This unique contest has been sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center for more than two decades. For the last several years it's been transferred to the National Space Society.
The USACO Gold set of courses prepare motivated students for the prestigious USA Computing Olympiad (USACO).
Exam preparation for College Board's Advanced Placement AP Physics courses. The focus of this course is problem solving.
The USACO Platinum set of courses prepare motivated students for the top level of prestigious USA Computing Olympiad (USACO).
The USACO Silver set of courses prepare motivated students for the prestigious USA Computing Olympiad (USACO).
The USACO Bronze set of courses prepare motivated students for the prestigious USA Computing Olympiad (USACO).
The MathCounts / AMC 8 set of courses introduces contest math skills for middle school students who are looking for challenges beyond their school work.
Self Study Class Features
All of our teachers are trained and experienced in coaching gifted students for their respective level. They are either champions in rigorous national and internatinal competitions or trained students to win those awards. See our faculty bios for details.
We will contact families for a review of their students progress on a periodic basis. Parents are encouraged to contact us, shoudl they have questions, any time. Guidance based on work done will be provided and further services may be provided upon request.
As an appreciation of work well done students who successfully complete the course curriculum, will receive a Completion Certificate. This certificates will be available through the system and may be downloaded as a pdf.
Each class also come with written lecture notes in addition to the lectures. The lecture notes summarize the curriculum and in math classes they also contain the in-class and homework exercises. These help students review and study offline.
Star League teachers and courses are specialized in traing advanced and gifted students. As such the curriculum is prepared with this on mind. The courses are designed such that students who successfully finish the level and practice as recommended will achive the target competition goals.
Star League students are provided account for our online learning management system:SLOnline. Parents and students may monitor their learning through the system. Students are able to submit their homework and get graded accordingly in most clases.
Currently registered students are automatically registred to take part in supplementary learniong activities as they happen. The events may vary from year to year. In general they will be mock exams, review sessions, solution lectures, or similar enrichment resources.
Each class registration automatically lasts for one full academic year (September-August), more than enough for students to study its curriculum. In case extra time is needed we grant extended access for FREE so you may take full advantage of the class material.
Based on subject and level, students are provided appropriate homework exercises. For computer science courses, it is generally the coding of the problems. In other subjects they will be supplementary problems related top the topic of the lecture.
Self study class students can post their questions in the Virtual Office discussion forums. Teachers generally respond in writing in a day. They may schedule live conferences if that is necessary to effectively answer the posed question.
Each class generally include several practice exams to improve students' test taking skills. Their solutions are fully provided in writing and as a lecture as part of the course curriculum.
Self study classes include a complete set of recorded video lectures. Student start each topic with the lecture video and then move on to exercises. Each recording is about two hours. Most classes run 12 weeks, so they have 12 lecture videos.
Live Class Features
All of our teachers are trained and experienced in coaching gifted students for their respective level. They are either champions in rigorous national and internatinal competitions or trained students to win those awards. See our faculty bios for details.
We will contact families for a review of their students progress on a periodic basis. Parents are encouraged to contact us, shoudl they have questions, any time. Guidance based on work done will be provided and further services may be provided upon request.
As an appreciation of work well done students who successfully complete the course curriculum, will receive a Completion Certificate. This certificates will be available through the system and may be downloaded as a pdf.
Each class also come with written lecture notes in addition to the lectures. The lecture notes summarize the curriculum and in math classes they also contain the in-class and homework exercises. These help students review and study offline.
Star League teachers and courses are specialized in traing advanced and gifted students. As such the curriculum is prepared with this on mind. The courses are designed such that students who successfully finish the level and practice as recommended will achive the target competition goals.
Star League students are provided account for our online learning management system:SLOnline. Parents and students may monitor their learning through the system. Students are able to submit their homework and get graded accordingly in most clases.
Currently registered students are automatically registred to take part in supplementary learniong activities as they happen. The events may vary from year to year. In general they will be mock exams, review sessions, solution lectures, or similar enrichment resources.
Each class registration automatically lasts for one full academic year (September-August), more than enough for students to study its curriculum. In case extra time is needed we grant extended access for FREE so you may take full advantage of the class material.
Based on subject and level, students are provided appropriate homework exercises. For computer science courses, it is generally the coding of the problems. In other subjects they will be supplementary problems related top the topic of the lecture.
Live class students may ask their questions directly during the class. They can also post their questions in the Virtual Office discussion forums. Teachers generally respond in writing in a day.
Each class generally include several practice exams to improve students' test taking skills. Their solutions are fully provided in writing and as a lecture as part of the course curriculum.
During live classes student may directly ask their questions to the teacher via chat or microphone. Live classes have a fixed schedule, most frequently on a weekly basis. This helps students set their study time in an easy way.