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Rice Summer Academy for High School Students
The Hamill Foundation and  HHMI-funded Rice Summer Academy for High School Students currently consists of two well-established summer internship programs - The Science Academy of South Texas Summer Intern Program and The Milby Science Institute/YES College Preparatory School Summer Intern Programs.  Both of these summer programs for high school seniors have been ongoing for over 10 years and are currently sponsored and administered by the Rice Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering.  Click here to view the Summer Academy for High School Students brochures.

The Science Academy of South Texas Summer Intern Program is a joint effort between Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and South Texas Independent School District to provide enhancement opportunities for the South Texas Academy, a magnet science and technology school in Mercedes, Texas serving Grades 9-12.  This school district covers the three counties of the Rio Grande Valley and provides exceptional programs for their students.  The purpose of the program is to expose the participating students to the college experience and to give them an idea of what the various science and engineering fields encompass.

The Milby Science Institute/YES College Preparatory School Summer Intern Programs is a joint effort between Rice and the Houston Independent School District to aid Milby, an inner city school, in its magnet science program.  This high school enrolls over 3,300 students, 94% from underrepresented minority groups.  In 2002, ten students from the YES (Youth Engaged in Service) College Preparatory School joined eleven students from Milby.  The 2003 program included ten students from Milby and thirteen from YES.

YES serves Grades 6-12.  The school, which graduated its first class in June 2001, consists of predominately Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students and offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum.  Parents and students all sign a Contract of Commitment to do "Whatever It Takes" to successfully matriculate to and graduate from a four-year college or university.  Every student is required to gain admittance to a college or university in order to receive a high school diploma. 

During their stay at Rice, the Milby/YES interns live in one of the residential colleges (dorms) during their stay here so they are immersed in the culture of "college life."