PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — For the second year in a row, the School District of Philadelphia is offering expanded summer programs for all students.
"We are once again making an investment and providing a robust summer program for our students and registration is officially live," Superintendent William Hite said.
The district expanded its summer programs last summer as students emerged from months of virtual learning. Some 14,000 students took advantage of those programs in summer 2021.
There are credit recovery programs for students who need to go to summer school because they’ve fallen behind. But Malika Savoy-Brooks, the district’s chief of academic support, stressed the district is offering summer enrichment programs for all students.
"We have summer programming, not summer school," she said Thursday at a news conference at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School in Olney.
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Savoy-Brooks said 9,500 students are expected to attend programs this summer at 31 sites. "We want students to engage in fun activities, lessons and learning that are relevant to their everyday life and allow them to apply their learning concepts and skills in fun and safe environments," she said.
The programs will run from June 27 through July 28, with an extra week for city-operated sites. Kindergarten programs are online, but the STEM, arts and athletic programs for higher grades are in person.
The district is using $15 million in federal money for the expanded summer programs. For the first time, Hite said, teachers who volunteer to work are eligible for bonuses if they have at least 90% attendance.
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