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Case Study: YMCA Camp Ponkapoag (4th and 5th grade)

YMCA Camp Ponkapoag’s program is part of the Summer Learning Project that was established with BPS and BASB.  The program’s goal is to reduce summer learning loss and to close the achievement gap for kids that were participating.

Level of Youth Participation

Case Study: Piers Park

Piers Park Sailing Center is a sailing program is for youth between the ages of 9 and 18.

Nature of Activity

Case Study: Crossroads for Kids (3rd through 8th grade)

Crossroads for Kids is a five-year long program that works with at-risk youth, and uses experiential learning to provide learning opportunities in leadership development, character growth, community action, and college and career readiness.

Case Study: Steppingstone Foundation’s College Success Academy (5th, 6th, and 7th grade)

Steppingstone Foundation’s College Success Academy is an academic out of school time program for Boston Public School students in grades 5-8.

Opportunities for Leadership

Case Study: PIC with Freedom House (11th and 12th grade)

The PIC with Freedom House is a summer remediation program that works with high school students by providing employment and academic opportunities.

Case Study: Courageous Sailing (4th through 12th grade)

Courageous Sailing is a summer program that uses sailing to teach leadership, teamwork, partnership, and other life skills to students throughout Boston.

Schedule & Offering

Case Study: MIT Office of Engineering Outreach

MIT Office of Engineering Outreach’s summer program is a 5 week long program that focuses on various STEM fields. Students take specific STEM-content courses, which is dependent on their grade level, and learn through a hands-on, experiential model.

Staff Build Relationships

Case Study: Hale Reservation (elementary school)

Hale’s summer program works with six schools in Boston, offering academics and an enrichment component to help develop social-emotional skills.

Case Study: PIC with Boston International (high school)

The Boston PIC program with Boston International High School is a summer remediation program that works with high school students by providing employment and academic opportunities.

Case Study: Crossroads for Kids (3rd through 8th grade)

Crossroads for Kids is a five-year long program that works with at-risk youth, and uses experiential learning to provide learning opportunities in leadership development, character growth, community action, and college and career readiness.

Supportive Social Environment

Case Study: Tenacity (Kindergarten-12th grade)

Tenacity provides a pathway to postsecondary success for underserved urban youth, ages six through college.

Youth Choice

Case Study: Project TEACH (9th through 12th grade)

The program works with 25 high school students from Boston Public Schools to provide academic enrichment and workforce development opportunities and enrichment.

Case Study: MathPower (6th through 10th grade)

MathPOWER is summer learning program that provides classes based on the material students will learn the next academic year.

Case Study: Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention (6th, 7th, and 8th grade)

The Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention (AIP)’s Summer Spot program at the Frederick Pilot Middle School uses field trips, peer leadership, mentorship by high schoolers, and academic enrichment activities, as well as psychosocial or social-emotional supports, to provide opportunities to develop new skills and meet new friends.

Youth Feel Engaged

Case Study: Phillips Brooks House Association (elementary and middle school)

Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) is a nonprofit organization that is run out of Harvard University.

Case Study: Thompson Island (elementary and middle school)

Thompson Island’s summer program is a five-week hybrid summer school and enrichment program that serves nearly 100 elementary-school students on one of the Boston Harbor Islands.

Staff Promote Engagement & Stimulate Thinking

Case Study: Steppingstone Foundation’s College Success Academy (5th, 6th, and 7th grade)

Steppingstone Foundation’s College for Success Academy is an academic out of school time program for Boston Public School students in grades 5-8

Case Study: Camp Harbor View (6th through 9th grade)

Camp Harbor View is a four-week long, all day, summer program for students 11 to 14 years old. The program offers opportunities for skill development in athletics, education, arts, and leadership.

Case Study: MathPOWER (6th through 10th grade)

MathPOWER is summer learning program that provides classes based on the material students will learn the next academic year.