Forbes Features College’s High School Summer Program

“Do you know a high school student who is — or might be — interested in the ideas embedded in the institutions of Western civilization?”

So begins a new profile in Forbes, Notable Summer Short Courses for High School Students. The review lists six select programs nationwide that explore themes key to the intellectual history of Western civilization. Among those included is Thomas Aquinas College’s High School Great Books Program.

A two-week experience that takes place on the College’s Southern California campus, the Summer Program welcomes rising high school seniors from around the country and the world. Working with members of the College’s teaching faculty, students read and discuss works by such authors as Plato, Euclid, Shakespeare and, of course, St. Thomas Aquinas. The program, which this year runs from July 17 to July 30, is a time for forging new friendships, for enjoying the give and take of rational argument, and for pursuing the truth — which civilizes, ennobles, and liberates.

If you know anyone who may be interested in the program, please pass the word, and quickly! As Forbes notes, application “deadlines are just around the corner.”