Central Elementary Summer Program

Grades K-2

This program is only for Central Elementary School students.

Content:

Mathematics: Students entering grades K - 2

English Language Arts: Students entering grades K - 2

Science: Students entering grades K - 2

July 6 - July 30, 2021

Monday - Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Cleveland Street Summer Program

Grades 3-7

This program is only for Cleveland Street School students.

Content:

Mathematics: Students entering grades 3 - 7

English Language Arts: Students entering grades 3 - 7

Science: Students entering grade 5

July 6 - August 5, 2021

Monday - Thursday

5 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Forest Street Summer Program

Grades 4-6

This program is only for Forest Street School students.

Content: Mathematics: Students entering grades 4 - 6

English Language Arts: Students entering grades 4 - 6

Science: Students entering grades 4 - 6

Social Studies: Students entering grades 4 - 6

August 2 - August 27, 2021

Monday - Thursday (2 days in person/2 days virtual)

4 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Specials Academy:

Mon-Tues or Wed-Thurs 1:00-2:00

Coding Cafe (virtual),

Creative Theater (on-site),

Instrument Introductions (on-site)

Heywood Avenue Summer Program

Grades 1-4

This program is only for Heywood Ave School students.

Content:

Mathematics: Students entering grades 1 - 4

English Language Arts: Students entering grades 1 - 4

Science: Students entering grades 2 - 4

August 2 - August 20, 2021

Monday - Friday

3 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lincoln Avenue Summer Program

Grades 3-7

This program is only for Lincoln Ave School students.

Content:

Mathematics: Students entering grades 3 - 7

English Language Arts: Students entering grades 3 - 7

Science: Students entering grades 3 - 7

STEAM: Students entering grades 3 - 7

July 12 - August 6, 2021

Monday - Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Oakwood Avenue Summer Program

Grades 1-7

This program is only for Oakwood Ave School students.

Content:

Mathematics: Students entering grades K - 6

English Language Arts: Students entering grades K - 6

Science: Students entering grades 4 - 6

July 6 - August 6, 2021

Monday - Thursday

5 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Park Avenue Summer Program

Grades 1-7

This program is only for Park Ave School students.

Content:

Mathematics: Students entering grades K - 6

English Language Arts: Students entering grades K - 6

Science: Students entering grades K - 6

Social Studies: Students entering grades K - 6

July 6 - August 6, 2021

Monday - Thursday

5 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Rosa Parks Summer Program

Grade 3

This program is only for Rosa Parks School students.

Content:

Mathematics: Students entering grades 3

English Language Arts: Students entering grade 3

Science: Students entering grade 3

June 28 - July 29, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday - Thursday

5 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

OPA/OHS/Twilight/STEM Summer Credit Recovery Program

Grade 9-12

OHS Summer Credit Recovery is a comprehensive program designed for students in grades 9 through 12. Summer school courses provide students with opportunities to enroll in a course or subject they have previously taken, but did not receive a passing grade. Students will be expected to successfully complete course assessments with a passing grade. Students taking summer school courses for credit are required to attend class for a minimum of 60 hours pursuant to State regulation N.J.A.C. 6:3-1.8(j).

Content: All core content courses.

June 28 - July 30, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday - Friday

5 weeks

Student hours:

8:15 AM - 1:15 PM

OHS Summer Senior Graduation Pathway Program

Grade 10-12

Content: All core content courses.

July 6 - August 6, 2021

Monday - Friday

5 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Office Hours

OPA Summer Bridge Program

Grade 8 and 9

This program is designed for targeted rising 8th and 9th grade students. All students are required to register for the program.

Content: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

July 26 - August 13, 2021

Monday - Friday

3 weeks

Student hours:

8:30 AM - 1:50 PM

Breakfast will be served at 8:30 AM

Summer Breakthrough (In–Person with limited Remote)

Grade K-2

Description: The Orange K-2 Summer Breakthrough Program will be for students who require summer support to read on grade level.

