Comments on: School’s out: A series about the summer http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/20/schools-out-a-series-about-the-summer/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: djs http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/20/schools-out-a-series-about-the-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-38130 djs Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:39:35 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=12808#comment-38130 Now that the life has been sucked out of school with little to no art, music, science, etc, it frightens me to think of summer as more of the same. I advocate high quality programs for these, which is what we had when I was growing up. Inexpensive summer camps, recreation programs at the school sites, fun summer classes in the arts or science.

]]> By: Christopher Scheer http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/20/schools-out-a-series-about-the-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-38042 Christopher Scheer Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:48:45 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=12808#comment-38042 Just a reminder about two really great Summer programs, both free for Oakland teens:

Bay Area Urban Debate League Summer Institute — August 1-5 at Westlake Middle School
http://baudl.org/2011/05/come-join-us-for-the-2011-baudl-summer-institute-august-1-5/

Oakland Peace Camp:
http://www.oaklandleaf.org/html/opc.html
Dates: June 27 – July 15, 2011
Location: ASCEND School

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