The Problem

• All young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer. Research 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 summer vacation (Cooper, 1996). 
• On average, students lose approximately 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation skills over the summer months. Studies reveal that the greatest areas of summer loss for all students, regardless of socioeconomic status, are in factual or procedural knowledge (Cooper, 1996).
• Summer learning loss contributes to the achievement gap in reading performance between lower and higher income children and youth. Research demonstrates that while student achievement for both middle- and lower-income students improves at similar rates during the school year, low-income students experience cumulative summer learning losses over the elementary school grades (Alexander & Entwisle, 1996). 

Our Solution

Summer Enrichment Camp Time and Location

Session I: 6/25 –7/27/2012 

Monday – Friday: 8:45am – 5:30pm 

Location: Herndon, VA 20171

Session II: 7/23 – 8/17/2012

Monday – Friday: 8:45am – 5:30pm   

Location: Vienna, VA 22180

Daily Class Schedule

9:00am – 10:00am  Reading

10:05am – 11:15am  Writing

11:15am – 11:30am   Recess

11:30am – 12:30pm Math Olympiad

12:35pm - 1:30pm Lunch

1:45pm - 2:15pm Math Homework

2:20pm - 3:00pm Reading/Writing Homework

Afternoon Activities:  Sports, Drawing, Chinese Study, Chinese Speech, English Speech, Martial Arts, Chess and fun.

"Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect." --Leonardo da Vinci