We got a lot of work to do this summer …
MAY 10
The CMS Board of Education recently viewed the CMS student proficiency scores report for the Fall of 2020, including the number of completed tests as compared to the prior school year. The results are not good, especially for black and hispanic students, whose math scores, for example, show a non-proficient percent of between 75% and 78% . These recent scores were at least 25% worse than the year prior. Yikes!
LHCC launched Connect Hub learning program this past September to address lackluster school attendance and the potential for sliding school grades and resultant proficiency scores. Connect Hub is our term for a safe, learning environment for students who sat at a desk, connected to the school learning platform under adult supervision and received two meals each school day. Our students completed learning modules, enjoyed outdoor time, and received healthy meals and snacks. Last week, our Connect Hub came to an end as schools finally return for five days of in-person tuition this week, just in time to wrap-up the school year at the end of the month. The past 15 months have been a challenge for so many. It’s been really hard on our younger kids for sure.
Summer is going to be very busy for our LHCC students. We have promoted Camp CMS to our parents to encourage participation, while they are away at work. About 75% of parents registered their kids for the six-week, school-side, four-days-a-week program, from June 14 to July 30. In addition, LHCC is providing Summer Enrichment Camps , with additional learning and extra-curricular fun for students from many of the Title 1 CMS schools close to South Blvd.
LHCC will once again be offering day-camps for seven Fridays, from Friday June 18 to July 30, as well as two five-day weeks of enrichment camp in August. Join us for the weeks of August 2 and 9 as we need volunteers and summer interns to help our students with daily enrichment.
As noted above, CMS has reported that school grades are down on prior year and while sustaining students through a combination of remote and in-person learning, with very mixed results, there is much to do over the summer, so that our students do not slide back even further, as compared to their English-speaking peers.
This summer, LHCC plans to add many fun activities liking swimming and outdoor adventures to the much needed summer learning curriculum. Come join us if you are able and experience the kind of kinship we have come to enjoy, as friendships develop between volunteers and families, one child at a time.
For more information, kindly email us and let’s make this summer special for all our students. Thank-you for reading to the bottom and for your support of our families
I am,
Brent Morris
Executive Director of Learning Help Centers of Charlotte
May 10, 2021
