<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-d875da51-e445-43a4-5dc9-d030dad83605"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear ESP Students,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The MIT Educational Studies Program is pleased to announce that </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">student registration for Splash 2016</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is now open</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">! Splash is for students in grades 9–12 only, and will run November 19 and 20, the weekend before Thanksgiving. Sign up for any of 600 classes, including:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to Make Oxygen on Mars</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Paper Snowflakes Extravaganza</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chocolate Key Cryptography</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">B-B-Beatboxing Basics</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Philosophy of Rick and Morty</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Quantum Mechanics with 9th Grade Math</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Geometric Art- using Matlab!</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join us in learning about almost anything on MIT's campus!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to Register</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Splash will use a lottery to assign students to classes. You will have until </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">October 28, 11:59 pm EDT</span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to enter lottery preferences.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:"helvet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(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span></div>