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Summer Programming can be a major factor in addressing the learning loss that typically occurs when children are not in academic programs. Children from low-income families may lose up to 2 months of reading achievement every summer resulting in a 2 years gap between them and their peers by the 5th grade.

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

Read the suggestions and resources below to familiarize yourself with key issues, terminology, and sources of support for Summer programming.

School's Out! Let the Learning Begin

Read School’s Out! Let the Learning Begin: Exploring the Ingredients of a Great Summer Enrichment Program.

Summer Success: Challenges and Strategies in Creating Quality Academically Focused Summer Programs

Read Summer Success: Challenges and Strategies in Creating Quality Academically Focused Summer Programs.

A New Vision for Summer School

Read A New Vision for Summer School from the National Summer Learning Association (2011).

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.

Summer Matters

Summer Matters: How Summer Learning Strengthens Students’ Success.  This Article describes a study of programs in California that concludes that Summer learning programs help to sustain and improve academic skills, builds connections and reinforces positive work habits and attitudes.

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.

Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success

Check out Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success, from the Harvard Family Research Project.

New Vision for Summer School from the National Summer Learning Association

The 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.


Summer Programming Resources
Summer Meals

Summer Meals: Nourishing Oregon’s Kids.

Summertime and Weight Gain

Summertime and Weight Gain. Article from the National Summer Learning Association describing benefits of summer programs in preventing obesity.

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.


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.


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

Check out Year-Round Learning: Linking School, Afterschool, and Summer Learning to Support Student Success, from the Harvard Family Research Project.

In the Spotlight: STEM Summer Camps

In the Spotlight: STEM Summer Camps from STEMWorks.

How to Make Summer Reading Effective

How to Make Summer Reading Effective.

Planning Your Summer Program

Webinar video from the National Summer Learning Association’s Peggy Espada and Larry Smith reviewing research and exemplary practices from the field and offered ideas and resources.

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.



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.


Techbridge

Aimed at middle schoolers, this curriculum is designed to engage girls in every aspect of the design and implementation process.

SciGirls

Check out these online resources connected to the popular SciGirls PBS Series

Summer's Here - Splash into Science
Get Ready for Summer Reading

Get Ready for Summer Reading site from the National Education Association.

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.


Summer Reading Tips from Librarians

Summer Reading Tips From Librarians by Scholastic. Find out how to encourage summer reading.




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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