Inspired by GOA’s popular Medical Problem Solving series, this course uses a case-based approach to give students a practical look into the professional lives of lawyers and legal thinking. By studying and debating a series of real legal cases, students sharpen their ability to think like lawyers who research, write, and speak persuasively.

This course is a prerequisite to Investing II at GOA. In this course, students simulate the work of investors by working with the tools, theories, and decision-making practices that define smart investment. Students explore concepts in finance and apply them to investment decisions in three primary contexts: portfolio management, venture capital, and social investing.

In this intensive summer course, students deepen and apply their understanding of mathematics in order to be prepared for higher-level courses. The emphasis is on understanding functions, including transformations, domain/range, and visual representations. In addition, students deepen their understanding of the concept of equivalence through numerical, graphical, and algebraic representations. This includes developing fluency with algebraic manipulation.

Religion is one of the most salient forces in contemporary society but is also one of the most misunderstood. What exactly is religion? How does religious identity inform the ways humans understand themselves and the world around them? How can increased levels of religious literacy help us become more effective civic agents in the world today?

This intensive summer course gives students with no prior exposure to Spanish the vocabulary, grammatical background, and communicative skills that they need to jump into Spanish 2 at their schools.

This course investigates various topics in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics using a series of projects and problems that are both meaningful and relevant to the students’ lives. Students develop engineering skills, including design principles, modeling, and presentations, using a variety of computer hardware and software applications to complete assignments and projects.

Campers are invited to explore a vast and playful indoor/outdoor learning environment. Session themes are developed by our team of teachers and experienced early childhood specialists who understand how to create fun and inviting activities for all children. Kids enjoy themed activities, P.E., and swim instruction. The theme for this session is Surf's Up!

Coursers choose from a wide variety of engaging activities (arts, sciences, hobbies, etc.) and a range of sports (soccer, swimming, yoga, and more) to build a personal schedule that matches their individual interests.

 Build, create, solve challenges, and explore basic robotics.

Scientific principles at play! Explosions, dissecting frogs, and more.

Hands-on art in our ceramics studio.

Catch the spirit! Learn cheers, jumps, stunts.

 Enjoy energetic scrimmages and a variety of soccer-related games.

The perfect way to hone your skills and cool off. Daily lessons followed by plenty of time for recreational swimming in our amazing indoor aquatics center.

Homer’s Iliad was probably written around 750 BCE, right around the time the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet; Odyssey was likely written close to 100 years later. Yet these epic poems are set five centuries earlier, during a Bronze Age conflict between Mycenaean Greeks and the Anatolian Hittite state of Wilusa—Ilion in Greek, better known to us as Troy. Iliad retells the ninth year of the war, when the demigod hero Achilles refuses to fight over an issue of disrespect by the high king Agamemnon; Odyssey retells the homecoming story of Odysseus, the last Greek hero to make it home after Troy’s destruction.