Students can lose as much as one to two months of learning during the downtime of summer. All young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities on a year-round basis. Research spanning 100 years indicates that students typically score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do at the beginning of the summer (White, 1906; Heyns, 1978; Entwisle & Alexander, 1992; Cooper, 1996; Downey et al., 2004). Though summer vacation should be a time for leisure and fun that only summer can bring, we require our students to read and engage in math practice to counter potential academic regression.
Students entering Pre-Kindergarten 3 through Eighth Grade are strongly encouraged to complete their Summer Reading Practice and Summer Math Practice, building on the successes of the past school year and planting the seeds for positive performance during the Fall Semester.
The 2025 Summer Academic Practice can be found here: