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Does your child's school offer free summer programs?

post #1 of 16
3/13/06 at 7:23pm
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Gosh, I don't know why we didn't get this packet last year unless our school didn't offer it but my boys brought home packets for 6 weeks of FREE SUMMER PROGRAMS!! There is all kinds of neat classes you get to choose from for each week and although the boys aren't toooooo excited about it, I sure am! Usually I love the laziness of summer but it is pretty much a positive that I will be getting a job soon and this will help out soooo much with daycare for them!
So does your child's school offer free summer programs as well?
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post #2 of 16
3/13/06 at 8:04pm
I've never heard of a school doing a summer program. What kind of classes do they off?
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post #3 of 16
3/13/06 at 8:10pm
the only thing they have is vacation bible school
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post #4 of 16
3/13/06 at 8:17pm
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Oh they have all kinds of really fun classes to take! Each class is a week long.
Here are a few listed without the descriptions:
Down in the Dirt and mud
Welcome to the world of chocolate
Let's go on a Safari
reading, writing, sharing
Race to the moon
Blast from the past
Fairy Tale Theater
they go on and on! There are also computer classes to build your own website and a digital photography class and the boys are excited about those. In some of the classes they get to burn their own CD (for the blast from the past which is all different music over the decades) and the photo class they will use learn photoshop type skills. Gosh, I would love to take some of these classes! I still can't believe that they are free! They offer them for preschoolers too but since the goverment doesn't sponser their classes the tuition is $50 a week.
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post #5 of 16
3/13/06 at 8:38pm
Oh wow! I've never heard of public schools doing that either. Do you have to provide transportation?
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post #6 of 16
3/13/06 at 8:41pm
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Nope! There is a list of designated bus stops and you just find the one closest to you! There is one right at the top of our subdivision which is only 2 blocks up!! The boys will be able to walk!!!
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post #7 of 16
3/13/06 at 9:07pm
WOW thats awesome Krista! So great that the schools provide that!
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post #8 of 16
3/13/06 at 10:31pm
That is awesome, Krista!
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post #9 of 16
3/13/06 at 10:58pm
Our public school has summer programs (classes) but they aren't free. (I don't know how expensive they are)
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post #10 of 16
3/13/06 at 11:01pm
Wow! Transportation too. I know my school system doesn't offer that. That is awesome.
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post #11 of 16
3/14/06 at 11:09am
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I am so pumped! I know that they classes fill up quickly so I really hope that my boys get in at least 4 of the 6 weeks.
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post #12 of 16
3/14/06 at 1:38pm
Wow what a deal. I wouldn't mind taking some of those classes. It sounds like they have a lot of fun classes.
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post #13 of 16
3/20/06 at 2:49pm
we have the same thing, but you have to provide the transportation, so my kids never do it
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post #14 of 16
3/20/06 at 3:11pm
That sounds fun! I hope we have something around here this summer.
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post #15 of 16
3/20/06 at 3:55pm
that is awesome!! I don't think our schools do anything like that around here. Some of those classes sound really fun
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post #16 of 16
3/20/06 at 4:11pm
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I just got a call from the program-Bailey got in for all 6 weeks! Just waiting to hear about Zachary now!
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