SSLG Action Plan
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Raise Awareness of the Summer Learning Gap:
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Distribute pamphlets to parents in low income areas
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Send emails and letters to and meet city, county, state,
and federal officials to discuss summer learning gap.
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Approach media to recognize the importance of summer learning and provide solutions to their audience/readers.
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Write newspaper articles
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Visit school principals, teachers, and school district
officials
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Ask debate clubs in schools and colleges to include a topic that “Government should provide free summer school to children from low income families”
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Meet student bodies (ASBs) in other schools and provide information for them to set up a club that focuses on summer learning gap
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Develop a dedicated website and press releases
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Advocate for the development of SSLG for low-income families:
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Partner with numerous renowned institutions such as the National Summer Learning Association and attend these groups’ conferences
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Meet with local and national leaders to discuss summer learning gap and ask for development of summer programs
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Organize conference in Orange County and invite local, state and national leaders
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Ultimate goal of this club is to successfully raise awareness about the summer learning gap and provide children of low-income families in Orange County and Los Angeles the opportunities they need to succeed in life through quality academic summer programs.
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Create and implement summer educational programs:
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Develop summer tutoring programs for children from low-income families
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Hand out pamphlets to parents about summer programs in their area
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Volunteer at institutions offering summer programs
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Ask private institutions to provide free or subsidized summer programs to low-income family children
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During the summer, members of the club will meet with groups of these students and teach them in a safe environment
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Develop programs at local libraries for summer learning in low income areas
SSLG Action Plan & Activities
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SSLG members attended the National Summer Learning Association’s “Summer Changes Everything” conference in San Antonio, Texas.
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SSLG wrote emails to debate leagues around the country requesting them to include the topic “that the government should provide free summer school to underprivileged students.”
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SSLG has partnered with National Summer Learning Association, Boys and Girls Clubs, and Think Together