Extras: get stronger, never graded
Extras are optional. They are not school subjects and they never count toward a grade. Use them any time to study smarter, get stronger, or learn life skills. Required courses are on a separate page.
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Learn how to learn
Study tricks and test strategies, the earlier-grade math you must know, and computer basics like typing and searching.
Life skills
Money (with pretend money only, general education, not financial advice) and how to use AI safely and honestly.
Life Skills Lab
Cook, grow, tie, stitch, drive, count money and tell time. In 3D, from zero.
People skills and your future
Working with others, the NYS Portrait of a Graduate, and contests and STEM programs you can join.
Games and summer
Learn chess from zero and play the computer, and keep skills fresh with a light 10-minute summer warm-up.
Music and art from zero
Read music on a 3D piano and learn to draw one step at a time, from zero. Extra practice for any music or art class.
AI and STEM labs
Hands-on labs: see how AI works and use it safely, and design ways to reuse and recycle. Never graded.