Academic Foundations Center
Saturday Academy
The Saturday Academy
Application
Purpose
History
Commitment
Curriculum
Eligibility Guidelines
Contact
The Saturday Academy is a learning community open to high school students from the Greater Newark area. The program’s purpose is several-fold:
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The Saturday Academy opened its doors at Rutgers University-Newark in 1983. In the intervening years, over 4,000 students have enrolled in the program.
The Academy provides an academic experience within a college setting. Between October and May, students are given opportunities to strengthen academic skills necessary for success in college.
The program’s faculty believe that each student enrolled has the ability to share ideas a member of a learning community committed to respecting the ‘whole student’. This means that the program goes beyond helping students to improve their test-taking skills; it is a conduit for assisting the individual student in identifying and refining personal behaviors that foster future success college.
The curriculum, spread over a period of 20 Saturdays during the fall and spring semesters consists of:
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In order for students to be considered enrolled within the program, they must submit:
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Rutgers University-Newark
Institute For Pre-College Education and Community Outreach
Academic Foundations Center
110 Warren Street
Bradley Hall, 1st Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102-1814
Phone: (973) 353-3577
Fax: (973)353-5700
