BW Summer Enrichment Program

Thurs­day, August 9, was clos­ing day for the Olympic-themed Big Wal­nut Sum­mer Enrich­ment Pro­gram. Stu­dents were assigned to teach­ers who served as coaches for the Olympic events of wrestling, swim­ming, soc­cer, etc.

Tar­geted stu­dents received inter­ven­tion and instruc­tion in read­ing and mathematics.

The sum­mer pro­gram strived to make learn­ing fun by uti­liz­ing read­ing and math games. For most stu­dents, the favorite ses­sion of the day was tech­nol­ogy time.

The pro­gram was made pos­si­ble through the use of Title Funds and a grant from Cap­stone Dig­i­tal. Each stu­dent had an elec­tronic tablet avail­able for use dur­ing “Tech Time”. The tablet included a link to the myOn reader.

The myOn reader allowed stu­dents to access thou­sand of enhanced dig­i­tal books in an effort to pro­mote read­ing as an engag­ing and fun activity.

At the clos­ing cer­e­mony, all stu­dents received a gold medal for their par­tic­i­pa­tion in the program.

The Sum­mer Enrich­ment pro­gram pro­vided an oppor­tu­nity for par­tic­i­pat­ing stu­dents to main­tain and improve aca­d­e­mic skills over the sum­mer, as part of Big Walnut’s mis­sion to inspire and guide all stu­dents to reach his or her max­i­mum potential.

Posted by Gary Henery on Aug 15 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.