Anyone familiar with DCPS Math Quest Enrichment Summer Program?

[Anonymous]

Wow what a detailed schedule.
This six-week, full-day program is a unique opportunity for elementary students to engage in hands-on, enriching academic instruction each morning and fun summer activities each afternoon.

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Academic Enrichment
12:00 – 12:30/1:00 PM Lunch and Recess
12:30/1:00 – 4:00 PM Enrichment Activities

Great to get all that information on what students are going to be doing for 6 hours and details such as how many students will be in each class and the subjects being covered.

And let's see who is teaching this enrichment:

Who is teaching Summer Acceleration? Can my child have their teacher for this year/next year? 

A combination of DCPS staff and trusted partner organizations will provide instruction and teach Summer Acceleration

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this it? https://dcpsstrong.com/summer-es/es-acceleration/

It’s a special invitation only program being hosted along side that/at the same sites. Assuming they had reasonably high cutoff scores, which will in turn skew fairly UMC+, I’m really curious what kind of uptake they get this close to the summer.

Yeah, I'm curious about the overlap between kids scoring that high who don't already have summer plans and have parents willing to take a chance on a very vague offer.

Also, my 3rd grader with 6th grade iReady math scores didn't get any invitation!

[Anonymous]

Wait, how does everyone know their kids grade level on math? I have no idea - I just have percentile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Came to ask the same question. We have tentative summer plans but not sure if we should move them. Child is 2-3 grades ahead. Not sure I need them to be even more ahead. Wish there was more information! Though I do appreciate DCPS finally doing something for high-achieving students.

I would rather my child develop other skills and spend time in nature than do math over the summer. They are already really advanced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, how does everyone know their kids grade level on math? I have no idea - I just have percentile.

Sometimes it's on a print out, and you can also look it up (the number, and their grade level).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this it? https://dcpsstrong.com/summer-es/es-acceleration/

I think thats for catching kids up to grade level.

[Anonymous]

I got the same email yesterday, opened google to ask the same question.

[Anonymous]

I clicked through the form to see if there was any extra information. The only things I learned were: it asks if your child will attend all weeks or some (still unclear if this is allowed), it is for 2nd-4th grades, they give you the location of your child's site based on their school.

The location they gave me lined up with the mapping between regular school and summer site from last year.

My child did dcps summer school a few years ago when it was open to everyone after covid and really liked it. It was a mix of academics and extracurriculars (eg volo sports).

It's hard to imagine trusting DCPS with advanced math for elementary school without any information.

Is anyone's kids who are multiple grades ahead getting good enrichment in the regular school year at school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It feels like they just bulk emailed everyone who met certain metrics. I doubt they care if anyone joins as long as they have enough to operate the program. And they'd probably be delighted if it were less affluent folks.

This. Doesn’t sound well planned. It’s more to target lower SES kids for math and who needs childcare.

No way would I cancel summer travel for this. What for? 4 weeks of math when your child is doing fine. They don’t need it. Let kids be kids for the summer and travel and do fun camps.

The line about “targeting lower SES kids for math and who need childcare” is honestly pretty gross and presumptuous. It assumes a lot about the district, families, and their motivations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It feels like they just bulk emailed everyone who met certain metrics. I doubt they care if anyone joins as long as they have enough to operate the program. And they'd probably be delighted if it were less affluent folks.

This. Doesn’t sound well planned. It’s more to target lower SES kids for math and who needs childcare.

No way would I cancel summer travel for this. What for? 4 weeks of math when your child is doing fine. They don’t need it. Let kids be kids for the summer and travel and do fun camps.

The line about “targeting lower SES kids for math and who need childcare” is honestly pretty gross and presumptuous. It assumes a lot about the district, families, and their motivations.

Haven’t been in DC too long? Yes most of their programming in the summer is to help low income kids and prevent summer slide in addition to helping families with childcare.

Above program is the same but at least now they are trying to help kids with potential whose families might not have the math capacity to help at home.

Are you naive enough to think they are targeting UMC families?? Come on, as can be seen here they have travel plans and if not summer camps have been booked since Jan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It feels like they just bulk emailed everyone who met certain metrics. I doubt they care if anyone joins as long as they have enough to operate the program. And they'd probably be delighted if it were less affluent folks.

This. Doesn’t sound well planned. It’s more to target lower SES kids for math and who needs childcare.

No way would I cancel summer travel for this. What for? 4 weeks of math when your child is doing fine. They don’t need it. Let kids be kids for the summer and travel and do fun camps.

The line about “targeting lower SES kids for math and who need childcare” is honestly pretty gross and presumptuous. It assumes a lot about the district, families, and their motivations.

Haven’t been in DC too long? Yes most of their programming in the summer is to help low income kids and prevent summer slide in addition to helping families with childcare.

Above program is the same but at least now they are trying to help kids with potential whose families might not have the math capacity to help at home.

Are you naive enough to think they are targeting UMC families?? Come on, as can be seen here they have travel plans and if not summer camps have been booked since Jan.

If this is who ends up using the program, that is completely wonderful. One of the first times I've heard DCPS prioritizing this group (smart and lower income)

[Anonymous]

It's unfortunate that they couldn't coordinate this (and summer school) with the dpr summer camp lottery, because now lots of people have already signed up and paid for camp. Dcps and dpr really need to work together... it's unfortunate that the mayor hasn't realized this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's unfortunate that they couldn't coordinate this (and summer school) with the dpr summer camp lottery, because now lots of people have already signed up and paid for camp. Dcps and dpr really need to work together... it's unfortunate that the mayor hasn't realized this.

Unless that’s intentional…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I clicked through the form to see if there was any extra information. The only things I learned were: it asks if your child will attend all weeks or some (still unclear if this is allowed), it is for 2nd-4th grades, they give you the location of your child's site based on their school.

The location they gave me lined up with the mapping between regular school and summer site from last year.

My child did dcps summer school a few years ago when it was open to everyone after covid and really liked it. It was a mix of academics and extracurriculars (eg volo sports).

It's hard to imagine trusting DCPS with advanced math for elementary school without any information.

Is anyone's kids who are multiple grades ahead getting good enrichment in the regular school year at school?

I also filled out the form in the hopes of getting more information, will post if I find out more details. Seems like a potential opportunity.

[Anonymous]

Has anybody noticed their initial email says 5 weeks, but it's actually 6 weeks? Talking about math...

"The free 5-week enrichment program coincides with DCPS Summer Learning and will be held June 22 – July 31, 2026,"