PUPILS WARM UP TO SUMMER SCHOOL; ABOUT 2,300 CHILDREN EXPECTED TO ATTEND...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ......at Grant Middle School. That makes summer school a good thing for some kids, in Carmen...assessment. He says he signed up for Grant summer school for a mixture of reasons, none of which...friends were coming. That perspective - summer school as the thing to do instead of the thing...

Debate: Is summer school worthwhile?

NEA Today;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......school budget needs to be trimmed, summer school is often the first to go. That shouldn't be. Summer school can be valuable both for students...have vastly different approaches to summer school. One generally requires that a student...

State funding reduction pares summer school

Arlington Heights Post (IL);  February 7, 2002 ;     402 words ......attending Elementary School District 59's summer school program this year will have fewer choices...district won't use grant money to pay for summer school, the program will be slimmed down and...228,335 from a block grant to provide summer school. That offset all but $98,378 of ...

Hilton: Higher Education; Summer School In Jamaica? Where Do I Sign?

Precinct Reporter;  May 25, 1995 ;     548 words ......Reporter 05-25-1995 Hilton: Higher Education; Summer School In Jamaica? Where Do I Sign?. It is that...is over. Few are eager to go straight to summer school. But how about summer school in Jamaica, West Indies? Each year for the...

ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL HAS ITS PERKS.(PEOPLE & PLACES)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  July 17, 2005 ;     402 words ......few of the students enrolled in the summer school program that runs July 6-28 at Lindley...said that for the most part, they like summer school. The smaller class sizes enable them...Here's what they had to say about summer school. *** Rising fourth-grader Makayla Bynum...

Summer school to cut 2,500 in TUSD.

AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ);  March 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......as 2,500 fewer students might attend summer school in TUSD this year because of a major...underperforming students. Rather than wait for summer school to help students with academic woes...aid during the school year. They used summer-school funds to provide tutoring and extra...

Most third-graders flunk new summer school test // Help urged at...

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 14, 1997 ;     497 words ......Chicago third-graders flunked summer school, officials said Wednesday, prompting them to consider future summer school programs for struggling first...the sixth- and eighth-graders in summer school passed. Mandatory summer school...

Cut off date is Thursday for summer school Oakland official predicts 70%...

Oakland Tribune;  July 2, 2003 ;     405 words ......have until Thursday to register for summer school, which has been scaled down this year...students are expected to be enrolled in summer school. But only 50 percent to 60 percent...Students who miss more than three days of summer school automatically don't get credit. That...

Summer school 'not too bad' for county students

Charleston Gazette;  August 3, 2000 ;     629 words ......he shouldn't have, and now he's in summer school. During his 11th-grade English class...he's doing time for the crime - taking summer school classes at Poca High School to make...began June 19 and ended last week. Summer school Principal Tom Tull said high school...

Many Students Head to Summer School

AP Online;  June 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Online 06-23-1999 Many Students Head to Summer School ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Lisa Laird will...program, Lisa, who's 6, is excited about summer school for another reason. ``I get to ride...of parents sending their children to summer school this year, it's not about boosting...

What exactly is summer school?(Features)

South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Sian Harris South Wales Echo Glamorgan Summer School began its life in Barry in 1906. Today...concerts, talks and nightly jazz sessions. The summer school runs until August 4. 'Summer school in the sixties, it was a freaky, way out...

Summer school value questioned by LCSD1 brass

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  October 31, 2007 ;     337 words ......Orr borr@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Summer school isn't the most effective way to help...Superintendent Ted Adams talked about summer school at a work session with LCSD1 trustees...fifth-graders who enrolled in and completed summer school has gone down from 2005 to 2007. In...

Back to (summer) school

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 25, 1999 ;     700+ words ...There's no downside to a good summer school program, the experts agree. "It works...professor whose comprehensive study of summer school will be published this winter. "Kids who go to summer school show statistically significant gains...

District 220 revamping summer school program

Hoffman Estates Review (IL);  February 20, 2003 ;     499 words ......adopted to improve the scope of its summer school program. The plan specifically aims...entice teachers with increased salaries. Summer school Principal John Roncone said he received...last year from students requesting summer school classes the district did not offer...

Summer school: A big hit

St. Joseph News-Press;  October 2, 2006 ;     448 words ...Summer school has become so common in the St. Joseph...students attended the program in 2006. Summer school enrollment numbers, which the district...have 100 percent of our students in summer school," said Brian Shindorf, an assistant...