Summer is a time for great family activities. Many of our cherished memories come from summer vacations. But summer can also be a time when children may lose a significant amount of the learning and achievement gained while in school. On average a typical child loses the equivalent of one month or more of achievement in reading and even more in math.
Learn more about our Lower and Upper School summer learning offerings below!
Lower School Summer Learning (Rising K – Rising 5th)
ThinkStretch Summer Learning
In order to facilitate a stimulating summer for our lower school students that staves off the learning loss, we are recommending a summer STEM activity workbook as the stimulus for our summer learning program.
These are the highlights of the lower school summer learning program:
- We recognize that you are ultimately responsible for your child’s education. This year’s summer learning program is open to your child but participation is voluntary.
- Think Stretch combines reading and stem activities.
- As an incentive for completion of the activity book, students may earn a bonus grade in the gradebook during the first quarter of the new school year.
- You may order the activity book directly from the Think-Stretch publishers at the address listed below. We used these activity books last year and received many positive reviews by our parents and are pleased to offer them again this year.
Upper School Summer Learning (Rising 6th – Rising 12th)
Math
Upper School Summer Learning (Rising 6th – Rising 12th)
We are offering a select number of customized math learning modules through Khan Academy for mathematics summer learning. They are designed to review the major themes from math this year. Students completing Geometry will do an Algebra I review in order to best prepare them for Algebra II in the fall. Students who do not do any summer review work in math to cement what they learned this year may lose up to a month of achievement, sometimes more.
Khan Academy offers engaging modules. Often students complete a module in 10-15 minutes and enjoy participating in online learning. We pray that every student will take advantage of this free platform.
Look for your class code:
Completed 5th QFCMBPM7
Completed 6th HSEWDM24
Completed 7th 7GQQKTH4
Completed 8th 7WYMYR3X
Completed Algebra 1/Geometry FTGXHG7W
SAT Math Prep (11th & 12th) SDSJMMU4
Language Arts
Welcome to the Summer 2019 Reading Challenge!
How much can you read in one summer? Readers who participate and log their pages on this Google Form will earn the following prizes depending on their level of achievement:
Lower School students (rising K through rising 5th) may also log pages read for the same prizes. Use the Google form to log pages read rather than the Think Stretch book. (Those who achieve Gold Level will attend an age-appropriate outing at the teacher’s convenience.)
