Savannah-Chatham schools to offer summer enrichment classes for 6,000 students
Savannah-Chatham County public schools are seeming to employ the “If you build it, they will come,” mentality. The district hopes its summer school offerings will encourage students to enroll especially those who need to catch up.
While the underlying goal is to help the students recapture what they may have missed due to the pandemic, the district is offering enrichment opportunities to help students accelerate their learning and maybe spark a career interest.
Guidelines for “a new kind of summer school” were outlined by the U.S. Department of Education in its COVID-19 Handbook, Vol. 2: “Summer learning programs should also be designed to meet the social and emotional needs of students and provide them with engaging and enriching experiences. Camps can also play a role in summer learning, depending on the design and quality of the experience. Local leaders should reduce barriers (e.g., tr
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As the school year moves closer to the finish, the Pulaski County Board of Education is preparing to help some students with a do-over. Â
Senate Bill 128, also known as the Supplemental School Year Program, allows K-12 students the chance to retake and/or supplement schoolwork during the 2021-2022 school year. Districts would have access to federal funds to remedy pandemic learning loss in creative ways and to help all students get back on track academically.
According to the new law s timeline, applications are due by May 1 and must by approved or denied by June 1. Board members will not be allowed to make the decision on an individual basis.
SALEM Salem school officials don’t plan to extend this school year or stage a summer program to catch up students who may have fallen behind during the pa
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SALEM Salem school officials don’t plan to extend this school year or stage a summer program to catch up students who may have fallen behind during the pandemic.
Instead, Superintendent Sean Kirkland said the plan is to increase opportunities for intervention, extra attention and programming when they’ve got them all back in the buildings starting next fall.
“We’re really focused on providing those resources/instructions throughout the course of the next school year,” he said.
Gov. Mike DeWine asked school districts to devise plans to help students recover or regain what may have been lost due to the up and down nature of the learning process due to Covid-19.
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