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Orinda Academy Summer School to Offer Ecology of the San Francisco Bay Area, an Advanced Biology and Field Ecology Course

Posted on: Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 08:00 CDT

ORINDA, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Orinda Academy's summer school will offer Ecology of the San Francisco Bay Area, Advanced Biology and Field Ecology course, a UC approved college prep lab science class. Students will learn about all major Bay Area ecosystems to understand the biology, ecology and conservation opportunities in the region. Classes will consist of lectures, laboratory exercises and field activities including local natural history, population ecology, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, conservation biology, plant and wildlife ecology and phylogeny, and environmental history.

The prerequisite is that students should have completed introductory biology at the 9th, 10th or 11th grade levels.

Jae Pasari, a former instructor at Berkeley City College and UC Santa Cruz, will teach the class. Pasari holds an MS in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz and a BS in Molecular Environmental Biology from UC Berkeley. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz studying the ecology of invasive species.

The class will be held at Orinda Academy at 19 Altarinda Road, Orinda, CA. The school is close to Orinda BART.

The class will be held Monday through Friday, June 22 through July 14 and July 16 through August 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The cost is $700 for the first session and $1,300 for both sessions. To register for the class, call Orinda Academy at 925-254-7553.

About Orinda academy

OA, a college prep, independent day school for grades 7 to 12, prides itself on the overall success of its students. Students are from various parts of the Bay Area and around the world. They bring their individual strengths and talents to enrich the diverse community. The environment at OA is conducive to student achievement by offering organization, time-management, and self-advocacy strategies. While developing self-esteem and self-reliance, students build upon their successes and work to their potential. Orinda Academy also offers a diverse extracurricular program including arts, sports, travel and technology. Students who graduate from Orinda Academy are confident, as well as academically and personally prepared for college. Graduates attend top public and private universities across the country, as well as University of California schools. Applications are currently being accepted for the 2009-2010 school year. More information is available at: http://www.orindaacademy.org

SOURCE Orinda Academy

Source: PR Newswire

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