Summer Strategy

Supporting and accompanying the educational success of young people during the summer

Although beneficial for most, the summer break sometimes creates issues for some students.

The most vulnerable students – allophones, those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and those with learning difficulties – sometimes return to school with a loss of learning known as “the summer slide”. Youth who have little access to books and informal enrichment activities during the summer return to school with a delay that can have a significant impact on the following school year and even on their long-term educational success.

Mitigating the summer slide among at-risk students

This infographic outlines the key fundamentals for reducing summer learning loss.

You will find more information on the groups of students most at risk, strategies and examples of fun literacy and numeracy activities.

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Some statistics

13

projects financed in summer 2023.

3,000

young people reached in summer 2023.

$153,963

invested in local projects in 2023.

Summer strategy to support the educational success

As part of its concerted regional strategy to support and accompany the educational success of young people in Estrie during the summer, R3USSIR, in collaboration with its partners, has put in place a concerted action plan to counter the summer slide phenomenon.

Two types of approaches have been targeted for development and deployment according to this strategy:

The implementation of targeted measures for young people identified in consultation with school service centers
The implementation of universal measures, aimed at everyone

Specific objectives:

Introduce fun literacy and numeracy activities in youth and family venues and day camps (non-targeted, universal approach)
Encourage families to incorporate daily reading practices into their summer family routine
Offer specific activities to small groups of youth targeted by the school community (targeted approach, high intensity, regular frequency)
Raise awareness and equip partners regarding the importance of maintaining learning during the summer
Identify the benefits of summer projects

The educational dimensions that guide the development of these projects are:

Literacy, reading awareness
Numeracy, mathematics awareness
Sociolinguistic integration or French immersion
Specific activities
Sociocultural activities
Activities promoting motor skills
Activities promoting psychosocial skills

Partners involved

Nearly twenty partners have been mobilized and gotten involved in the development and deployment of the summer strategy. Here is the complete list:

Bibliothèque Françoise-Maurice de Coaticook
Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Granit
Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Haut-Saint-François
Centre de pédiatrie sociale en communauté Le Tandem
Centre de services scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke
Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Cantons
Centre de services scolaire des Sommets
Centre de services scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs
Commission scolaire Eastern Townships
Corporation de développement communautaire du Val-Saint-François
La Maison des Familles Granby et région
La Relève du Haut-Saint-François
Littératie Ensemble
Maison des jeunes de l’Or Blanc
Phelps Aide Phelps Helps
Richmond, Danville & Drummondville Community Learning Center
Soutien aux familles réfugiées et immigrantes de l’Estrie (SAFRIE)
Technoscience Estrie

Summer activities tour - Summer 2023

In our toolkit

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Summer Strategy – Activity ideas

Turnkey Tools

Summer strategy

An infographic presenting turnkey activities for parents, if you want to make a difference for our young people during summer.

Infographic – The summer slide

Informative Content

Educational Success

Infographic explaining the summer slide phenomenon and how to mitigate its effects for at-risk students and increase their chances of success.

Guide – Interactive reading and literacy games

Practical tools

Educational Success

Fun reading activities and literacy games for camp counsellors and others running activities about literacy.

Training – Introduction to Interactive Reading

Webinars and events

Educational Success

As part of the Summer Slide project, the Réseau québécois pour la réussite éducative has partnered with Frontier College to offer a series of webinars to community-based youth workers on the topic of facilitating reading...