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Monday, June 26, 2006
How Kids Who Passed the CRCT Spend the Summer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
They go to camps with recording studios, build robots and do something I’ve never heard of called mountainboarding. Well, they do that stuff if their parents can afford the modern sleepaway camp.
“Many camps now have air-conditioned cabins and air-conditioned dining rooms, and you didn’t see that 20 or 30 years ago,” the head of a camping organization tells reporter Julie Turkewitz, an ajc summer intern who came up with this cool story idea when she worked as a camp counselor. Read about it here.
Parents, do you send your kids away to camp during the summer? If so, do you expect them to have Internet access?
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Assessing Summer School
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Summer school is already winding down for kids in some districts. Here’s Bridget Gutierrez’s story about a southside students prepping to re-take the part of the CRCT they failed. If they fail again … state law says they repeat the grade unless a parent successfully appeals.
Parents with kids in summer school, are you impressed with the program? Are the classes small? Is your child getting individual attention? Does your child seem to be progressing?
