Sir Milton Holloway (right) rehearses a step dance routine with other students at Emory’s Challenge & Champions Program. The three-week session doubles as a fun mix of academics and athletics for Atlanta area middle school students and a theory-practice experience for graduate students in
Emory’s Division of Educational Studies.
PHOTO CREDIT: BRYAN MELTZ
Summer program looks like school, but it’s more
It’s early on a Monday morning, but 55 middle schoolers are already beginning to gather outside the Student Activity and Academic Center on Emory’s Clairmont campus. A counselor calls out a greeting; inside an enthusiastic group of teachers are meeting in a conference room, checking last-minute details before the day begins. From the outside it looks just like school, but it’s much more.
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