Upper School Intersession 2025

Student sign-up timeline:

Monday, November 18 @ 3:15 – 12th Grade
Tuesday, November 19 @ 3:15 – 11th Grade
Wednesday, November 20 @ 3:15 – 10th Grade
Thursday, November 21 @ 3:15 – 9th Grade
November 21-30 – Sign-ups/changes open to all. After December 1, schedules will be frozen.

8:55am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin TBALuca & Rowan & Kevin Explore the Essence of Mongolian Dance! TBABaiGaLi BaiGaLi Fading Connections: The Battle Against Neurodegeneration TBAKang Shen How To Disagree: The Power of Productive Disagreement in an Increasingly Polarized World WRCAlex Grodd MicroRNAs and the Evolution of Cannibalism TBANeil Khosla Scientific Illustration & Paper Microscopes TBARebecca Konte Smashing Spider Myths Through Science! TBATrinity Walls Advanced Chess Training - How To Learn Chess TBASteven Zierk Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown How To Sell a TV Show TBAMichael Kramer Intro to Metalworking & Jewelry Making! TBASophia Hoermann Introduction to Cultural Anthropology TBASarah Ives Landscape Design & ArchitectureChungpo Fang Movie Makeup: Burns, Bruises, Scars! Special Effects Makeup TBAElizabeth Fox Movie time in Spanish! TBAGisella Castronovo Roman Thoughts On War: Caesar And Vergil TBAChristopher Krebs Singers: Healthy Belting Workshop TBARocío Guitard Testing (and Troubleshooting!) Electrical Systems TBACraig Fedor Topics in Fractals & Chaos TBASteven Chanan What is Fair Pay and How Do I Get It? TBAYuki Horiguchi Enter the World of Roekron! Live Action Battles and Role Play TBAChristopher Melville Fabric Screen Printing from Start to Finish TBADanae Lintz Introduction to Stained Glass TBAJaYing Wang MIG Welding TBAPeter McEvoy Cu-Bop Latin Jazz Ensemble TBAJim Munzenreider Make and Produce Music in a San Francisco Studio Hyde Street StudiosFrank Swart AI Scholars: Project-Based Artificial Intelligence Intensive by Stanford Alumni TBAJared Greene

10:15am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin TBALuca & Rowan & Kevin Conservation Ambassadors: Vanished TBAConservation Ambassadors Creative Hustle: Making Work that Matters WRCSam Seidel • Olatunde Sobomehin Explore the Essence of Mongolian Dance! TBABaiGaLi BaiGaLi How are Baby (Startups) Born? TBAAmit Kumar Smashing Spider Myths Through Science! TBATrinity Walls Weightlifting 101 TBANicholas Hryekewicz

12:00pm PST

Mongolian Dance Performance TBABaiGaLi BaiGaLi

12:35pm PST

Build Your Own Radio! How Radio Engineering Shaped our Modern World TBACurious Cardinals • Sage Wu Cosmetic Chemistry: Exploring the Chemical Makeup of Your Favorite Products TBACurious Cardinals • Nailah Donatto Rocking Out with Heavy Metals - The Origins of the Heaviest Metals in Our Universe TBADaniel Brethauer Seeing and Hearing Double: Introduction to Sensation and Perception TBAStephanie Reeves Tech Beyond Coding: Foundations in UI/UX Design TBACurious Cardinals • Michael Ma The Power of the Word: Public Speaking Then and Now WRCChristopher Krebs Weightlifting Techniques, Practices, and Advanced Movements TBANicholas Hryekewicz Artificial Intelligence in Chess TBASteven Zierk Baking Arts: French Macarons Baking ArtsBaking Arts Cartoonapalooza: A Hands-On Workshop Celebrating Comics, Graphic Novels, Cartoon Strips and Political Cartoons TBADavid Horsey Conservation Ambassadors: Animal Behavior TBAConservation Ambassadors Corporate Scandal: What Would You Do? TBAYuki Horiguchi Dorm Snack Hacks! TBASan Mateo Supper Club Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown Intro to Metalworking & Jewelry Making! TBASophia Hoermann Knitting for Beginners and Beyond TBADebbie Kitani & Lisa Ma Makeup: Creative Self Expression for All TBAElizabeth Fox The Crescent's Journey: Exploring Islamic History, 622-1258 TBAMarwan Hanania Topics in Fractals & Chaos TBASteven Chanan Understanding Martial Arts and Self Defense TBACody Alan

