How to Make Summer Work for Your District

With these helpful tips and Launch, you can help prevent summer slide and enrich your student’s course catalog. 1. Make Your Summer Twice as Long. Offer students Launch’s online classes in both June and July to engage more students. You
By Savannah Waszczuk

With these helpful tips and Launch, you can help prevent summer slide and enrich your student’s course catalog.
Fueled by Launch student working on laptop computer for an online course
1. Make Your Summer Twice as Long. Offer students Launch’s online classes in both June and July to engage more students. You can increase your summer school offerings on your DESE Summer School Application.
2. Expand Your Course Catalog. Think about students you don’t offer seated. Expand your course catalog to attract students with a variety of interests.
3. Think Practical and Popular. Consider encouraging students to take popular required courses, such as Health and Personal Finance, online during the summer months.