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Summerbridge Plans 'SmartyPants' Week at Sewickley Academy

The program provides support for students and families beginning the summer before seventh grade.

Summerbridge Pittsburgh’s 19th year of summer programs begins on Monday, June 18.

This first week of Summerbridge also marks the beginning of a new offering in the high school program called "SmartyPants Week."

"This is the first time since the beginning of the program in 1993 that Summerbridge has added summer enrichment to the its high school program," said Mandi Semple, director of community and media relations at Sewickley Academy.

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As part of its six-year model of support for students and families which begins the summer before seventh grade, Summerbridge’s high school program begins during the students’ eighth-grade year, providing high school options counseling. 

The program continues with college guidance and academic tutoring once students enter high school. 

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Taking place on s campus in Edgeworth, SmartyPants Week will extend Summerbridge’s current academic support in the high school program by providing course work during the summer, offering three courses – SAT Math, Writing and Spanish – to rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders for one week in June. 

The mini-courses will focus on a math skills review specific to the SAT, narrative and expository writing, and Spanish writing and conversation skills. SmartyPants Week is offered at no cost to Summerbridge families.

This article was submitted on behalf of Summerbridge Pittsburgh, a program of Sewickley Academy and affiliated with the Breakthrough Collaborative, a national organization that aids underserved students throughout the United States.

Visit www.sewickley.org/summerbridge for more information.

 


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