1:55pm PST

Beyond Contacts: Network to Make Real Connections WRCJen Fitzgerald Build Your Own Radio! How Radio Engineering Shaped our Modern World TBACurious Cardinals • Sage Wu Coalition Building: How Politics Can Shape and Change Public Perception TBACurious Cardinals • Michael Ma Cosmetic Chemistry: Exploring the Chemical Makeup of Your Favorite Products TBACurious Cardinals • Nailah Donatto Denim Insider: From Fabric to Fashion to the Sales Floor TBACeline Teoh Rocking Out with Heavy Metals - The Origins of the Heaviest Metals in Our Universe TBADaniel Brethauer Seeing and Hearing Double: Introduction to Sensation and Perception TBAStephanie Reeves

8:55am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin TBALuca & Rowan & Kevin Calling All Heartstopper Fans! TBAHannah Yanow Did Baseball Save Us? The Negro Leagues, Japanese Incarceration, and Sports and Social Justice in America TBAMisasha Suzuki Graham Inside the North Korean Cyber Crime Machine WRCBrad Arkin Introduction to the Design of Economic Mechanisms TBAMichael Ostrovsky Learn Archery! TBAJordan Pituley Like to Love: Find Fulfillment in Your Career TBAJen Fitzgerald Precision and Performance: The Art of Convex Optimization TBACurious Cardinals • Eduardo Lopez Advanced Chess Training - Making the Most of Each Piece TBASteven Zierk Beeswax Collage on Canvas TBAElaine G. Chu Bugs, Bots and Dark Patterns: Responsible Innovation in App and Website UX Design TBAAshlie Beringer Computing like it's the 80s! TBAGiovanni Iachello Dive into Dermatology with iTS-CORE! Stanford UniversityDawn Siegel • Kavita Sarin Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown Intro to Classic Card Games – Learn to Play Hearts, Spades, Euchre and Oh Hell! TBADan Bomze Intro to Impact: Self-Defense Basics TBAIMPACT Bay Area Introduction to Criminal Justice TBAElizabeth Raffaelli Neuroscience Crash Course: How Brains Perceive and Interact with the World...and What Happens When Things Go Wrong TBARyan Jones What the Body Knows: Experience and Arts and Body Oriented Psychotherapy Interventions Including EMDR TBATina Mizukami When It All Goes Wrong! An Intro to Crisis Communication TBAWilliam Moss Zombies, Zombies, Zombies TBAElizabeth Fox Animal Assisted Happiness Smile Farm Animal Assisted HappinessVicki N Amon-Higa Fabric Screen Printing from Start to Finish TBADanae Lintz In-depth Metalworking & Jewelry Making! TBASophia Hoermann Introduction to Stained Glass TBAJaYing Wang MIG Welding TBAPeter McEvoy

10:15am PST

Artisanal Pizza Making with Luca, Rowan, and Kevin TBALuca & Rowan & Kevin Conservation Ambassadors: Wild America TBAConservation Ambassadors Learn Archery! TBAJordan Pituley Precision and Performance: The Art of Convex Optimization TBACurious Cardinals • Eduardo Lopez Quantum Science and Technology WRCBen Lev Science & Biology of Rabbits TBABunny Gurus Suturing TBAKimble Torres Weightlifting 101 TBANicholas Hryekewicz

