Pasadena : Young Scholars at Caltech

Mark Keppel High School in Monterey Park, John Muir High School in Pasadena and San Marino High School each have 16 students enrolled in Caltech’s Summer Secondary School Science Project.

Caltech has 370 young scholars from 18 states and five foreign countries taking special math and science courses, including molecular biology, physics, trigonometry and calculus. The classes supplement standard high school courses and are taught by Caltech undergraduates. Lee Browne, who heads the 11-year-old program, said 32 of the Caltech students who have taught in the program have gone on to teach in California secondary schools.