Students complete summer school academy
Several students in primary classes at Marietta Public Schools recently completed a
month-long summer school academy.
The summer school classes were offered free of charge with the intent of providing
children with reading and math instruction with a low student-to-teacher ratio.
Each day from 8:30 to 12:30, students who had just completed first grade received
instruction from veteran teacher Tammy Blevins, whose goal was to make the summer
school classes educational, but also to teach students that learning can be fun.
“We went twice a week to the Love County Library where the librarian, Neshia Crane,
was very welcoming,” Blevins explained. “She read to the kids, and we were able to
check out books to bring back to our room to read. It was the highlight of their week!”
Blevins said that three or four of the students went back with their parents to get their
own library cards, and some students even went back to the library in the afternoon for
the special summer reading programs offered by the library.
“Only a couple of the students had ever been to the Love County Library, so I was really
glad that it introduced that community resource to some of our families,” Blevins
concluded.
The four-week program concluded June 20, and Primary Principal Ann Rutledge
deemed it a success.
“This program gave our students some extra emphasis on reading and math skills, and
that’s great,” expressed Rutledge, “but even better, it seemed to develop a love for
reading, and we know that good readers have more success in school and in life, so we
are pleased with the results.”