Summer: English 8

Department: English
Open to: 8th grade
Period: 1, 2, or 3
Length: 5 weeks
Tuition: $495

This course is designed to prepare students for the English section of the Catholic High School Entrance Examination (HSPT). Emphasis is placed on developing verbal skills relevant to the entrance examination: vocabulary building, synonyms, antonyms, analogies, sentence completion, verbal logic, reading comprehension, grammar, spelling, basic punctuation, and composition. Diagnostic and practice tests will be given to assess understanding and progress.