Content: English Language Arts Foundation Literacy

July 1 - July 30, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday – Friday

5 weeks (21 days)

Student Hours: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Extended School Year (ESY) 2021

Grade K-12

Description: The ESY program is an extension of the learning that takes place during the traditional academic school year. The instructional practices emphasize maintenance and academic growth of skills acquired during the school year. Related services will be provided during the Extended School Year (ESY) program, through in person learning.

Project based programs through thematic units will provide students with hands on experiences to enhance English Language Arts and mathematics with an integration of technology and 21^st Century Skills.

Content: Mathematics and English Language Arts

July 1 - August 13, 2021

No program on July 2, 2021

Monday – Friday

(Virtual Wednesdays)

6 weeks

Student Hours: 8:30 am – 11:30 pm

Grade 8 Algebra I Readiness Bridge

Description: To prepare higher-performing incoming 8th graders for a formal course of study in Algebra I

Content: Mathematics

June 28 - July 30, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

5 weeks

Student Hours:

Section 1: 8:30am - 10am

Section 2: 10:30am - 12noon

Pre-Calculus Summer Intensive (Virtual)

Grade 11

Description: 5-week program for 11th grade students who have already completed 3 years of Mathematics and have the potential to succeed in AP Calculus. Topics include Functions and Graphs, Trigonometric Functions, and Introduction to Calculus (Limits)

Content: Mathematics

June 28 - July 30, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

5 weeks

Student Hours:

Section 1: 8:30am - 10am

Section 2: 10:30am - 12noon

Grade 9 Mathematics Summer Intensive (Virtual)

Description: This virtual program is intended for incoming 9th grade / Algebra I students (current 8th grade students) who need a 5-week program of intensive support to be successful in their 9th grade year as a result of learning loss occurring during this year. Students will be selected based upon diagnostics and/or benchmark performance in Mathematics and teacher recommendation.

Content: Mathematics

July 6 - July 30, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student Hours:

Section 1: 8:30am - 10am

Section 2: 10:30am - 12noon

STEM ACADEMY Summer Bridge

Grade 9

Description: Mandatory 2-week program for entering 9th grade students.

Content: Mathematics and Science

July 1 - July 14, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday – Friday

2 weeks

Student Hours: 8:30 am – 12 noon

Summer FLL Robotics Coach Training and Student Camp

Grades 4-7

Description: Robotics Program to get students prepared for the upcoming scrimmages and challenges.

Content: STEM

August 23 - 26, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 days

Student Hours: 8:45am - 12:45pm;

Optional Study hall - 1:15pm - 2:15pm

*FTC Robotics Teacher Training and Student Camp

Grades 8-12

Description: Robotics Program to get students prepared for the upcoming scrimmages and challenges.

Content: STEM

*The program runs in September

September 18, September 25, October 2, 2021

3 Saturdays

Student Hours: 8:45am - 12:45pm;

Optional Study hall - 1:15pm - 2:15pm

OHS/OPA Honors Biology Summer Bridge (Virtual)

Grade 9

Description: Mandatory 2-week program for students (Rising 9th Graders) selected for Honors course.

Content: Science

July 6 - July 30, 2021

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student Hours: 8:45am - 12:45pm

TinkrWorks Summer Camp

Grades 4-6

Description: This program will offer students scientific content through multidisciplinary projects. Students will be able to build, program, and design their own projects. These projects are standards-aligned and incorporate the engineering principles necessary for success in future STEM classes. This will be a 3-week program for students in grades 3-5 (current) that will be filled with content, enrichment, and fun through a hands-on, project-based approach. It is the goal of this program to introduce the field of STEM to these students as well as strengthen their problem-solving and engineering skills. These are skills they will continue to use directly in their science and engineering classes as well as other cross-curricular areas.

Content: STEM

July 6*- July 23; M-F (Fridays Virtual)

*Program start date is on a Tuesday.

