The School District of Palm Beach County, along with The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, Barnes & Noble, the Children’s Services Council, the Mary and Robert Pew Public Education Fund and PBCreads.org, are partnering to create a Summer Learning Loss Initiative for students.
The Summer Learning Loss Initiative was created in order to prevent the “summer slide,” which is the term used to describe the academic loss that students experience during the summer time.
A Summer Learning Inspirations web site on engaging activities gives parents and children ideas, suggestions and ways to sustain learning throughout the summer. Another way the initiative has been launched is through the support of the Literacy Coalition by donating books to every child in every Palm Beach County elementary school. The children chose a book to take home to get their reading started.
In addition, some schools are implementing their own summer reading program to continue the learning within their schools. Community leaders have also been jumping onboard the initiative by creating summer activities within their communities to support these exciting learning opportunities.
This initiative has been made possible by the countless hours of collaboration among the project partners. The team is encouraging parents to visit the parent web site to promote learning this summer.
The web site can be found at www.palmbeachschools.org/Students/SummerLearning.asp. The site offers many valuable activities for students to do.
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 the summer.
The School District of Palm Beach County is dedicated in providing opportunities for all students in order to become lifelong learners.
