For most kids, there is usually only one rule for summer camp: "Astonish us!" And that we did with field trips, new friends, academic and scientific discoveries, and great memories to last a lifetime.
Summer camp at the Carver Community Center and Columbus Magnet School ended Friday with festivities and well-wishes for the upcoming school year.
Our youth enjoyed a sense of community, developed intergenerational relationships, and learned through first-hand experiences.
Trained, caring adult role models helped our campers feel loved, capable, and included. Camp helped our children grow by providing a supervised, positive environment that had safety as one of its primary commitments.
Carver summer learning programs were more important than ever this year to help students begin to recover from the learning loss, isolation, and trauma of the past year of the pandemic. There was unprecedented urgency and investment to increase access to, and expand the role of, summer learning programs to provide recovery from the past year.
Summer 2021 was a time for fun, exploration, and learning — but in different ways from the traditional school year or summer school. This summer, we re-sparked students’ interests and engagement to prepare them to return to school in a few weeks.
On a field trip to Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport
Our summer literacy program, facilitated by certified teachers, used the myON and Lexia Reading Core 5 software to provide personalized learning. Certified teachers also taught math sessions, the two primary programs were TimezAttack and ThinkCentral. TimezAttack is a computer-based math fact game that strongly supports fact fluency. ThinkCentral is the online component of the GO Math Common Core math program used in NPS K-5 classes. Computer Adaptive (CAT) interventions address individual strengths and weaknesses.
