What Will Students Learn?

Academic Classes

Summer Link students take academic courses that target specific reading and math skills so that students solidify their learning from the previous school year and are prepared for the material they will encounter during the next one. The Humanities course focuses on close reading and writing skills, while the Math and Science class targets skill growth in multiplication, division, and fractions. Students also take a Habits and Skills course to learn organization and study strategies across all disciplines.

Afternoon Projects & Activities

Afternoon sessions provide experiential, interdisciplinary experiences in the arts, athletics, leadership, and outdoor education. Afternoon projects and activities change each week, giving students the opportunity to develop existing passions and collaboration skills.

Habits of Mind

Summer Link’s program is anchored around Costa and Kallick’s “Habits of Mind,” a collection of behaviors that are indicative of effective and efficient problem solvers. Summer Link aspires to cultivate these habits that cross disciplines to support student learning, both inside and outside the classroom. The six specific habits that anchor all aspects of the program are:

• Persisting
• Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
• Listening and understanding with empathy
• Creating, imagining, innovating
• Thinking about thinking (metacognition)
• Taking responsible risks

Daily Schedule