HOPEBRIEFS | The One Thing I’d Give Each Student
Kindergarten students loved petting and feeding farm animals, gardening, and cooking at Oliver Field Farm!
If I could give each of our students one thing, I’d give them wonder — an insatiable curiosity, and awe of their Creator.
That’s one reason I’m particularly grateful for our four week summer school. Not only do we get to provide a structured environment, not only are students making critical gains in math and reading while their urban peers fall tragically behind — we also get to foster a love of learning that serves students well into the future.
Third graders curled up with a blanket or pillow and read for 50 minutes each day — completely enraptured by their books. “This is the best book I’ve ever read. Do you have others by this author?” said one student.
“I love teaching summer school,” one teacher told me. “We are learning everyday with joy and freedom–just for the sake of learning! It always feels like this is what education is meant to be.”
In addition to math and reading, our middle and high school students enjoy Inverted Arts internships, ACT prep, Junior Achievement BizTown, missions trips, graphic design, coding, woodworking and more.
Thank you for making these awe-inspiring moments possible for our students, well into the summer. A special thanks to our partners at Inverted Arts and the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation for their significant contributions to our summer program.
With joy,
Russ Gregg
Head of School