11:30am PST

Bunny Petting Zoo TBABunny Gurus

12:35pm PST

Advanced Math And Game Theory In The Old Testament TBAEyal Firstenberg How Humans Sense the World Around Them: Neuroscience Basics TBAAlisa Braun Science & Biology of Rabbits TBABunny Gurus Suturing TBAKimble Torres Tech Beyond Coding: Foundations in UI/UX Design TBACurious Cardinals • Michael Ma The Jugular Art: A Visual Romp through the History and Contemporary Craft of Political Cartooning WRCDavid Horsey Weightlifting Techniques, Practices, and Advanced Movements TBANicholas Hryekewicz 1AMsf, Freedom of Speech and Public Art in Action TBA1AMsf Baking Arts: Neapolitan Style Pizza Baking ArtsBaking Arts Classic Card Game Tournament – Hearts, Spades, Euchre and Oh Hell! TBADan Bomze Computing like it's the 80s! TBAGiovanni Iachello Conservation Ambassadors: Animal Behavior TBAConservation Ambassadors Culinary Explorations: Insights into the World of Restaurant Hospitality and Fine Dining TBARussell Jong Designing Die Cut Stickers: Digital Illustration TBAChristina Krzaszczak Designing Storytelling Games TBARandy Lubin From Hostage to Healer: Sarah Shourd's Journey to Rejecting Mass Incarceration TBASarah Shourd Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown Learn to Make Cheese TBAGillian Chao Movie Makeup: Burns, Bruises, Scars! Special Effects Makeup TBAElizabeth Fox

1:55pm PST

Advanced Math And Game Theory In The Old Testament TBAEyal Firstenberg Coalition Building: How Politics Can Shape and Change Public Perception TBACurious Cardinals • Michael Ma College Art Portfolio Prep TBAAda Liv Elements and the Universe WRCGreg Madejski Freshman Year of College for Dummies TBAMia Tavares How Humans Sense the World Around Them: Neuroscience Basics TBAAlisa Braun Privacy, Free Speech, and the Internet: An ACLU Lawyer's Perspective TBAAden Fine

8:55am PST

Algorithmic Fairness, Safety, and Interpretability in Machine Learning WRCBen Seiler Ancient Legends, Modern Myths TBAStacy Hackner Diagnostic Odysseys: The Diagnosis and Discovery of Rare Genetic Conditions TBAJon Bernstein How Friendships Can Support Developing Organizational Skills, Planning Abilities, and Community TBAMark Goodenough I'm Like'n Lichens! TBADanielle Alexandra Ward Let's Dance (West Coast Swing)! TBALydia Lee & James Kao Non-Profit and For-Profit Approaches to Social Entrepreneurship TBAJacquie Robison & Jeremiah Robison The Art & Science of Pinball TBAPacific Pinball Museum The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes TBAMichelle Greenebaum American Sign Language TBABill White Beginning Guitar TBAGreg Vaughan Biomimicry: Learn From Nature’s 3.8 Billion Years Of Experience In Good Design TBAZeynep Arhon Crocheted Granny Squares TBAKira Dulaney Effective Communication Across DifferencesKhemnes Fisher From Cover to Cover: A Book Arts Workshop TBANina Osborne Gel Plate Printing Inspired by Nature TBAElaine G. Chu Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown Insect Innovations: How Insect Adaptations Inspire Human Ingenuity TBAStephanie Dole Intro to Metalworking & Jewelry Making! TBASophia Hoermann Making Change: Counting Finite Things using Infinite Ideas TBAMichael Callahan Song Decoder: Unlocking the Secrets Behind the Music You Love TBAMax Cowan Stand-Up and Deliver: Comedy Writing TBACorey Rosen Startup Pitch Workshop: From Idea to Winning Presentation TBAWayee Chu Short Film In A Day TBAShripriya Mahesh Ramanan TIG Welding TBAPeter McEvoy Cu-Bop Latin Jazz Ensemble TBAJim Munzenreider Playing Politics: A Political Role Playing Game TBALee Miller Woodworking: Build A Bandsaw Box TBAKatie Kilanowski

