Summer camps

Summer… a word that brings a smile to every child’s face. It is time for certain school districts to think about changing the traditional school year and having a year-round school calendar. Three hundred years ago, schools were created with the thought that students needed to have the summer off with the busy farming season. The United States is no longer an agricultural society and needs to rethink the school year. The students today are competing with other countries and the children are not…

hated a summer camp and also told him that at camp we just studied and studied which means it wasn’t fun. He held my hand and said, “I know it’s not fun, but if you keep learning, you can be smart enough to pass the test, and also meet new friends”. His thought like Carol S. Dweck mentions, “Growth mindset believe that intelligence is a potential that can be realized through learning” (1). However, I had no choice, and I had to study more, or I would stay on the same grade. During summer camp, I…

without Summer Break"). In the traditional school year, students attend classes for about nine months followed by a three month vacation. In an all year school, that summer vacation is broken up into numerous shorter breaks that occur throughout the year while still following the 180 day school calendar. Year-round school is necessary and should be used in education nationwide. Students in these types of schools are constantly being immersed in the classroom so they won’t experience summer…

Year Round School? Imagine going to school through the summer. The sweltering heat making you sweat buckets in your classroom. Year-round schools have been popping up across the country. These schools have about forty-five days of school followed by fifteen days of break all year. But, having a long break in between school years is refreshing so you can go on vacation or attend a summer camp, and weekends are already short enough to give you a rest without forgetting school material. Also, for…

Summer break is a time were many students look forward to, with its free time to experience many sort of activities with no time limit. Individuals feel relaxed because they are rewarded for their hard work for studying through the years. In a certain extend summer vacation is beneficial to students. Although too much of anything is not good. Long summer vacations will give individuals a loss in academic skills and knowledge over the course of the holiday. With summer vacations ranging to six to…

people struggle with having ten months. Now, it will be way worse if it's twelve months. What about the kids who go visit their families over the summer or go to camp in the summers? They won’t have the proper time to do these preferable activities. Families would not prefer year-round school becauses they also would want to spend time with kids during the summer or they want to spend family time and vacations during their break and not have to worry about multiple missing assignments and…

scheduling problems, loss of summer activities, less social benefits, and negative effects on student motivation, we should stop opening year-round schools in Michigan. School educates us and prepares us for some jobs in the future, but does…

student would allow for an additional 10,760 dollars of funding. The second concern that children require down time as it is beneficial to them and allows them to engage in play, familial events, and societal occasions such as festivals or tourism. Summer camp is a social gathering event, allowing a child to learn interactive skills and meet other children, taking that activity away would be wrong. However, this concern over peer interaction and learned social skills is easily mitigated, as…

community of Crown Heights through 1-on-1 tutoring, after school program, summer camp and test prep.…

For a high-school student, the best time is the three-month summer vacation. It is so awaited that once it comes, children completely forget the word “school” and enjoy the free time as much as they can. Unfortunately, the consequences after this three month vacation strongly affects the student test achievements in a negative way. The problem is being discusses for years and there are not any permanent solutions yet, but there are many proven facts, which indicate that when children are outside…