Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation Announce Funding for two Summer Learning Programs
Through funding from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance has been convening a Summer Learning Working Group to identify the key elements of summer learning that should be addressed at a public policy level in order to a) eliminate summer learning loss and b) contribute to more effective school year approaches to educating underserved learners. This particular project will serve as a “test bed” to determine how a more comprehensive statewide strategy might be implemented over time.
As part of this project the Working Group recommended and Nellie Mae finalized the selection of three summer programs to receive funding this summer to augment their linkages with the school. The three selected programs are the Pawtucket Child Opportunity Zone, the “C.O.O.L.” Summer Program at Calcutt Middle School through the SCOPE 21st Century Community Learning Center program in Central Falls and at Hope High School through their H2O 21st Century Community Learning Center program. Details of the programs are below.
Pawtucket School Department COZ
Fully integrated summer program model for Pawtucket’s three middle schools, Slater, Jenks and Goff targeting a total of 195 students
Focus on career exploration within specific themes that give students the opportunity to acquire proficiencies based on the grade level expectations.
The summer program will introduce/reinforce the concepts contained within the new high school graduation requirements.
Central Falls Calcutt’s COOL Summer Program
Summer program dedicated to instruction in reading, writing, and math with a science exploration theme for students in 6th through 8th grade at Calcutt Middle School, targeting a total of 225+ students.
Calcutt’s COOL Summer 2008 Program’s will provide enriching, hands-on, experiential learning activities with a science exploration theme to improve proficiency with science state assessment tests, enhance students’ social and emotional competencies, introduce students to journaling, portfolio development and community service learning projects in preparation for the Proficiency Based Graduation Requirements.
Hope High School - Providence
The Bridges to Hope High School Summer Program is a four-week ninth grade transition program designed to prepare incoming freshmen for the academic, social and organizational challenges that await them in their first year of high school.
