<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-m_1770107608051819352gmail-docs-internal-guid-5e3ba963-0758-3245-01ba-2227ce2ec5d6"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Student registration for Spring HSSP has just opened!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Spring
 HSSP is a six-week academic program that runs on Saturdays, beginning 
on February 18 and ending on April 1, and skipping March 11 for Spark. 
Classes -- both academic and non-academic -- are offered in several time
 blocks from 12 to 3PM.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Open
 to grades 7-12, Spring HSSP offers exciting classes such as History of 
Heavy Metal, A Brief Intro to Quantum Mechanics, and Extreme Blanket 
Forts. Check out the catalog and register at <</span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/learn/HSSP/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://esp.mit.edu/learn/<wbr>HSSP/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Classes
 will be assigned by lottery; all registrations before February 11 will 
be considered equally, so take your time to look through the catalog. 
You can express interest in as many classes as you'd like and rank up to
 three classes per time block as 'priority'.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
 lottery stage of registration will close at 11:59 p.m. on February 11. 
We expect to publish lottery results on Feb 13. After results go live, 
you'll be able to add and drop classes until 11:59pm Wednesday 2/15, 
when registration is entirely closed.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
 total cost of attending Spring HSSP is $40, which includes all six 
Saturdays of classes. We also offer generous need-based financial aid.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We hope to see you this Spring! Email us at <<a href="mailto:spring-hssp@mit.edu" target="_blank">spring-hssp@mit.edu</a>> if you have questions about this program.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Ashley, Philip, and Claire</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Spring HSSP Directors</span></p></div></div>