In this 10-week course for high school students (grades 9-12), we will learn the craft of creative writing in three different genres– Flash Fiction, Personal Essay & Memoir, Poetry and Short Story– with the goal of submitting to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Devoting roughly two weeks to each genre, we will learn the fundamentals of each form, using award-winning entries in each category as models. Students will learn to both write and revise through repeated practice and peer review. The course will culminate in a portfolio of polished final drafts in all four genres, submitted at the end of the course.  

The Pirate Entrepreneurship Competition allows high school students to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and creativity. Through the interesting competition process, high school students can put their entrepreneurial knowledge into practice and win cash prizes and scholarships from Seton Hall University, the oldest church university in the United States.

As one of the world's largest entrepreneurial challenges, the Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition welcomes high school students (grades 9-12) from all over the world to participate. In the competition, students will introduce their innovative business concepts to experienced entrepreneurs and business people, and through online competitions, they will be exposed to the business world, learn and develop business acumen.

The Technovation Girls Challenge is the world's largest and longest-running technology academic event, which is specially prepared for girls. The competition aims to help young children develop curiosity, creativity and persistence through teaching in the fields of science, engineering and technology. In the past few decades, Technovation Girls has attracted more than 2,300 girls from more than 100 countries around the world to participate in the competition. After the competition, many girls have found their own fields of interest.

Jane Austen is a very famous female novelist in the early 19th century Britain. Her literary works such as Pride and Prejudice have attracted the attention and love of people all over the world, and have also been praised by many critics and scholars. In order to commemorate this outstanding novelist, JASNA (Jane Austen Association of North America) holds a writing competition every year, inviting students who love Jane Austen and her works to participate.

The Global Youth Investment Summit is hosted by the Young Investors Society and provides high school students with an opportunity to learn financial analysis. Students can participate individually or in teams of two. They choose a listed company to analyze, recommend buying or selling the company's stock, submit an analysis report, and make a slide show and a YouTube video presentation. The preliminary round is generally due in late March/early April.

NPFC National Personal Finance Challenge is the only competition for middle school and high school students to improve their personal financial literacy. It includes middle school and high school groups and is held in real life in March every year. The competition consists of 3-4 students. The contestants answer 35 multiple-choice questions in 30 minutes. Each correct answer is worth 10 points. The total score of the team is the sum of the top three players. The OC teams belong to the California Division.