School may be out, but the work continues for many charter schools throughout New York and Connecticut! These schools are putting in Overtime to beat the summer slide, offering extended school years and programs aimed at keeping students engaged as the temperatures rise. Here’s how Vertus High School in Rochester is changing lives this summer thanks to 3D technology!

Vertus scholars hard at work in the Maker Space!

School may be out, but the work continues for many charter schools throughout New York and Connecticut! These schools are putting in overtime to beat the summer slide, offering extended school years and programs aimed at keeping students engaged as the temperatures rise. Here's how Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School put in work over the summer to best serve its scholars!

School may be out, but the work continues for many charter schools throughout New York and Connecticut! These schools are putting in overtime to beat the summer slide, offering extended school years and programs aimed at keeping students engaged as the temperatures rise. Here’s how campers in New Haven are enjoying an urban oasis on the campus of Common Ground High School this summer!

School may be out, but the work continues for many charter schools throughout New York and Connecticut! These schools are putting in overtime to beat the summer slide, offering an extended school year and/or programs aimed at keeping students engaged as the temperatures rise. Here’s how NYC Autism Charter School is keeping busy this summer as they prepare for big changes in the fall!

A student enjoys a recent trip to the Museum of Natural History!

School may be out, but the work continues for many charter schools throughout New York and Connecticut! These schools are putting in overtime to beat the summer slide, offering an extended school year and/or programs aimed at keeping students engaged as the temperatures rise. Here's how Brass City Charter School in Waterbury is beating the summer slide... at home!

School may be out, but the work continues for many charter schools throughout New York and Connecticut! These schools are putting in overtime to beat the summer slide, offering an extended school year and/or programs aimed at keeping students engaged as the temperatures rise. See how New Beginnings Family Academy in Bridgeport is giving a “boost” to literacy this summer!

Dressed in shorts and colorful tank tops, the scholars entering New Beginnings Family Academy in Bridgeport may look slightly different than when school’s in session. But that doesn’t mean the learning stops once the temperatures rise!

There are tons of great charter schools in New York and Connecticut going above and beyond for their students. This means staving off the summer slide, either with an extended year or a robust program to keep their students engaged in these summer months. In our final piece, see how DREAM Charter School helped their students grow in the summer months!

As we approach the end of the summer, we have one last story of an incredible charter school doing great work with their students in the months that many schools are off.

The DREAM Charter School summer program sounds like just that – a dream program for kids of all ages!

There are tons of great charter schools in New York and Connecticut going above and beyond for their students. This means staving off the summer slide, either with an extended year or a robust program to keep their students engaged in these summer months. Kids at Invictus Preparatory Charter School in Brooklyn beat the summer slide with an excellent program that kept them active both physically and mentally.

For kids attending Invictus Preparatory Charter School in Brooklyn, summer has been a time for students to expand their horizons both inside the classroom and out. Through a collaboration with the Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL), the school’s summer program was held under the theme of "A Better Me" and focused on maximizing mental and physical health. It included academics, field trips and key relationship building to build up the students’ academics and the school’s culture.

There are tons of great charter schools in New York and Connecticut going above and beyond for their students. This means staving off the summer slide, either with an extended year or a robust program to keep their students engaged in these summer months. For students at Broome Street Academy in Soho, incorporating technology into the arts made for an exciting summer program.

With today’s constantly changing and evolving world, making sure students are equipped with 21st century skills is becoming more and more important each day. For students at Broome Street Academy Charter High School in Soho, summer was a time to learn and hone those skills. Thanks to a summer program you wouldn’t find at most schools, breaking the summer slide was a fun and incomparable experience.

There are tons of great charter schools in New York and Connecticut going above and beyond for their students. This means staving off the summer slide, either with an extended year or a robust program to keep their students engaged in these summer months. Discovery Charter School in Rochester made summer learning fun thanks to two great programs.

What do Olympians, Rochester grad students, and the local library all have in common?  All three were an integral part of Discovery Charter School’s summer learning program. With different activities focusing on literacy, reading, physical activity and developing social skills, a group of the K-6 school’s students got to keep the summer slide at bay in exciting ways.