Calendar 2008=9 - The School District of Philadelphia
Calendar 2008=9 - The School District of Philadelphia
Calendar 2008=9 - The School District of Philadelphia
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JulySumMER PROGRAMS<strong>The</strong> break from regular school activities should be atime when meaningful learning can continue inorder to prepare students for graduation or for thereturn to school in the fall.Over the summer, <strong>The</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Philadelphia</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers an array <strong>of</strong> learningoptions both for remediation andfor enrichment.Remediation<strong>The</strong>re are classes for:• Twelfth graders who need one or two credits tograduate;• Students in grades 1 through 11 who have failedone or more core subjects.<strong>The</strong>se <strong>of</strong>ferings enable students who completethem to progress to the next grade with theirclassmates in the fall, or, in the case <strong>of</strong> twelfthgraders, to move on to post-secondaryopportunities that await them.Enrichment<strong>The</strong>re are enrichment classes for regular students,such as art and music camps and Advanced Placement(AP) courses, as well as enrichment <strong>of</strong>feringsfor English Language Learners (ELLs).All <strong>of</strong> these options provide students with a way toexpand their talents and to pass the summer daysin constructive and enjoyable knowledge-basedactivities.BOOK OF THE MONTH for JulyElementary (K-2): Amazing Grace by Mary H<strong>of</strong>fman.Grace loves to read stories and act them out. When her classdecides to stage a production <strong>of</strong> Peter Pan, other children sayshe can’t be Peter - because she’s a girl and because she’sblack. However, Ma and Nana say she can do anything shesets her mind on, and Grace proves that they are right. Thisbook is good for discussing self-image and promotingimagination.Elementary (3-5): If A Bus Could Talk: <strong>The</strong> Story <strong>of</strong> Rosa Parksby Faith Ringgold.<strong>The</strong> bus’s perspective is used to recount the biography <strong>of</strong> RosaParks, the African American woman and civil rights workerwhose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycottthat lasted for more than a year in Montgomery. Alabama.Teacher support with explanation and background may beneeded when using this text.Middle <strong>School</strong> (6-8): Passager by Jane Yolen.Yolen writes three books about Merlin, the wizard <strong>of</strong> KingArthur’s court, when he is young. PASSAGER is followed byHOBBY (1996) and MERLIN (1997).High <strong>School</strong> (9-12): <strong>The</strong> Mayor <strong>of</strong> Casterbridge by ThomasHardy.Michael Henchard, an unemployed farmhand, gets drunk andsells his wife and baby daughter. Years later when he is theMayor <strong>of</strong> Casterbridge, his past returns to haunt him, and hereverts to old behaviors.Aieasha Chambers, Olney Elementary <strong>School</strong>, 200326