Under the Sea Summer 2023 - Summer highlights include:

• Learning about body systems and dissecting real animal hearts in Biology, learning about the elements and performing labs testing various solutions in Chemistry, and applying Newton’s Laws to create functional paper roller coasters for marbles in Physics. 
• Inspiring discussions in Literature around readings of The Other Wes Moore, Raisin in the Sun, The Arrival, and Farewell to Manzanar - making great connections with history and our students’ worlds
• Writing classes empower students to express themselves and share what they believe in through persuasive, argumentative, and personal narrative essays
• Math - lots of Algebra and Geometry, word problems, and graphs - with creative twists like chalking number lines on the macadam and jumping along the line to solve problems.

Over breakfast on the final day of summer, each 7th grader, even those who were nervous and a little shy on the first day, stood up and spoke in a loud voice to all 100 of us to answer the question of the day “What was your favorite summer activity at Breakthrough?” The Boston Field Trip - visiting colleges, riding trains, and exploring art museums was a top choice, as well as Olympics Day -competing in Jeopardy on their college teams, building paper boats to float, or passing soapy watermelons!

BTM packs a full school year of activities into our 6-week summer program!