Summer School?

[Anonymous]

How's summer school here in DC?? I haven't heard anyone mention it on here but would like a place for DS to learn and be looked after this summer.

[Anonymous]

From what I hear it is fine, but your assigned site may not be very convenient. I wish we had more of it.

[Anonymous]

free is good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How's summer school here in DC?? I haven't heard anyone mention it on here but would like a place for DS to learn and be looked after this summer.

Are you at a charter or DCPS? What grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:free is good

we were at DC Parks and Rec day camp - you get what you pay for.

[Anonymous]

OP here--we're in DCPS and were looking for an academic program actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here--we're in DCPS and were looking for an academic program actually.

We did it with my then 3rd grader last summer. It was fine. I’m not sure what he learned. I know it’s always hard to know what they learn. We were able to pick our location.

[Anonymous]

It must be too late to sign up for DCPS summer school.

We tried to sign up a few weeks ago and were told there's a 150-name waiting list for our assigned site (Ludlow-Taylor on Capitol Hill). Friends who signed up say they did it on the day online registration opened, back in March.

I know that the post K to 2nd grade Springboard program focuses on reading, not math and that kids are grouped by reading ability, not age.

[Anonymous]

There's probably still room in the post 3rd grade plus program. But, realistically, the kids involved are likely to be far behind academically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's probably still room in the post 3rd grade plus program. But, realistically, the kids involved are likely to be far behind academically.

This is not true. My son attended the summer school program last year, and there were plenty of advanced kids. The 3rd grade and higher classes focused on topic areas like astronomy or history (I can't remember all the topics).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's probably still room in the post 3rd grade plus program. But, realistically, the kids involved are likely to be far behind academically.

This is not true. My son attended the summer school program last year, and there were plenty of advanced kids. The 3rd grade and higher classes focused on topic areas like astronomy or history (I can't remember all the topics).

My 3rd grader and a few of his friends are going to go this summer. It will be our first year, so hopefully he will like it, but the kids I know who are going are all on track academically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's probably still room in the post 3rd grade plus program. But, realistically, the kids involved are likely to be far behind academically.

This is not true. My son attended the summer school program last year, and there were plenty of advanced kids. The 3rd grade and higher classes focused on topic areas like astronomy or history (I can't remember all the topics).

My 3rd grader and a few of his friends are going to go this summer. It will be our first year, so hopefully he will like it, but the kids I know who are going are all on track academically.

So it's basically used as child care instead of camp?

[Anonymous]

Just like DCPS afterschool programs. Families want childcare basically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's probably still room in the post 3rd grade plus program. But, realistically, the kids involved are likely to be far behind academically.

This is not true. My son attended the summer school program last year, and there were plenty of advanced kids. The 3rd grade and higher classes focused on topic areas like astronomy or history (I can't remember all the topics).

My 3rd grader and a few of his friends are going to go this summer. It will be our first year, so hopefully he will like it, but the kids I know who are going are all on track academically.

So it's basically used as child care instead of camp?

You can see it that way. Or you can view DCPS as a school system leader in trying to forestall "the summer slide" academically. My child attended the reading-focused program after 1st grade last year, and emerged as one of the few students in his class (not at a Title 1 DCPS) who made gains in reading over the summer. I really like how DCPS summer school is open to all comers, not just kids who aren't working at grade level, or poor kids who don't get enough intellectual stimulation at home. They offer lots of spots city-wide and encourage a diverse group of kids to show for mornings in late June and July.

Good plan.

[Anonymous]

Good for DC. We come from Europe, where summer breaks from school are 3-4 weeks shorter than in the US (and kids perform better on PISA tests than in this country). Kids here do tend to lose ground academically over the summer, unless they're put in an academic program, at least part-time.