Summer School

Brochures for the 2011 Worthington Summer School are now available in the counseling center. I believe they will also be distributed to students on Wednesday during homeroom.

There are a lot of changes in store for this year’s summer school. The primary difference is that many courses are no longer being offered in a traditional setting. The only “standard” courses that will be offered will be Speech, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Health, and Wellness 4 Life Level 1 & Level 2. Please be aware that the physical education and speech classes tend to fill up very fast, so if you are interested in taking one of those classes, I strongly recommend signing up soon.

So, if you want or need to take an English, Science, or Social Studies class in summer school, you will need to take it through the online e-school option. Worthington summer school will have this option available for students and you will still attend summer school as you would have previously, but instead of having a teacher stand in front of the class lecturing on the course content, you will now work online to complete the coursework. Teachers will be available to help you as you work through the class.

Summer school will once again take place at Worthington Kilbourne High School and will have two terms – the first term is June 20 to July 8th, with no class on the 4th of July, and the second term will run from July 11 to July 28th. Depending on the class, the time of the class varies from starting at 7:40 and ending at Noon to starting at 8 and ending at 12:30. Please check the summer school brochure for additional information. The cost of summer school is $200.

If you failed a class during the 1st semester, you need to discuss signing up for summer school with your parents. The success rates for students who take summer school is very strong because you are only asked to focus on one subject at a time and it is a more relaxed environment.

Each year people ask questions about taking summer school through other schools or districts and this is an option. You can explore the offerings available at other districts or online schools, but please make sure that they are an accredited school as that is the one aspect that is needed in order to have the credits accepted by Worthington.