Summer+ideas

The absolute most important thing that parents can do to help their children academically over the summer is to encourage reading often. I highly recommend that families sign up for the Denver Public Library summer reading program. Each class will be visited by a local librarian so that students can hear about the program and ask questions as well as become motivated to participate. Here's a link to the Denver Public Library: [|summerofreading.org]

Park Hill is hosting a two week summer camp for writers. It will be a fantastic and exciting opportunity for kids. It's for all kids who have recently completed kindergarten through fifth grade.

So after being told that Summer Scholars was not at Park Hill School this summer, we found out that we can actually offer Summer Scholars. It's a fantastic morning summer program for students leaving first grade through fifth grade. Because we can offer this great program, we will not offer the Read It- Write It program that you may have heard about earlier. Please contact Stephanie Goloskewitsch (stephanie_goloskewitsch@dpsk12.org) with any questions on Summer Scholars or to sign up your child.

Because students graduating from Kindergarten are not accepted into Summer Scholars, our own Renee Levy is creating a special program just for those kids. Please contact her with questions at (Renee_Levy@dpsk12.org)

I'm including two helpful documents for parents to look at over the summer. The first is a suggested book list with two pages recommended for boys and two pages recommended for girls. The second document is a calendar of brain-building activities for summer vacation. The first two pages are for grades K-2 and pages three and four are for grades 3-5. Please make this fun for your children if you chose to use it.

I've received some more helpful information. The first is a flier that lists all of the opportunities for kids in Denver over the summer wtih websites and phone numbers to leran more. The second is a calendar from our school psychologist, Andrea Aiello Kendall. It has fun activities for young children and also lists the free days for Denver attractions.

There are also wonderful opportunities at the zoo, Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Art Museum, Bluff Lake, and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal just to name a few. Have a wonderful, fun-filled summer!