Anonymous wrote:Mine is in 9th grade now, but last summer she did:

2 weeks of sleep away camp
2 weeks of a sport camp (not full day)
1 week of rock climbing camp
a mini road trip to visit a few colleges
family vacations for the remaining weeks

Your kid started college visits before starting high school? I’m sure that was helpful.

Mine is in 9th grade now, but last summer she did:

2 weeks of sleep away camp
2 weeks of a sport camp (not full day)
1 week of rock climbing camp
a mini road trip to visit a few colleges
family vacations for the remaining weeks

Sleepaway camp. It’s the last “camper” summer.

Youth counselor at VBS
Summer swim team
Took economics online to get it out of the way
Travel/visiting family
Band camp

My daughter is going to be a junior counselor at a sports camp she loves.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid did summer PE and some camps for his sport. Besides that Green Day’s practices for the sport at his HS and then tryouts / practices in Aug. plus we were on vacation some

Im not the Op but can you do PE before freshman year?
How does this work?

Whenever they have the parents mtg (usually later this month) they will explain it to you, sign up for our kids districts summer school is may.

Two weeks with his Scout Troop backpacking at Philmont, one week of regular Scout camp, and a week at Grandma’s are what we have scheduled. There will be a week of family vacation in there. The rest of the time will be down time at home. He will probably be planning his eagle project.

Band camp

Anonymous wrote:Why is this being posted on the college board? I'm confused.

Unless you're thinking "what can my kid do before starting high school to help with college admissions?"

In which case you're nuts.

Uh this. Please tell me you aren’t expecting your 8th grader to be doing something for college apps this summer.

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Anonymous wrote:What are your rising 9th graders doing this summer? I have older kids so I am on this board pretty frequently, but also starting to think about the 8th grader.

My current 9th grader worked at a paid job last summer. He’s wanted to work a job for years, so it was great to finally have the opportunity.

Thanks. What kind of job pays 14 year olds?

If you are a resident of DC, this - https://summerjobs.dc.gov/
It should be updated in a few weeks for this summer.

Anonymous wrote:My kid did summer PE and some camps for his sport. Besides that Green Day’s practices for the sport at his HS and then tryouts / practices in Aug. plus we were on vacation some

Im not the Op but can you do PE before freshman year?
How does this work?

My kid volunteered at an animal rescue, took health to get it out of the way, participated in the summer sports league prep offered by the school for their fall sport, hung with friends and went on vacation.

This year between 9/10 they will be working a couple days a week and the same as above.