & Science Honors Academy
LPFI’s Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) Academy works with high achieving, low-income high-school students of color from the Bay Area who are passionate about math and science. We provide them with rigorous courses that will prepare them to excel in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields.
Our goal is to help these students be admitted to top-tier colleges to focus on these fields. We help scholars achieve success in high school now and prepare them for future achievement in higher education.
The SMASH Academy components include a five-week residential, rigorous academic program on the UC Berkeley campus in the summer, as well as academic-year programming to keep students engaged and on track for academic success.
In addition to having a college experience by living on campus, students also conduct hands-on lab experiments, meet accomplished professional role-models, build cultural capital through field trips, and build a supportive community of other scholars.
These experiences are conspicuously unavailable to our students at their under-resourced schools.
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LPFI is now accepting applications for the 2010 SMASH Academy. Download application materials here or from the sidebar to the right. All applications must be postmarked by February 12.
2010 SMASH Calendar
January 20 -- SMASH Information Session (download flier here)
February 12 -- Application Deadline
February 15 -- Applicants are notified if selected for assessment
February 27 -- Math Assessment
March 8 -- Applicants notified if selected for interview
March 20 -- Interview Day.
March 21 -- Applicants are notified of final decision.
May 15 -- 1st Year Scholars Orientation Meeting
June 19 -- All SMASH Scholars Supply Distribution
June 27 -- Scholars Move Into UC Berkeley’s Foothill Dorms
June 28 -- SMASH Academy Begins
July 31 -- SMASH Academy Ends
