[JULY
8, 2005] The Lincoln Area YMCA, together with Mayor Beth
Davis, is celebrating
National
Summer Learning Day on July 14.
Facts about summer learning:
All kids experience learning losses during the summer if
they are not engaged in educational activities.
The greatest areas of loss are in factual and procedural
knowledge.
Young people who are unsupervised not only drop 2.6 months
of grade-level equivalency in math and reading, but are more
likely to use alcohol and drugs, engage in criminal and other
high-risk behaviors, receive poor grades, and drop out of
school.
Partnerships between schools and the YMCA can prevent summer
loss in reading and math skills,
Summer intervention can counteract the cumulative effect of
summer loss on reading outcomes.
Mayor Davis will be reading to the K-3 day camp kids from 9:30 to
10 a.m. on Thursday. Although summer day camp highlights "fun in the
sun" with the many outdoor camp activities and field trips, the
mayor and the YMCA also recognize that learning throughout the
summer can be fun, and day camp is a fun way to keep learning and
retain skills.
The YMCA will also have a sidewalk art display outside of the
office, at 604 Broadway, to show the artwork done at the summer art
camp.
