Summer ideas for rising 11th
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Anonymous
| What did your rising 11th grader do during the summer? Job? Volunteer? |
Anonymous
| Retail job, baby! This is the best time to develop work ethic and critical thinking skills on the job. Oh, and lots of SAT prep |
Anonymous
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kid 1 - worked as a camp counselor, took 1 week for a pre college program and another week for family vacation.
kid 2 - worked as a counselor-in-training for a sleepaway camp for a couple weeks, did a 1-week pre-college program, spent most of August in marching band camp, and prepping for SATs. |
Anonymous
| Where were the pre college programs? |
Anonymous
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My kid took classes at NVCC to knock out requirements she wasn't excited about during the school year. Gave her the ability to take two math classes instead.
Other kid worked. |
Anonymous
| Kid 1 worked at the same job they’d had for over a year already, just more hours. Kid 2 will do swim team and work as a coach, and might look for something else as well. |
Anonymous
Mine also took classes as NVCC. Went into Freshman year with 15 credits. |
Anonymous
One was at Georgetown and the other Susquehanna |
Anonymous
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1) Personal Finance class.
2) Doing a sport -showcases, ID clinics- and position training in an effort to be recruited. 3) DC would like to have a job but I think it will be hard to find something to let her work 1 -2 days/week. DC will be 16 this summer. Any suggestions? |
Anonymous
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Several part time jobs, one of which relates to her intended college major and one which is specialized tutoring and she makes great money. I only mention the types of jobs because it impacts the ability to do other things but thinks they are worthwhile.
Probably a class, travel, and applying for a few part time internships. |
Anonymous
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Kid 1 - coaching summer swim, swimming on summer swim team, SAT test prep, band camp
Kid 2 - Covid summer (2020) and he was trying to get recruited for baseball so lots of sports showcases and just working out. He was scheduled to do a service trip, was planning on working his retail job and swim on his summer swim team. But all three got cancelled. Kid 3 - retail job, swimming on summer swim team, rec lacrosse for fun. Kid 3 is currently a high school senior. |
Anonymous
| Ours will be going on two family vacations, taking the personal finance class, lounging by the pool, playing around with her phone, and hopefully improving her guitar skills. |
Anonymous
| Do they have their license yet? Mine spent a lot of it getting the required 45 hours in VA. |
Anonymous
| Mine got his first summer job! |