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., transportation, cost, enrollment process) to attending high-quality summer camps, which might support academic, social, emotional, and health outcomes, particularly for underserved children and youth.” Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools has followed this guidance with its EMBRACE program which provides "Readiness, Acceleration, Credit acquisition, and Enrichment."