SUMMERFEST  - A New Summer Enrichment Program for Students in Grades 4-10 March 2010 by Van W. Riley, Ph.D., Superintendent, Huntington Beach Union High School District

The Huntington Beach Union High School District is proud and pleased to offer a new summer enrichment program called SummerFest 2010.  SummerFest 2010 is a fee-based program open to all students within our boundaries in grades 4-10.  Beginning June 28th, students will be able to participate in a wide variety of entertaining and creative activities during three 2-week sessions of morning and/or afternoon classes in an affordable, safe, and quality environment at each of our comprehensive school sites.

The location of classes at each site, as well as morning and afternoon class schedules, will be grade-level appropriate, offering a more self-contained experience for younger students, while allowing intermediate and older students to “build” their schedules by choosing among classes in areas that will include reading and math enrichment, visual, multi-media, and performing arts, science and technology, culinary arts, movement and physical fitness, and fine arts.

 

In these days of budget cuts and unemployment, SummerFest 2010 will not only provide a valuable service to families who have fewer quality summer options for their children.  This is also an opportunity to more fully utilize our new, modernized, state-of-the-art facilities by making them available to the students of parents and family members who have supported the upgrades through the support of the Measure C facility bond.

 

We are proud of the proactive decisions and actions we have taken to limit the impact of the dire financial constraints that most school districts are currently facing. In addition to providing a valuable service to families in our community and opportunities for additional employment for employees within the district and our feeder elementary and middle schools, SummerFest 2010 will also generate funds to apply to the district’s reserve for future needs.

 

Parents will be charged a fee for each two-week session, and can choose to enroll their students in all or selected sessions in either a morning or afternoon block of classes, or both.  A reduced rate will be available to parents who register their student(s) for multiple sessions or multiple morning and/or afternoon blocks.  There will also be an extended morning option for those parents who need to drop their students off before the normal SummerFest classes begin.  Student registration will begin April 26, 2010.  For more information regarding this exciting new program, please click on the SummerFest 2010 link on the left.