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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son participated last year as a rising Junior. He loved it. He was assigned to Montgomery Parks. He learned how to tree climb, train animals, identify invasive plants, and what happens behind the scenes at nature centers and gardens, to name a few of the shadowing jobs. [/quote]

The organizer/leader of the Summer Rise in Parks isn't great. There is no overarching goal or planning unfortunately. They end up emailing as many staffers in different departments as they can, without any real guidance, and hope they can come up with something to entertain the kids for a half day/day. The staff do as much as they can with little to no information about the students, their interests, and what they've done already, but it would be a lot better, both for the kids and staff, if the organizer actually had things structured in some sort of cohesive manner, perhaps where one experience built upon another, etc. I know the attendance for the Parks program has been dwindling, maybe as a result of these issues.

Students are largely driven around to different locations to hear staff talk about their jobs. There might be some activities/small projects they can engage in depending on the site location for that day, but it's not working in a traditional sense.

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