It has been an amazing year for summer learning. Superintendents and districts across the state have been taking up the mantle to ensure their students have access to high quality summer learning programs. With such momentum and so many people standing up for summer, we are awarding three superheroes this year.
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For many of our children, June is still that month of transition. School ends and books get put away. Clothes now too tight and too short get discarded, and, in advance of summer camp, shopping lists get finalized and bags get packed.
Summer Matters spoke with a representative from School on Wheels about their summer program. School on Wheels was founded in 1993 by a retired school teacher who saw first hand how homelessness affects children’s learning. The following is an excerpt from that interview.
Summer doesn’t have to mean learning loss. It can be a time of powerful learning for children if we ensure that there are many learning activities to engage them in. With or without a formal school based summer learning program or summer camp, the ideas below are simple yet important experiences that can lead to a love of learning and a growing vocabulary, both crucial for academic success.
There are so many innovative summer learning programs across California. We would love to feature your program on our website. If you a leader of a summer learning program, please provide us with some information about your program so that we can tell our readers about the amazing things happening in your city.
The Summer Matters Campaign is exploring the power of a Summer Learning Network with the launch of a network seed fund.
The New York Times published a great piece about the difficulties of working families finding quality summer programs for kids, and the impact lack of access to those programs has on kids.
Summer Matters draws on its experience with summer learning programs throughout California to provide a straightforward checklist for parents. The checklist identifies the six key elements of an effective summer learning program and what they mean in practice.
Summer Matters is taking a road trip! Representatives from the Summer Matters campaign will be traveling the state in a vehicle wrapped in the Summer Matters logo and speaking to media outlets about the unique value of summer learning.
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