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Meeting Date:
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12/21/2017 - 6:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation
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Action
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Subject:
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4. Action on J-Term and Summer Academy
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement
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Attachments
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2018 J-Term and Summer Academy Presentation
2018 J-Term and Summer Academy Sites
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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Milwaukee Public Schools offers summer extended-learning opportunities that provide academic and other learning supports to the youth in the city. For the summer of 2018, MPS will offer J-Term, which will run June 4-29, 2018, and Summer Academy, which will run July 2-27, 2018. Elementary students attend Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. and high school students attend Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Students in high school will have opportunities to strengthen or enhance skills, recover credits, acquire credits, and engage in career-based learning experiences. Offerings include both core courses and electives. Students will also have the ability to enroll in face-to-face credit recovery, Edgenuity online credit recovery, and credit acceleration. Students in the GEDO #2 and Competency programs with two or fewer requirements for graduation can enroll in the summer with the goal to graduate.
Freshman Bridge will be offered at 21 high schools. Freshman Bridge allows incoming freshman opportunities to meet ninth grade teachers and classmates, engage in academic activities, connect to upperclassmen, learn about the freshman experience, acquire tools/strategies to navigate freshman year with success, and to identify extracurricular areas of interest.
Grade 8 promotional programming will have a curriculum focus on Document-Based Questions and Transition to Algebra. The growth of social emotional competencies will be fostered by ropes and challenges activities and Restorative Practices.
Middle school programming will be more of a camp-like experience integrating science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) into cross-curricular lessons and experiences.
Middle School Bridge will be offered at seven middle schools. The Middle School Bridge experiences allow incoming sixth grade students and parents opportunities to form a realistic expectation of what middle school will be like, build a sense of community, explore extra-curricular activities, and learn how middle school is different from elementary school.
Elementary summer areas of instructional focus include literacy through the content area of science, and Engage NY math lessons. Social emotional areas of focus include scheduled brain breaks (15 minutes of engaging games) and growth mindset lessons. Programming will be offered in the areas of Bilingual, ESL, Montessori, and arts.
Extended School Year (ESY) services are provided to qualifying students, as mandated in their Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), during both J-Term and Summer Academy. Ropes and challenges, Schlitz Audubon Nature Programs and Discovery World Mobile Lab opportunities are built into the curriculum.
The School-to-Work Transition Program prepares students with special education needs for the transition from school to the adult world of work and community living. High school students have the opportunity to explore a variety of careers while learning appropriate work behaviors.
Summer Adventures focus on Wisconsin’s unique heritage, STEM/STEAM, the natural environment, insects, life cycles, farm life and integration of arts. Students will engage with with community partners through field trips and on-site activities for more student engagement.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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Funding for the Summer Academy totals $3.3 million from Board funds and $1.1 million from extension funds. Funding for J-Term is included in the 2017-18 Amended Board Budget and totals $2 million and $800,000 from extension. Costs for summer programs including Bridge programs held in July will be determined thru the 2018-2019 budget process. Allocation of funding is coordinated by the Department of College and Career Readiness within the Office of Academics.
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon approval, Administration will begin preparing for implementation in the summer of 2018. All summer school programs are contingent upon funding, enrollment and facilities and maintenance building modifications projects. Changes necessitated by these contingencies will be reported to the Board.
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Recommendation:
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Your Committee recommends that the Board approve the 2018 Summer Academy Plan.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer
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