Students look to their school library to find new books, seek information, creatively solve problems, and use technology. School libraries play an essential role in students' academic growth and development of lifelong learning skills. All of the wonderful resources and services that school libraries provide are easily accessible to the population…

The article describes a summer residential enrichment program for gifted students in grades seven to nine. The program featured collaboration between the Junior League of Columbus, Ohio, and Ohio Wesleyan University. (CL)

Pennsylvania's Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit built a collaborative 2-week summer academy, opening it to students in the other 14 school districts in the county. Cooperation among all the districts provided students opportunities for expanded learning experiences. (MLF)

A collaborative approach by the University of South Carolina and a local school district has focused on summer acceleration programing for gifted junior high students as well as on seminars to help regular classroom teachers learn strategies in gifted education. (CL)

The Pribilof Islands Stewardship Program aims to preserve the rich species diversity of the islands and recover the sense of connectedness that once linked local Aleuts and their environment. The summer program draws on both science and traditional knowledge, offering Aleut youth the chance to assist scientists, protect the seals, and participate…

Describes the five-week intensive writing program for talented high school students offered every summer by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Notes that the program emphasizes minority recruitment. Tells how the Poynter Institute offers assistance to any news organization or school wishing to set up a similar high school writing program.…

This training model outlines methods school systems can use to implement Summer Inservice Institutes for elementary and secondary teachers of regular and exceptional education students. Procedural information is included that explains the philosophy and assists in the initiation, supervision, evaluation and continuation of the Summer Institute…

The Tri-District Arts Consortium in South Carolina was formed to serve artistically gifted students in grades six-nine. The consortium developed a summer program offering music, dance, theatre, and visual arts instruction through a curriculum of intense training, performing, and hands-on experiences with faculty members and guest artists. (JDD)

The Vermont Employer/Teacher Internship Program was started in 1992 as a collaborative effort to place science and math teachers in related internships in business. In 1995, the Vermont School-to-Work (STW) Initiative joined the collaboration and the goal was expanded to teachers of all disciplines. Qualified educators, whose professional…

Describes a collaborative parent-involvement project for inner-city Hispanic primary students sponsored by the Chicago Community Trust. A university professor, two graduate assistants, the principal, and the school community representative designed a summer program featuring hospitality and support activities, free books, and hands-on science and…

The Kutztown University-Allentown School District Academic Alliance in Pennsylvania, with the support of the corporate sector, provides higher education opportunities to academically at-risk middle school and high school students. Alliance activities include workshops on study skills and self-esteem, workshops for parents on career awareness and…

This paper describes the Rural Teaching Effectiveness Network, created to overcome difficulties associated with offering staff development experiences in rural Maryland. The long distances often required to attend staff development activities can discourage rural teachers' commitment. Similar problems exist in creating standards of professional…

The AISES Student Summer Work Experience Program provides Native American college students with paid summer internships in federal agencies. Interns work with mentors on projects designed by the participating agency and applicable to the student's course of study. The program benefits students and agencies while striving to increase Native…

This report provides a history of the North American Association of Summer Sessions (NAASS), founded in 1964 to bring together the deans and directors of American, Canadian, and Mexican university summer programming. The report examines the circumstances leading to the association's founding, its early development, and major programs and…

This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a 40-month federally supported program at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh to create models for increasing the persistence rate to the baccalaureate of students who transfer from two-year colleges to four-year schools. These models were created by a transfer…