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 School Schedule and Location (New!)

Session I: 6/22 – 7/21/2023 (No school on 6/19-6/21, or 7/4.)

Monday–Friday: 9:00–3:30 (Students can be picked up as early as 3:30 and can stay as late as 5:30.) 

Location: An Elementary School in Falls Church

Session II: 7/24 – 8/18/2023

Monday–Friday: 9:00–3:30 (Students can be picked up as early as 3:30 and can stay as late as 5:30.)    

Location: An Elementary School in Herndon


A Sample Daily Class Schedule

09:00am – 10:00am: Reading

10:05am – 11:15am: Writing

11:15am – 11:30am: Recess

11:30am – 12:30pm: Math Olympiad

12:35pm – 01:30pm: Lunch

01:45pm – 02:15pm: Math

02:20pm – 03:30pm: Reading/Writing Homework

03:30pm – 05:00pm: Computer Science, Public Speaking, Hands-on STEM, Sports, Drawing, Chess and fun.

 

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

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." --Albert Einstein