Out of the Classroom and into the Real World

South Pasadena, CA -- March 2010 --This summer, gifted and talented high school students from local communities and across the country will step out of the classroom and into the real world of cutting-edge scientific research at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, medical research at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and industrial design at the Art Center College of Design. Additional Apprenticeship Los Angeles sites will be offered at the California Science Center, the Los Angeles Superior Court, and Avery Dennison Research Center.
Through the Institute for Educational Advancement’s Apprenticeship Program, students spend three or four weeks in Los Angeles or San Francisco working under the direction and guidance of industry experts at distinguished institutions on projects that matter—real world projects that could directly help people and improve their quality of life.
The Apprenticeship Program also exposes students to potential careers in their fields of interest and enables them to see first-hand how advances in those fields can impact society as a whole. Even if students do not pursue their Apprenticeship field as a career, they can learn valuable lessons about the incredible potential they have within themselves—lessons that can prepare them to set and achieve their future educational and professional goals.
This summer will mark the twelfth year of the Institute for Educational Advancement's Apprenticeship Program, which has received funding from The Ahmanson Foundation and The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. The 2010 program offers eleven different Apprenticeships in the arts, sciences and law. San Francisco sites include Genetic Epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
The Institute for Educational Advancement is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting our nation’s most talented young people in identifying and developing their full potential. More information about the Apprenticeship Program is available at www.educationaladvancement.org.
Contact: Institute for Educational Advancement
Phone: 626-403-8900
apprenticeship@educationaladvancement.org

The Institute for Educational Advancement is dedicated to supporting our nation’s brightest students in pursuing their full academic and personal potential. IEA believes that, in order to fully actualize their talents, highly able students require strong academic and personal development programs provided by skilled educators, administrators, and professionals. IEA is not limited to one approach to learning, but seeks the best strategy for each individual student, school, or school district. IEA crosses traditional educational boundaries by working in public, independent, parochial, and alternative schools to foster the acquisition of knowledge, intellectual curiosity, confidence, creativity, responsibility, and moral decisiveness. IEA focuses on transforming the whole child—intellectually, socially, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.

Institute for Educational Advancement
625 Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 265
South Pasadena, CA 91030

Phone: 626-403-8900
Fax: 626-403-8905
www.educationaladvancement.org

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