14 total days

Student Hours: 8:30 AM- 12:30 PM (M-Th)

9:00 AM- 12:00 PM (F)

Apple’s Creative Experiences - Everyone Can Create Program (Virtual)

Grades 9-12

Description: Exploration of Apple’s everyone can create program; designing word art, logos, portraits, etc. for teachers and students in grades 9 – 12 who are interested in STEM and the Arts.

Content: Digital Art

July 1*- July 16; M - F

*Program start date is on a Thursday.

No program on July 5, 2021

Monday – Friday

11 days

Student Hours: 8:30am - 11:30pm

NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs (Virtual)

Grades: 4-11

Description: NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs has opened applications for its Summer STEM Camps! This summer's four-week summer programs for high-achieving students from post-4th to post-11th grades will be offered virtually using Google meet and Google classroom. All classroom materials will be shipped directly to the students’ homes so that they can participate in hands-on activities. Students will engage in science, engineering, mathematics, and communication classes and participate in fun activities and virtual field trips.

These educational summer programs are designed to encourage and prepare students succeed in STEM fields. This year, the district will cover the tuition costs for up to 20.

Content: STEM

Program Dates: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021– Friday, July 30, 2021 (Monday-Friday)

Program Cost: $60 Non-Refundable Application fee (Students must cover the Application Fee)

Requirements: B or better grade average, proficient or advanced proficient on the most recent standardized test (if available) and participate in an online Testing session (Only for new applicants).

Student hours:

Varies

Dance Camp

Grades 3-8

Description: Students will learn the various dance movements and create their own choreography. The camp will culminate in a dance ensemble performance.

Content: Dance

August 2 – August 26, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Band Camp

Grades 4-8

Description: Band camp members will expand their knowledge on instruments in which they have prior experience. Band members will continue to hone in on their embouchure, pitch, rhythms, and other instrumental techniques. Members will be comprised of woodwinds, brass and percussion and will play in a culminating performance.

Content: Band

July 1 - July 30, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 4-5 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Mighty Marching Tornadoes

Summer Band Camp

Grades 9-12

Description: Instrumental band members will practice the tenants of high step marching techniques along with improving their instrumental pitch and rhythms. Auxiliary members will learn choreography to their flag and dance routines, culminating in advanced marching band sequences.

Content: Marching Band

August 1 - August 31, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours: 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM

Film Camp

Grades 3-8

Description: Directing, Cinematography, Video Editing, Stop Motion Animation and Visual Effects. Each student will be assigned a job role (Director, Actor, Editor, or Director of Photography (Camera Person); promotes internships

Content: Film Making

July 1 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student Hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

CTE

Student Interns from Graphic Design CTE Program

Grades 10-12

Description: Students will intern in the print shop under the mentorship of the Print Shop Manager.

Content: CTE

August 2 - August 26

Monday – Thursday

Student hours: 9:00 AM-12:30 PM

NJROTC Drill and Leadership Academy

Grades 10-12

Description: Cadets will learn military drill in preparation for the Superintendent’s Forum and the Orange Veteran’s Day Parade. New cadets will be introduced to the program. Physical training with team activities and challenges.

Uniform issue, fitting, and proper wear (full day)

End of program awards and promotions recognizing leadership cadets for the 2021-2022 school year.

Content: NJROTC Drill, Leadership, and Indoctrination

Aug. 23-27, 2021

Monday – Friday

1 week

Student hours:

8:30 AM -12:00 AM

and 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Orange Chefs Summer Camp

Grades 3-8

Description: Campers will learn kitchen safety, personal hygiene, food safety, culinary terms, and basic food preparation skills.

Content: Culinary

July 1 - July 30, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 6-8 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Grades 3-5 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Entrepreneur- Social Media Campaign Summer camp

Grades 3-8

Description: Students will develop a Marketing Campaign for a business they have created. Using all social media platforms, students will create a marketing plan and initiate the promo plan on social media platforms through mock accounts.

Content: Entrepreneurship

July 1 - July 30, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM -2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Shapegram-o-rama

Grades 3-8

Description: While using Google Drawings, Students will become familiar with popular drawing tools while being empowered to be designers. Students will actively learn drawing skills while being creative problem solvers.

