Summer Reading for High Schoolers!

Last week I wrote here about Summer Learning Loss. Most of us probably think about the primary grades when considering lost skills, but middle school and high school students are just as much at risk. I was uplifted to read about this effort by District 201 to require students to read over the summer. The program as described is for the Freshman Center in Cicero and includes an interactive blog for students (and parents) to post questions, answer questions or comment on the literature! What a fabulous use of the internet! The article mentions that a similar program is in place at Berwyn's Morton West for incoming freshman.