Summer Success is a two-week long literacy camp focused on helping improve grade level reading in students at risk of falling behind due to the academic breaks. Camp participants are grade two and three students identified and recommended to the camp by their teachers. Last year, Summer Success camps hosted approximately 100 students at six schools in Saskatoon. About 95% of these students were Indigenous.
REASON FOR THE CAMPS
Highschool graduation is a critical factor in helping young people make a successful transition into adulthood and positively contributing to their communities. Summer Success focuses on students in grade two and three, as children without grade-level reading by grade three are four times more likely not to graduate. Summer vacation is also an opportunity for kids to maintain or improve literacy skills in a way that is fun and engaging. Improved literacy and a positive experience with learning are two significant factors that Summer Success works to address with all camp participants.
Most Summer Success students are Indigenous, which reflects the intergenerational harm of residential schools. These camps aim to improve Indigenous people’s relationship with literacy and learning, and increase graduation rates.
IMPACTS
Each school-based Summer Success camp is led by professional teachers with the help of trained volunteers. They test the reading levels of each student before and after the camp. In each year Summer Success has run, nearly 90% of the kids that attend 80% or more of the camp maintained or increased their reading levels. With the help of incentives and transportation, Summer Success aims for an 80% attendance rate for each student. Your support can help us hit this target.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Summer Success offers the Saskatoon community a way to engage in volunteerism and ensure everyone in our community has the opportunity to realize their full potential. Opportunities available are:
- 200 one-hour one-on-one reading opportunities with kids going into grade 2 or 3
- 10 volunteers for the day of the Celebration BBQ (up to three hours)
Summer reading camps run from July 15th to 26th at six community schools in Saskatoon. Volunteers donate an hour of time reading and doing crafts with grade 2 and 3 kids one-on-one. Volunteer times are between 10:30 am and 11:30 am or 12 pm and 1 pm.
We have filled all the volunteer positions. Thank YOU Saskatoon!!
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