Written by: Danielle Guerin Throughout my academic career, I was always told “you can’t learn it if you aren’t here”. I took that saying to heart, only slightly ignoring it when I wanted to be a little rebellious. Yes, I’m admitting that I faked sick a couple times during my high school career, but never …
I grew up in a community with one public high school. That’s not to say that decision making about education initiatives in rural areas come without their share of challenges and politics. If anything, I’ve learned that democratic processes in any community are incredibly complicated and intensely local. But something about my recent move to …
As an employee of MCCOY, a social worker and most importantly, a parent, I know the importance of summer learning. Kids who don’t use their brains during the summer, lose most of what they’ve learned during the school year and fall behind their peers that do use their brains during the summer. As a parent …
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Written by: Monette Viduya So it has been exactly one week since National Summer Learning Day, and I am glad to say that it was a success! Many children and adults wore the green Summer Youth Program Fund shirt that we distributed. Everyone had fun, and Devin from Camp Delafield did a great job throwing …