As we head off to Spring Break, we are hard at work planning Summer Learning for the 2021-22 school year. We are asking ACPS staff to review the information provided and complete our Summer Learning Staff Interest Survey by Sunday, April 24, 2022, as to whether or not you would like to support our students this summer with fun and engaging STEM programs. If you already know that you are interested in applying for summer learning, please apply through the link provided in an email message that the Department of Human Resources sent to staff this week.
This year, summer learning will consist of four weeks of in-person learning and two weeks of virtual learning for invited students in grades K-4. At both elementary and middle schools, curricula come ready to implement on the first day with scripted lessons and all materials.
“Summer Learning this year will look different from past years, given the fun and inventive programs that will be used for the elementary school and middle school levels,” said ACPS Summer Learning Coordinator Lisa Burnham.
PreK students will focus on Exploring Our Five Senses. Current elementary school students in grades K-4 will focus on STEAM learning using the Camp Invention curriculum. Students will gain confidence and persistence, build their STEM skills and improve their reading skills through collaborative, creative, problem-solving activities. More details about the fun activities teachers will facilitate—Robotic Aquatics, Marble Arcade and The Attic—are available online.
Current students in grades 5-8 will have a theme this year of Career Exploration Camp using hands-on, project-based Engineering is Everywhere modules. Students will be immersed in the following career oriented projects: Here Comes the Sun: Engineering Insulated Homes; Outbreak Alert: Engineering a Pandemic Response; Shake Things Up: Engineering Earthquake Resistant Buildings; and Sky’s the Limit: Engineering Flying Technologies.
High school summer in-person learning is only for students needing credit recovery courses. New credit courses will be taught through an online vendor. Current students in grades 8-11 can register for new credit classes with their school counselors.
Visit the ACPS Summer Learning For All 2022 webpage for more information and updates.
In-person Summer Learning 2022 Information
In-person Summer Learning 2022 will be held June 27 – July 21, 2022 (Monday through Thursday). Note: No school on Monday, July 4, 2022, for both students and staff. Hours are as follows:
- PreK, K-4: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Grades 5-8: 8:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- High School: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Note: Teachers are to report 30 minutes before and after student arrival and dismissal times (elementary staff will report at 7:40 a.m.).
The pay for Summer Learning 2022 is $48 per hour plus $500 incentive pay for every two weeks worked. Teachers are paid one extra hour (five hours per day) for early/late report time to support arrival and dismissal.
There will be two professional learning days during Summer Learning: Wed., June 15, and Thurs., June 16. The hours on these days are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the pay is $48 per hour.
Virtual Summer Learning 2022 information (invite only for specific PreK, K – 4 students):
Virtual Summer Learning 2022 will be held Mon., July 25 – Thurs., August 4. The hours are 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon). The pay is $48 per hour.