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Prevent Summer Brain Drain!

5/26/2016

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DID YOU KNOW?
Info from www.summerlearning.org
  • All young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer. Research spanning 100 years shows that students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of the summer (White, 1906; Heyns, 1978; Entwisle & Alexander 1992; Cooper, 1996; Downey et al, 2004). 

  • Most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months. Low-income students also lose more than two months in reading achievement, despite the fact that their middle-class peers make slight gains (Cooper, 1996). 

  • More than half of the achievement gap between lower- and higher-income youth can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities. As a result, low-income youth are less likely to graduate from high school or enter college (Alexander et al, 2007). 

  • Children lose more than academic knowledge over the summer. Most children—particularly children at high risk of obesity—gain weight more rapidly when they are out of school during summer break (Von Hippel et al, 2007). 
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iPad Collection Schedule

5/11/2016

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​Tuesday May 17th Seniors only
1st: Weir 8:35, O'Brien 9:15
2nd: Cain 10:35, Lochtan 11:00, Weir 11:15 O'Brien 11:35
3rd: Lochtan 12:55 Cain 1:25

Wednesday May 18th Seniors only
4th: Cain 8:35 Weir 9:05
5th: Griffin 10:25 Weir 11:00
6th Miscellaneous students Library Lab

Thursday May 19th Gym
0: Riddle Roberts-Cagle Gym 
1st: Napoli, Riddle, Roberts-Cagle, Amaral
2nd: Riddle, Amaral
3rd: Napoli, Amaral

Thursday May 19th Library Lab US History
  
1st: Biancalana 8:35 Siders 9:15 Steiner 9:40
2nd: Biancalana 10:35, Brackett 11:00, Siders 11:15, Steiner 11:35
3rd: Biancalana 

  
Friday May 20th Gym

4th: Napoli, Riddle, Amaral
5th: Napoli, Roberts-Cagle, Amaral
6th: Napoli, Riddle Roberts-Cagle, Raya

Friday May 29th NMU US History
4th: Brackett 8:35, Lochtan: 9:15 Steiner 9:40
5th: Brackett 10:25 Lochtan 11:00
6th Lochtan
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