Summer School
If you are interested in summer school, please view the information below to see what might be the best fit for your child.
Over long periods of breaks students often times lose any progress they have made throughout the school year. Summer school is allowing those students to retain that information they have learned and keep their learning at grade level.
- When: Summer school will be Mondays-Thursdays from June 3-20 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Where: Jack Barnes Elementary School 20750 S. 214th Street, Queen Creek, Arizona 85142
- Cost: Free
Attendance is extremely important in summer school, so students may only be absent a maximum of two days. Teachers will select students. If you do not receive a letter by May but would like your child to attend, please contact Megan Alvarado at (480) 987-7440. We will not provide meals for elementary summer school. If you need transportation information, please view our bus routes.
Students who have not mastered the standards during the school year have an additional opportunity to learn important standards for their current grade level. For example, students who were in 6th grade for the 2018-2019 school year will be in 6th grade summer school. The standards taught in summer school serve to reteach some of the concepts that a child may have struggled with during the school year and will also provide the foundation for them to be successful next year.
- When: Mondays-Thursdays from June 3-20. Student hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Where: Queen Creek Middle School 20435 South Old Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Students attend if they failed (received a letter grade of F, equivalent to 59% or below) a core subject (reading, writing, math, science, or social studies) for semester two, as determined by grades at the end of the school year. Final semester grades are calculated by averaging 3rd and 4th quarter scores and then adding the final exam score. Students who received a D (69% or below) are strongly advised to attend summer school, as a D may indicate a student has not mastered all the standards. Students who failed a core class, but pass summer school will have their ELA/Math second semester grade for the 2018/2019 school year replaced with a D.
Attendance is extremely important in summer school, so students may only be absent a maximum of two days. We will not provide transportation and meals for middle school summer school. If you do not receive a letter by May but would like your child to attend, please contact Katrina Mullane at (480)474-6700.
- When/Cost:
- Session 1: June 3rd - June 14th $160 1/2 credit session
- Session 2: June 17th - June 28th $160 1/2 credit session
- Sessions 1 & 2: $300 both sessions
- Where: Queen Creek High School, 22149 East Ocotillo Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Summer school must be paid at the book store by May 31, 2019, to be registered for any of the sessions.
AVID Summer Bridge is a program designed to strengthen students' math and science skills over the summer gap to prepare them for their future grade level. This free program is for current 6th, 7th, & 8th graders who are attending, or will attend, Queen Creek Middle School, Newell Barney Middle School, or Eastmark High School. Click our AVID Summer Bridge application link to sign up today. We have limited space available!
This program will occur from June 3 through June 20, Mondays through Thursdays, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The location of this program is at Queen Creek Middle School. Please be aware, transportation is not provided. For questions, please contact Adam Poirier by email or by calling (480) 987.7471.
Students can choose from four modules in math and science:
- Tribal Survival: Math for 7th Grade: We will organize 6th graders to 7th graders into tribes and challenge them with math concepts. Teams will compete utilizing critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills within a positive, fun learning environment to help boost their math confidence.
- Adventures in Algebra: The Adventures in Algebra module strengthens 7th and 8th grade students' understanding of fundamental math and algebraic concepts, to provide a solid foundation for success in Algebra 1, while working in small groups in a competitive and fun atmosphere.
- Mission Possible: 7th and 8th grade students will engage in hands-on science activities to develop critical thinking and scientific skills, while tracking a dangerous scientist around the world as he attempts to release a deadly micro-organism.
- ProPhone and the Environment: This module is a project-based learning opportunity in which 8th grade students use inquiry-based activities and investigations in environmental science, biology, and math to solve real-world problems.