Academic Opportunities Remain Available at Arrowhead Through The Summer

According to the Arrowhead’s website, summer school is taking place June 11th through July 19th, Mondays through Thursdays.

There is no summer school July 4th. All classes are credit courses. This means students can either get a credit or replace a grade you had in a certain course.

Classes are scheduled in the morning. Period 1: 7:30am-9:55am Period 2: 10am-12:25pm. Attendance is important,  three or more absences will result in an “F”. Students have to be there every day and on time! Students can register for summer course on Skyward, and using thee following instructions: 1. Login in to Skyward Family Access 2. Click on the link on left: ARENA SCHEDULING. 3. There you can search and select courses.

Wings is another event held in the summer to benefit freshmen. According to Arrowhead High School’s website, “WINGS, the freshman transition experience will take place August 15 – August 17, 2018 from 7:30am – 12pm at South Campus. WINGS provides in-coming freshmen with: a general welcome to Arrowhead Union High School, an introduction to and tour of the school campus, an opportunity to meet other in-coming and upper-level students, an overview of student services, academic programs, institutional policies, and student organizations.”

According to liveabout.com, alternatives to summer school include the following: private tutors. Specific prep courses (such as SAT, ACT, or PSAT prep courses). Programs at commercial learning centers, such as Kaplan or Sylvan.College or university-run camps or summer programs. Other structured summer camps. Many areas offer camps that cater to a wide variety of interests, from equestrian camps to LEGO camps to photography programs.

Junior Jessica Surdyk says, “I am enrolled in summer gym this year and I am very thankful that there is an opportunity where I can get the credits I need so I don’t have to take the class during the year.”

Junior Austin Wiesehuegel  says, “I have taken summer gym before. I did it 10-12 and I feel like I was missing out on my life for those two hours and I feel like I wasn’t getting the full experience and it was wasting my summer. I feel like my life was being thrown away in a trash can. I had to spend it in school and it was taking the limited time I had that I never could get back because I had to go to that disgusting place.”

Simona Chiose, a reporter for The Globe and Mail, says in her article on www.theglobeandmail.com, “The school is part of an increasingly urgent experiment to address what some experts now believe about summer: A yawning nine-week break negatively affects students’ achievement. Urgent, because while Canadian education still ranks highly on the world stage, other countries have been making big gains for students. And a number of big players are putting year-round learning front and centre – including many schools in the United States, much of Germany and Australia, and a proposal to shorten the already short six-week summer holiday in Britain.”

Chiose says, “The average number of hours of instruction time received by a typical 15-year-old around the world: Poland: 595, Finland: 856, South Korea: 1,020, Sweden: 741, Chile: 743, Australia: 964, Canada: 880 (Ontario); 1,000 (Alberta), France: 1,042, United States: 1,050 to 1,100.”

According to Prepscholar.com, “While you may want to spend your entire summer sleeping in and hanging out with friends, it’s important also to spend part of your summer being productive and preparing for your future. Participating in an activity over the summer can help you get a great job or get accepted to a top college in the future, and being productive over the summer doesn’t have to take up all your time or be boring! Colleges and employers love seeing applicants who are motivated and interested in learning more. By keeping busy over the summer, you show them that you have what it takes to be a great addition to their school or workplace.”