Parks & People Foundation's SuperKids Camp Program Wins National Award

posted by Jacqueline Carrera

July 20, 2007

SuperKids Camp, a reading enrichment program of the Parks & People Foundation has won the 2007 Johns Hopkins University Excellence in Summer Learning Award.

The Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University has selected SuperKids Camp, a program of the Parks & People Foundation, as a 2007 winner of the Excellence in Summer Learning Award. This national award recognizes summer programs that demonstrate excellence in accelerating academic achievement and promoting positive development for young people in their communities.

“Parks & People’s SuperKids Camp exemplifies the type of high-quality summer learning experience that should be accessible to all young people,” said Ron Fairchild, executive director of the Center.

Every summer over the past 10 years, Parks & People has offered SuperKids Camp, a six-week highly intensive literacy-based program for Baltimore City elementary school students. Ten sites throughout the city collectively serve more than 1,000 children each summer.

SuperKids Camp combines reading skills improvement with recreation and cultural enrichment activities at alternative learning locations such as college campuses, museums, cultural and performing arts centers, libraries, and churches throughout the city. According to a 2006 evaluation, students' test scores were, on average, at or above grade level at the conclusion of camp.

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