The Mars Hill College Summer Scholastics and Arts Program in North Carolina is a residential summer program for elementary and secondary students which emphasizes development of academic skills, creativity, psychomotor abilities, and social growth. (DB)

This paper describes the signature role played by accomplished, experienced teachers in professional learning communities, and the importance that these practitioners make their teaching public and shared. In so doing, the authors describe how accomplished practices can be shared between classrooms and between practitioners with varying levels of…

This "Fastback" provides suggestions for expanding or developing an academic summer program, which is an educational strategy that uses a program evaluation to achieve specific goals or outcomes designed to serve a selected student population in a school or community setting during the summer. Although no single model exists for these programs, a…

The Computer Science Department at the University of Oregon has developed a summer master's degree program in Computer Science Education directed toward teachers in grades 7-14. This report describes the goals, design criteria and constraints which influenced the development of the program. (Author)

A summer day camp program was offered to 32 students (grades 2-6) enrolled at the Transitional School (Ohio), a school for severely behaviorally handicapped students. The program was designed to maintain the positive effects of the school intervention during the summer months. Camp staff included six learning disability/behavior disorder certified…

Intended for parents and educators of academically talented students, the newletter presents highlights of the Midwest Talent Search (MTS) project and related information on gifted education. The goals and course offerings of MTS are described, and an address by Julian Stanley to gifted students is summarized. Summer program highlights of the MTS…

The article describes the special arts program offered each summer to hearing impaired students (6-18 years old) by the Cornish Institute of Allied Arts in Seattle, Washington. (SBH)

Continuing education programs operate year-round at hundreds of colleges and universities, and most focus soberly on solid academic subjects, especially in the summer. The author describes some of the courses being taught throughout the United States. (Author/RK)

Described is an integrated summer program for 3- to 8-year-old physically handicapped, nonhandicapped, and deaf children. (CL)

Some colleges offer fellowships and grants to enable students to pursue academically relevant summer projects. Some summer fellowship programs emphasize public service works. Some students' summer programs are described including one student's work fighting blindness in Nepal. (MLW)

Describes a program to help prepare students for a successful freshman year in college, Edinboro State College's Pre-College Educational Experience Program --students being provided with an orientation to the college, and corrective and remedial courses in English and communication and mathematics. (RJ)

Describes a project in a summer art program for gifted junior high school students. Students studied Marisol Escobar's "found object assemblages" in which combined shaded drawings pass for sculpture and then created their own sculptures based on characters in the "Wizard of Oz." (AM)

Describes the Summer Scholars program in which 20 high school students in the top of their class take two community college courses in the summer between their junior and senior years. Discusses the courses offered, credit, program success and benefits. (AYC)

Fifty children, eight to twelve years old, took part in a summer Medieval Arts Workshop in which they studied and produced art, music, and drama typical of that era. (Author/SJL)

Outlines a summer session for gifted students in the performing arts held by the Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland. (JM)