10:15am PST

Bioarchaeology: Exploring Human Remains in History TBAStacy Hackner Cat & Mouse: Exploiting & Protecting Online Systems TBAPedram Keyani Climate Migration & Health in the United States WRCClaire Seda Conservation Ambassadors: Amazing Animal Adaptations TBAConservation Ambassadors I'm Like'n Lichens! TBADanielle Alexandra Ward IVs, Injections, and Blood Draw TBAKimble Torres The Art & Science of Pinball TBAPacific Pinball Museum The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes TBAMichelle Greenebaum

11:30am PST

Pinball Open Play TBAPacific Pinball Museum

12:35pm PST

Black Holes: Discovering the Invisible TBANatasha Abrams Drawing Apart: A Cartoonist Illustrates How America's Political Divide Became a Chasm WRCDavid Horsey IVs, Injections, and Blood Draw TBAKimble Torres Learn to Play Go TBACasey Dahlin Push & Pull: Structural Factors that Influence the Health Needs of Migrants to the US TBAClaire Seda The Art & Science of Pinball TBAPacific Pinball Museum The Science of Baking: The Great Chocolate Chip Cookie Experiment TBAMichelle Greenebaum Unleashing the Surreal: An Exploration of Surrealism in Art TBANina Osborne American Sign Language TBABill White Art and Identity TBAJulie Chang Baking Arts: Kouign Amann Baking ArtsBaking Arts Beginning Ukulele TBAGreg Vaughan Children's Book Writing & Publishing 101 TBASabrina Moyle Consent and Treatment of the Dead in Museums TBAStacy Hackner Conservation Ambassadors: Animal Behavior TBAConservation Ambassadors Get Your Hands Dirty: Learning How to Fix and Tune Up Your Bicycle TBAJoe To Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown Intro to Aerial Silks Ascend Aerial Arts at IMPACT! Kickboxing FitnessAscend Aerial Arts at IMPACT! Kickboxing Fitness LLC Intro to Metalworking & Jewelry Making! TBASophia Hoermann Introduction to Arabic Language, Culture and Music TBARamzi Salti Song Creator: Crafting Musical Magic TBAMax Cowan Tapestry Weaving TBAKira Dulaney [AI Programming] TBACarlos Guestrin

1:55pm PST

Advocating for Reproductive Autonomy & Justice to Advance Global Gender Equality WRCElise Keppler Black Holes: Discovering the Invisible TBANatasha Abrams Go Play TBACasey Dahlin Introduction to Low Latency Trading TBAYing Huang Introduction to Philanthropy TBAApril Chou Let's make AI Art! TBAEthan Beard Restorative Yoga TBARuchi Murlidhar The Art & Science of Pinball TBAPacific Pinball Museum

8:55am PST

Chip Design: How Does Your Program Run On Silicon? TBAYi-Fan Hsu Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy: Medical Science and Clinical Care TBAErica Metz History of Scientific Racism & Eugenics TBAStacy Hackner Panel: Social Activism Leadership WRCLara McDowell Picture Perfect Politics: Assessing Political Competence Through Headshots TBANed Fluet Singers: Songwriting / Lyrics Edition TBARocío Guitard Smile & Sculpt: Dental Discovery Workshop TBACurious Cardinals • Iman Khater The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes TBAMichelle Greenebaum The Economics and Ethics of Shein TBADelaney Steele When The BIG One Hits TBAEd Vail American Sign Language TBABill White Anxiety Society: A History of Nervousness from Railway Madness to Coca-Cola TBAFelicia Angeja Viator Beginning Guitar TBAGreg Vaughan Chinese Brush Painting TBAFelix Lim & Bobbi Makani FMRI, Virtual Reality, and the Brain TBATara Srirangarajan Handcarved Blockprints on Paper and Fabric TBAElaine G. Chu Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown Knitted Cables TBAKira Dulaney Learn to Play Bridge: Competitive Card Play TBAJennifer Kuhn Polaroid Emulsion Lifts: Make Photographs that Look like a Memory Feels TBAKathryn Gentzke Rewiring Reality: Magic, Witchcraft, & the Radical Imagination TBAJoshua Gentzke Architectural Drawing: Learn and Apply Different Ways to Describe the Built Environment Through Drawing TBAMichael Azgour Comedy Writing Intensive TBACorey Rosen In-depth Metalworking & Jewelry Making! TBASophia Hoermann Printmaking Palooza: A Survey of Printmaking Techniques TBANina Osborne TIG Welding TBAPeter McEvoy

