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Summer Learning and 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Summer learning programs can address gaps in achievement, engagement, and exposure to Common Core skills. A quality program can expose all children to new experiences while engaging them in a variety of fun activities.
Summer Programming Suggestions | |
School's Out! Let the Learning Begin | |
Summer Success: Challenges and Strategies in Creating Quality Academically Focused Summer Programs | |
A New Vision for Summer School | |
Making Summer Count
Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children’s Learning,
research produces by the Rand Corporation through funds from the Wallace
Foundation. This article describes how Summer learning programs can be
effective in reducing learning loss, as well as lessons learned from the field on
creating effective programs. |
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Summer Matters | |
Summer Learning Video
Summer Learning: Youtube video describing the role of summer learning in
preventing “Summer learning loss” and how this disproportionately affects
low-income students. |
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Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success | |
New Vision for Summer School from the National Summer Learning Association
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New Vision for Summer School Network (NVSS Network) is an affinity
group of more than 30 school district members and national partners
committed to a broad vision for summer learning—one that engages more
children and youth, boosts academic achievement, and influences teaching
and learning throughout the year. |
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Summer Programming Resources |
Summer Meals | |
Summertime and Weight Gain | |
No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices
Summer meals programs, which include the Summer Food Services Program
and the Seamless Summer Option/National School Lunch Program, provide
free summer meals for kids and can become an important source of
nutritious food for children and youth during this time. |
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Healthy Out-of-School Time
Healthy Out-of-School Time Initiative gives out-of-school time providers
a science-based framework designed to help create environments where
youth are encouraged to eat healthier and move more. |
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Let’s Move!
Let’s Move! aims to increase
opportunities for kids to be physically active, both in and out of school and
to create new opportunities for families to move together. |
Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success | |
In the Spotlight: STEM Summer Camps | |
How to Make Summer Reading Effective | |
Planning Your Summer Program | |
The Transition to High School Toolkit
Learn about research-based strategies that help students and parents tackle the transition from middle to high school and the associated social and academic challenges. Includes best practices from Oregon GEAR UP schools.
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National Summer Learning Association: Recursos para las familias
The National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) is the only national
nonprofit exclusively focused on closing the achievement gap through
high-quality summer learning for all children and youth. |
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Techbridge
Aimed at middle schoolers, this curriculum is designed to engage girls in every aspect of the design and implementation process. |
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SciGirls
Check out these online resources connected to the popular SciGirls PBS Series |
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Summer's Here - Splash into Science
Summer’s Here
– Splash into Science from StemWORKS
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Get Ready for Summer Reading
Get Ready for Summer Reading site from the National Education Association. |
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10 Ways to Build Math Skills this Summer
Check out these 10 quick and easy ways to work math into your summer
routine and help your child develop numbers sense. |
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Summer Reading Tips from Librarians
Summer
Reading Tips From Librarians by Scholastic. Find out how to encourage summer
reading. |
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Five Resources for Family Engagement: Helping Families Prevent Summer Learning Loss
Summer is a perfect time for students of all ages, races/ethnicities, nationalities, and socio-economic levels to strengthen and reinforce their academic skills and still have ample time for summer activities. Your are in a key position to inform your parents about the dangers of summer learning loss and to share fun and interactive activities that their children can do at home and in their communities which will help to prevent summer learning loss. These five free resources will provide you with tools to to collaborate and share resources with families in your programs. |
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