Summer Projects

Summer Projects (also known as Summer Reading) describes school work given out to students during there summer vacation. This can range anywhere from the simple reading of a book and a summary, to several projects coming from all different subjects. Science or Biology, English, History, and Math are the most common subjects that hand out Summer projects.

It is at the discretion of the school or Board of Education as to whether summer projects are too be handed out.

Summer reading programs in libraries

Many libraries offer summer reading proggrams for teens and children in coordination with school districts. These reading programs can contain events such as movie nights, raffles or specialty workshops According to Bertin 2004 a study by the U. S. Department of Education found that 95% of all public libraries offered a summer reading program. These programs are used to prevent summer learning loss. Childrens programs in libraries began around the turn of the century beginning with the Cleveland Library League in 1895. For more information about the early development of children’s librarianship see McDowell 1995]. Early reading programs focused on the quality of the books and contained required reading, but newer education trends focus on breadth of reading to create an “avid reader”. As is discussed in The Enduring Effects of Education by Herbert H. Hyman, Charles R. Wright and John Shelton Reed.

Bertin, Stephanie (2004). "A history of youth summer reading programs in public libraries" (PDF). A Maters paper for the MLS degree: 69. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

McDowell, Kathleen (2007). "The cultural origins of you services librarianship, 1876-1900" (PDF): 288. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)