Content: Art

July 1 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5: 12:30 PM -2:00 PM

Grades 6-8: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

RWC Programming (Virtual)

Description: (RWC) Real World BSTEAM Academy (business, science, technology, engineering, art & math) at NJIT is a renewed upgraded edition of the Real-World Connections (RWC) learning model and a new career pipeline at NJIT where a majority of students from OPS (joined by a minority of students from other districts) will have yet another round of real-world hands-on/ project-based learning experiences to master a broad array of BSTEAM related skills. The program main target audience will be students from 8th grade to 11th grade. The students will form small teams of 4-6 people each based on their project interests.

Content: STEM

June 28 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

5 weeks

Student hours:

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

CODING VIRTUAL REALITY!!!

Grades 3-8

Description: Coding brought to life through virtual and augmented technology!!! Students will understand the difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality and how they can be used for learning. Students will also learn how coding and programming can be used to support everyday real-world activities. Students will code their own worlds in Virtual Reality using Co-Space. Students will create a mobile app using Thunkable and Google Sites.

Content: Technology

July 1 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

SUMMER PROGRAMS for English Language Learners

Grades 1-12

Description: COVID-19 virtual learning have impacted the ELLs, especially those who arrived this year. In order to minimize the academic slide, utilizing online resources, the students will work on targeted ELA and mathematics standards and WIDA skills. Utilizing classroom Dojo, Google Classroom and Google Meet, the teachers will work in small groups with the students, based on age and WIDA Can Do levels.

The students will work on assigned lessons. At specific times, the teachers will meet with small groups of students for targeted instruction. The teachers will divide the class into 4 groups and meet for 45 minutes with each group. Parents of students in grades 1-2 will be asked to have a Gmail account so they can log the students on for their sessions in Google Meet. Students in grades 3-12 can log into Google Meet themselves. The activities will center on listening, speaking, reading, writing, and mathematics. The online resources will be Learning A-Z, Dreambox, Brain Pop, Discovery, and Rosetta Stone. When not meeting with the teacher, the students will work on targeted lessons.

Content: ESL

July 1 - July 30, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student Hours: 8:30am -12 p.m

Wonder & Explore Camp

Grades 3-8

Description: Join us on a mission to wonder and explore cool topics like what causes you to have brain freeze or can you really cook an egg on the sidewalk? Find answers to questions that you’ve always wondered about while we will explore places and topics together through games like Kahoot. We will also share what we’ve learned using different creation tools. See you soon for a wonder of learning and lots of fun!!

Content: Social Studies

July 1 – July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM -3:30 PM

Cultures around the World

Grades 3-8

Description: Students will use technology to research a variety of cultures and create projects both online and with materials to create a visual of what they have learned.

Content: Social Studies

July 1 – July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Journalism/Newspaper Club

Grades 6-8

Description: Students will interview local community members and politicians and create a newsletter. Summer program students from all subject areas and their teachers will be featured. Orange Public Schools…moving from good to great.

Content: English Language Arts

July 1 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours: 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Debate Club

Grades 6-8

Description: For those who like a good argument on timely topics! Students will choose a topic, research the topic, and learn to defend or oppose the topic using clear, concise arguments. Listening skills will be honed for counterpoints.

Content: English Language Arts

July 1 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Visual Art Camp

Grades 3-8

Description: Students will create fun and interesting art projects exploring various art materials. Students will hone in are previously learned art techniques and explore new materials. Student works will be displayed in a culminating art exhibit.

Content: Visual and Performing Arts

July 1 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Chorus Camp Grades

Grades 3-8

Description: Vocal campers in chorus for grades six through eight will hone in on more advanced vocal techniques and continue develop their ability to sing as part of a choir. Students will perform popular music and the rehearsals will culminate in a live performance.

Content: Visual and Performing Arts

July 1 - July 29, 2021

No program July 5, 2021

Monday – Thursday

4 weeks

Student hours:

Grades 3-5 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Grades 6-8 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM