Parent Testimonials Fairfax Collegiate Summer Program
Animal Physiology 7-9
"This was a well-run and interesting course. My daughter enjoyed the experiential learning, particularly the dissections."
Animal Physiology 7-9
"The dissection was a blast."
Animal Physiology 7-9
"My 12-year-old son loved this class and came home every day excited about what he had done at camp."
Arduino Electronics 7-9
"My son loved this class and learned so much. He couldn’t wait to go back every day."
Biomedical Engineering 7-9
"This was a very good class, which included dissections and discussion of DNA and genetics."
Biomedical Engineering 7-9
"Our son loved this class!"
Biomedical Engineering 7-9
"My 12 year old really enjoyed this class. He was excited to go every day for two weeks!"
Chemistry Concepts 3-4
"Our daughter really loved this class and couldn’t stop talking about it. She loved the experiments and the small class size."
Chemistry Concepts 3-4
"This class had good content and good teachers."
Elementary Debate 5-6
"My son really enjoyed this class. The instructor was superb and managed to ignite a passion for debate in my son."
Elementary Debate 5-6
"My son enjoyed the debate topics; it is helpful to learn how justifications are made. The video recordings of the final debate are a good feature for the parents."
EV3 Robotics Olympiad 5-6
"This class was fun, with lots of cool activities to do."
Filmmaking 5-6
"My son loved this class!"
Forensic Science 5-6
"Our sons learned a lot and couldn’t stop telling us about all the different things they learned."
Forensic Science 7-9
"This class had great teachers and a very engaging curriculum."
Forensic Science 7-9
"The course was enjoyable and informative."
GameMaker Studio 5-6
"This class was a good match for my 11-year-old son. He felt comfortable in the class and had a lot of fun."
GameMaker Studio 5-6
"Our daughter loved the games. This is great STEM inspiration and a perfect combination of logical thinking and creativity."
GameMaker Studio 5-6
"Our son thought this class was awesome."
Human Biology and Anatomy 5-6
"My son enjoyed each and every day of this class. Dissecting a sheep brain was definitely surprising!"
Loudoun AOS Prep 7-9
"Our son felt like this was a great class!"
Middle School Debate 7-9
"My kid really enjoyed her time in this class. She was excited and motivated each day to do better and push herself further."
Middle School Debate 7-9
"Our daughter had a great time and learned a lot."
Mock Trial 7-9
"My son truly enjoyed this class. This has been the most interesting class for him in the past three to four years that he has been coming to Fairfax Collegiate."
Model UN 7-9
"My son loved the subject matter, and the teacher was amazing. Great class! "
Photography 7-9
"This was engaging, creative, and had my son learning without feeling like being in school."
Public Speaking 3-4
"The instructor was very good, and the material was right on target."
Python on Linux 7-9
"The instructors were great, and they made this a really fun experience for my son."
Reading Reinforcement 3-4
"Our child really enjoyed this class. The instructor even provided feedback after the class"
Scratch with WeDo 3-4
"My son really enjoyed learning about working with sprites and how to make them move. He also enjoyed creating his own video game. This camp is fun and educational."
Stop-Motion Animation 3-4
"My son really had fun making movies by posing still objects and taking pictures of them. This was one of his favorite camps this summer. We highly recommend this if your child has a creative streak."
Strategic Reading 5-6
"My daughter loved this class; it was interactive and a fun way of learning. She definitely learned a lot."
Writers' Workshop 7-9
"I learned a lot of new things from my instructor in an educational and fun environment."
Writers' Workshop 7-9
"This provided a creative venue and different types of writing to practice."
Writing and Revising 3-4
"Our son was motivated to do his writing assignments and loved going to this class. Our daughter loved this class, her teacher, and looked forward to her writing assignments."
Writing Fundamentals 3-4
"Your staff and teachers are amazing. My daughter loved it and was very proud to discuss her work when she was home with me."
Writing Fundamentals 3-4
"My child came to class and even enjoyed the writing assignments! That is a huge success. "
Writing Skills and Grammar 5-6
"I read some of the papers my child brought home. I’m very impressed with the writing and the feedback the teacher provided the student."
Older Testimonials
"Two weeks ago I moved to San Francisco to start a job as a software engineer for Perpetual Entertainment, a developer of massively multiplayer online games. When on the job hunt, I was constantly asked where my interest in game development began. I always answered that 13 summers ago, I first started programming in QBasic at a small summer camp. The summer camp I was referring to was one of the first computer programming courses Steven Nossal taught as part of the Fairfax Collegiate Summer Program. I would really appreciate it if somebody could pass this on to Steven somehow, as I think he would get a kick out of a former student hitting it big."
Chris White, San Francisco, CA
"My daughter, Jessie Rosenberg, attended your Summer Program several years ago. Jessie skipped high school altogether, graduated from Bryn Mawr last May, at 17, and is now a first year graduate student in Applied Physics at Caltech. She had not realized she was good at math, and liked it, until her summer with you. We can't recall her teacher's name from that summer, but he tested her (and others) before beginning the math instruction, and as I do recall she wound up somewhere in Algebra I. I'm not even sure she'd learned the multiplication table in school by then. Anyway, since that summer she's remained on a bee line for physics."
John Rosenberg, Charlottesville, VA
"This class was extremely beneficial to my daughter. We will definitely work on her problem areas.Her instructor was an exceptional teacher. My daughter really enjoyed the class and is motivated to do the things he has recommended she do to improve not only her SAT score but also skills that will serve her well everyday. Great program overall."
Ms. Chandler, Alexandria, VA
"Matthew really enjoyed his two weeks at your summer program. We've watched his movie several times and he loves showing it to us. He also got a lot out of the writing program, telling us that he learned a lot about punctuation. He seemed very proud of his accomplishments. And he has already asked to go back next year -- he's interested in taking the robotics class! Thanks for a great program."
Hilary and Steven Valley, Parents
“I highly recommend sending any child who is interested in computer programming to Fairfax Collegiate. The staff at Fairfax Collegiate is simply the best—attentive, professional, and accommodating. My 12 year old son was excited every day he attended class and was eager to work hard under the tutelage of young, bright teachers who brought the best out in him. He learned to program in a snap and developed an avid interest in programming. Hats off to Fairfax Collegiate for no small feat!”
Carolyn Cukierman, McLean, VA
"My children (4th and 6th grades) took a variety of summer classes, including math, drama, video, computers, and Spanish. Each class was small and included lots of individualized attention. The wonderful staff really made learning fun for them, and they are enthusiastic about attending next summer."
Deborah Forbes , Falls Church, VA
"In this summer camp, Andy, made friends, met SAT challenges (although he was only a fifth grader), learned how computer code makes a ball bounce, how grammar is different from writing, and shot and edited a video project with other campers. This is a program tailored to provide learning environment appropriate to all ages, which Andy enjoys and loves to return."
Sheila Qu, Herndon, VA
"The instructors are very nice at Fairfax Collegiate, making it a great learning experience."
Zane Ziebell, Glasgow M.S.
“The SAT prep course helped me become more comfortable with the test format and question types, which helped me score a 1400 combined on the mathematics and verbal sections.”
Samantha Palazzolo, Bishop O’Connell H.S.
“The instructor made the course entertaining and fun, two adjectives I never thought could modify the SAT!”
Michael Leite, Trinity H.S., Meadow View