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The Saturday Institute

The Saturday Institute is held October through April of the academic year. It is a 5-hour, intensive academic and social experience for participants ages 6-18. All Institute classes are held on the campus of George Washington University.

Saturday Institute participants are divided by grade level. Grades 1-5 are taught math, English and reading competency (Reading to Succeed!) by college students and high school seniors who, throughout their participation in AnBryce programming, have proven to be exemplary students and role models. Grades 6 through 9 are taught by college students from an advanced level of the same curriculum. Grades 10 and 11 are instructed by a licensed SAT professional in preparation for college entrance exams. Grade 12 is guided through the college application process in the Fall and team-teach Grades 1-5 with college students in the Spring. Registration for the Saturday Institute is held in September and January.

All camp counselors at Camp Dogwood and student teachers at the Saturday Institute will be trained by UEE professionals and taught the mechanics of assessment and teaching young people from creatively designed lesson plans. College students majoring in Education and the social sciences are encouraged to apply for positions at both Camp Dogwood and the Saturday Institute.

Reading to Succeed!

The AnBryce Foundation is going back to basics: reading literacy. Young people Grades 1 through 7 enrolled in Camp Dogwood and the Saturday Institute will be required to participate in the Reading to Succeed! reading fundamentals curriculum.

Reading to Succeed! is a new AnBryce Foundation reading program dedicated to improving the reading skills of our participants Grades 1-7. Designed and distributed by Urban Education Exchange (UEE), this research-based literacy curriculum is based upon a framework of 19 specific thinking skills called the Concepts of Comprehension©. Each reading lesson will teach children the three important building blocks of strong reading comprehension: inferential thinking skills, vocabulary development, and world knowledge. They will also have direct instruction in “word decoding” to increase their phonics awareness and build confidence in their overall reading ability.

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
- Frederick Douglass

Beginning with Camp Dogwood in summer 2008 and continuing through the Saturday Institute, Reading to Succeed! will now be an important part of all AnBryce Foundation programming. Participants will be assessed at the beginning and end of Camp Dogwood and Saturday Institute session to determine the reading level of each student and to measure their progress.

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
- Mohandas Gandhi

All camp counselors at Camp Dogwood and student teachers at the Saturday Institute will be trained by UEE professionals and taught the mechanics of assessment and teaching young people from creatively designed lesson plans. College students majoring in education and the social sciences are encouraged to apply for positions at both Camp Dogwood and the Saturday Institute.

SAT/ACT Preparation

Preparing for standardized college entrance exams can be a very anxious time for high school students. The AnBryce Foundation alleviates this anxiety by offering professional academic tutoring year-round to 10th and 11th graders registered in our programs. Students are taught math, English and science proficiency as well as repetitive drills and strategies in test taking.