10:15am PST

911! TBAEd Vail Bioarchaeology of Sex & Gender TBAStacy Hackner Conservation Ambassadors: Under the Canopy TBAConservation Ambassadors Forensics TBAKimble Torres Panel: Faith & Social Justice – Values-Based ServiceLara McDowell Panel: Nueva Alumni TBADiana Chamorro Panel: Women In Tech TBAGiovanni Iachello Restorative Yoga TBARuchi Murlidhar Singers: Elevate Your Stage Presence TBARocío Guitard The Art of Cooking Breakfast: Crepes, Pancakes, and Omelettes TBAMichelle Greenebaum

11:30am PST

Cu-Bop Latin Jazz Ensemble Concert TBAJim Munzenreider

12:35pm PST

Animal Behavior for Conservationists TBAGustav Steinhardt Bridge Play TBAJennifer Kuhn Conservation Ambassadors: Under the Canopy (Fac/Staff) TBAConservation Ambassadors Conversation and Q&A with Bestselling Author Jasmine Guillory WRCJasmine Guillory Forensics TBAKimble Torres Future Healers: Building Your Journey to Med School TBACurious Cardinals • Lexy Tran History of Scientific Racism & Eugenics TBAStacy Hackner Poems, Song, and Prose: A Global Exploration of Literary Expression TBACurious Cardinals • Ronak Shetty Pots and Parthenons in the Polis: Exploring the Ancient Athenian Agora TBACallisto Lodwick Uh oh, the Car is Broken TBAEd Vail A History of Haunted Houses TBAFelicia Angeja Viator American Sign Language TBABill White Atomically Thin Crystals: A New Twist on Quantum Materials TBABen Feldman Baking Arts: Croissants & Pain Au Chocolat Baking ArtsBaking Arts Chinese Brush Painting TBAFelix Lim & Bobbi Makani Fun Viral Foods Cooking TBASan Mateo Supper Club Hot Glass - Cool Designs TBADouglass Brown Intro to Aerial Silks Ascend Aerial Arts at IMPACT! Kickboxing FitnessAscend Aerial Arts at IMPACT! Kickboxing Fitness LLC Jam Session TBAGreg Vaughan Knitting for Beginners and Beyond TBADebbie Kitani & Lisa Ma Lead an Intersession for Lower School Students Nueva Hillsborough Campus Needle Felting Soft Sculptures TBAKira Dulaney Personal Writing: Finding and Publishing Your Story TBAMelanie Thernstrom Singers: Get your Riffing On! TBARocío Guitard

1:55pm PST

Animal Behavior for Conservationists TBAGustav Steinhardt Bioarchaeology of Sex & Gender TBAStacy Hackner Conservation Ambassadors: Under the Canopy (Alumni Only) TBAConservation Ambassadors Get To Know The Peace Corps TBAAnne Fazioli-Khiari Innovation, Science, and FDA: How Do New Medicines Get To Patients? WRCThomas Chalberg Let’s Go Flying - How to Fly from San Carlos to Truckee! TBAAndres Kohn More Than a Habit: The Science of BFRBs TBACurious Cardinals • Hannah Pescaru Poems, Song, and Prose: A Global Exploration of Literary Expression TBACurious Cardinals • Ronak Shetty Uh oh, the Car is Broken TBAEd Vail Understanding The World Through Maps TBAWalid Khiari