About Us

The Summer Academic Enrichment Program (SAEP) has been in existence for over twenty-five years serving middle and high school students that live in the area that surrounds California State University, Northridge.  Our goal for the SAEP is to provide nurturing classrooms where students can

1.      Take courses that allow them to progress in a sequence (such as our math and language classes)

2.      Repeat a course they have already completed

3.     Take courses that might not be offered at their regular school

We hire California credentialed teachers to teach all our academic classes.  In addition, we hire credentialed teachers, or bring in content specialists, for the enrichment classes who have demonstrated unique knowledge, experience, and teaching skills. Each year we evaluate our program and ask the students to assess their teachers and experiences and then try to implement changes accordingly. (We have added four courses this year as per the suggestion of students last summer.)

This year, as you have noticed, we are utilizing the technology of the World Wide Web and have migrated the vast majority of our information to our website.  You can register your child online, read course descriptions, see class syllabi, be aware of special events, etc. We are trying to make our site as interactive and helpful as possible. In addition, our faculty will be using a web-based grading program so that you can access your child's grades and correspond with teachers as frequently as you would like. This is a work in progress and we would appreciate any comments (praises or suggestions) that you might have regarding our program.  Our program exists for the benefit of our children.

Mike G. Rivas, Ph.D.

SAEP Director

Department of Secondary Education

California State University, Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91330-8265