Roseville school district offering safe and engaging summer classes
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ROSEVILLE — Districts such as Roseville Community Schools are working hard to ensure that students still have access to the variety of summer learning programs they always do, despite COVID-19 still being a concern to many.
Programs for elementary school are split into two groups: those organized by Roseville Community Schools and those organized by the Macomb Intermediate School District.
“At the elementary level, we run two tracks. We run a K-5 extended program with about 400 kids in it, and we focus on math and reading,” said Assistant Superintendent David Rice. “We make sure we are having fun with the kids but making sure there’s still a focus on academics. We track our kids on our assessments each year, and we see that this helps halt summer slide. Certified teachers are teaching at their regular grade levels. We provide latchkey services before and after just like during the regular school year; there is free breakfast and free lunch. We don’t grade them, but we do give feedback. … We are, for the first time this year, also offering a focus on special education students at the elementary level. We have at least two classes for these kids. They already go a half-day during the school year, so this also will be only a half-day program.”