The elementary students are not the only ones involved in summer school this year. Currently 16 high school students are taking on-line courses through a software program called Odysseyware. Courses taken include English, Algebra and Computer Applications.
The are three reasons why high school students are taking summer classes. Either they are re-taking a class they failed once, taking a class that won't fit into their schedule this fall, or taking a class that is required to get into a class they want to take this coming year.
Completing a semester class over the summer is a lot of work. Some of the students taking the computer applications course are trying to do an entire year over the summer. Of course the students taking a summer course are allowed to keep their Mac computer over the summer.
This is the first year we have had so many high school students involved in summer school. In the past it has been one or two students, generally for "credit recovery" of classes that were failed. At the end of the summer we will evaluate whether it accomplishes the goals we expect.
