Shady Side Academy offers a variety of Summer School courses to meet the interests and needs of students entering grades 9-12. For-credit courses in visual arts, mathematics, computer science and science are offered. Find out more! Courses offering a full academic year of credit meet half a day for six weeks, with the exception of science courses. Courses offering one term of academic credit typically meet half a day for two to three weeks. For-credit courses include lunch. Please note some courses have prerequisites. For-credit summer courses are condensed and accelerated due to the shortened duration. Students complete additional work at home each evening. Read course descriptions before registering.