Juab School District elementary school students - first grade through fifth grade - may participate in summer school this summer.
The program will allow students to review the basics and participate in learning enrichments, said Susan Cowan, director of the program.Some of the students will be invited to take the classes, which will run for four weeks each segment. Some participants will be at-risk students who need the extra work to help them meet the benchmarks or levels expected for students of their age or class grade, said Cowan.
"Some students will be those who need special help or they will regress during the summer vacation," said Cowan.
Other students, those who are not having problems, may also take the classes on a first-come-first-served basis, said Cowan.
"There will be a June session and a July session," said Cowan.
The program will fit in with the mastery education model and Outcome Driven Educational Model, said Cowan. "Teachers have planned exciting things for the students to do."
Three sessions with six students per teacher will be held. Several teachers have agreed to help with the program, said Cowan.
"It will cost parents $12 a week for 16 hours of instruction," said Cowan. Reading and math will be the only subjects taught.
There are 150 students at risk who have been identified at Nephi Elementary and 36 students at Mona Elementary.
Special education programs will also be offered.
"I am surprised at the number of excellent teachers who have volunteered to teach these sessions," said Cowan. Teachers will be paid $10 per hour for the two-hour sessions.
The certified teachers had been eager to work with the small groups. "This gives them an opportunity to be more creative and to work one on one with students," said Cowan.
There will be more hands-on projects and many enrichments offered, she said.
Classes will be held from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; from 10 a.m. to noon; and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Some categorical funds have been frozen to help those who qualify for help to pay for the classes and whose students have been identified as at-risk. However, since the program is voluntary, all parents will be requested to pay the $48 seminar fee.