Summer Edgenuity

OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL

Dear Parents of Incoming Students in Grades 1-8 as of September 2021,

In addition to the summer packet prepared for your child, all students in Grades 1-8 will focus on the target areas of ELA and Math by working on Edgenuity during a six week period in the summer: July 6 to August 13, 2021.

Assignment:  Each student should complete 1 hour of activities in ELA and 1 hour in Math per week for six weeks.  Each activity is approximately 20 minutes in length and can be completed during the day.

Another way to think about it is working 20 minutes a day on Edgenuity, alternating Reading and Math.

High Achievers who score 80% and above on activities will receive prizes as well as those students who successfully complete a record number of activities with most time on task.

In addition to prize incentives, there will be an online recognition program.

Please make certain your children know that the work on Edgenuity is very important this summer because of the interrupted learning of the last year and a half.  Continuing learning during the summer is imperative as students move on to the next grade in September.  We cannot afford for students to have the usual “summer slide” when they lose a large percentage of the intellectual skills they have accrued during the school year.

We need parental support to ensure that all students are completing this important work.

While this letter states the six-week assignment time frame, obviously students who continue working on Edgenuity will have higher achievement rates going into their next grade.  Research has shown that students who consistently work on Edgenuity have higher MAP scores.

You will be contacted this summer regarding your child’s level of participation.   

Please email mangeles@ollnyc.org and cc: skaszynski@ollnyc.org with questions or problems. Thank you.

Regards,

Suzanne Kaszynski, Principal