The Newberg Graphic
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| Newberg students able to catch up this summer |
| By Laurent Bonczijk Students who fell behind during the academic year or who might need a little extra support will receive help this summer. Newberg High School will host a credit recovery program that will be both online and in the classroom. Silver School principal Carol Campbell said that the online addition of the school was a new pilot program. If students respond well to it this summer, school officials would consider offering it during the school year. "We're kind of giving it a test run this summer," Campbell said. Campbell said that it would allow students to recuperate credits immediately after failing a class or earning a D grade. The added advantage of the online system is that it acts in the manner of a college placement test. Students are given increasingly difficult tests. When they can't pass them any longer, the remedial teaching kicks in. Students who attend credit recovery have class from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday from June 23 to Aug. 7. Students are usually able to make up an entire credit that way - the equivalent of two one semester courses. With the addition of the online education Campbell said that motivated students might be able to make up more than one credit. Students will be able to access the online classes from home (provided they have a computer and access to the Internet) but will still have to take the tests at the school. Campbell said that the school has aggressively targeted next year seniors to "try to get them where they need to be." She hopes helping seniors catch up during the summer will address the school's drop out rate. A major factor in drop out she has expressed before is students feeling they're too far behind to graduate on time with their class. The cost of the credit recovery is $150 and the deadline to register is this Friday. Students eligible for free and reduced lunch only pay $50. Call the school at 503-554-4400 for more information. Another opportunity for struggling students this summer is the kindergarten through second grade summer school held at Antonia Crater Elementary School. Teacher Haley Scott will oversee eight teachers for a four-week long session designed to provide additional help. "We're targeting students that need an extra boost, a little more time," she said. The students in her summer school were recommended by their regular classroom teachers for the summer session. Scott, who has taught summer school before, said that the focus of instruction will be on reading and math. The summer school allows more one on one time for the students because teachers only have about 12 students in their classes instead of the usual 26. "The idea is to give these kids the attention that they need," she said. Just as the high school credit recovery program this will be a four days a week morning school. And it won't be any easier curriculum than that of the regular school year. "It's summertime but they're still the same kids learning the same stuff," she said. |