~~SUMMER CLIMB-PREVENTING SUMMER SLIDE
(CLOSED-ALL CLASSES HAVE MET CAPACITY. PLEASE CALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PLACED ON A WAIT LIST.)
Ages 5 - 12
Students entering first through fifth grade will be grouped by grade level to review reading, writing and math skills necessary for grade level success. Class will be held from 5:30pm - 7:00pm Mondays and Wednesdays. Students will work with a certified teacher through active, engaging lessons built around the grade level standards and expectations. Book Clubs will be formed as part of each group. Homework will be assigned to further enhance student achievement and parents will be notified of student growth, expectations and assignments via Tutor Panel, our parent reporting tool. Specific, targeted lessons will prevent children from regressing and promote growth during the summer months. Using assessment data teachers will target specific student needs and provide activities to address individual student needs. Many students take a vacation during the summer. As a result, missed activities and lessons can be provided at parent request but the classes cannot be prorated due to high demand.
The purpose of this program is to prevent Summer Slide. "The phenomenon was studied extensively by Johns Hopkins University researchers Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson (2007), whose longitudinal study tracked Baltimore students from 1st grade through age 22 and found that 80% of the achievement gap between age 1 and 22 can be attributed to summer months. More recent findings have reached equally alarming conclusions. In a comprehensive analysis published by the RAND Corporation, McCombs and colleagues (2011) note that elementary students' performance falls by about a month during the summer. The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, a collaborative effort among dozens of foundations, lists summer learning loss as one of the three major obstacles to reading proficiency at the end of 3rd grade (Gewertz, 2011)." For the complete article go to http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec11/vol69/num04/Slowing-the-Summer-Slide.aspx .
