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GRASP - Grand Rapids Academic Summer Program
Location: Michigan
Program Description:
The GRASP program is a 9 week correspondence summer program in math and reading for children who have completed Kindergarten to 8th grade. The program seeks to help students retain skills learned the past school year by providing review exercises. Students should enroll at the grade just completed or the level that is appropriate for them. Lessons are scored, recorded, returned. There are awards.
Application deadline:
06/11/2010Overall rating:
Average: 5 (3 votes)
Host: Grand Rapids Public Schools
Qualifications: Kindergarten to 8th grade
Program Dates / Length: 9 weeks, first lesson due June 14, 2010, lesson nine due August 9, 2010
Housing:
Cost / Availability of Financial Aid: $37.00 for one subject, $61.00 for two subjects
Credit Awarded: 7 lessons successfully completed (70%) receive a certificate, 9 lessons (70%) receive a medal
Mailing Address:
GRASP
2550 Burritt NW
Grand Rapids MI 49504
Phone: 616-819-2548
E-mail: bowersm@grps.k12.mi.us
Website: www.grpublicschools.org/grasp
Reviews:
"Great program for review as well as preview of reading and math. I enrolled both my daughter (1st grade) and my son (3rd grade) and they both acheived at least the 7 lessons. My son, especially soared through what should have been the next year's work. I think it served as good way to keep them both intellectually stimulated during those summer months when too many other less constructive activities threaten to capture their attention and they will be better prepared when school begins in few days. Thank you!
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Parent, 2010
"My son was struggling in first grade with reading, but not enough to hold him back. He absolutely hated reading! I could not get him to read a book! I enrolled him in both the reading and math programs for the summer months. He loves them. I have seen so much improvement in his reading ability and much to my pleasure, he is now picking up books and reading them. I highly recommend this program!!!
As for the math, he has always been good at math, I just wanted him to keep his skills up over the summer. This workbook is his favorite, it's enough of a review and yet a challenge at the same time. This is such a well developed program. I hope they continue to offer it, because we will definitely be enrolling again next summer!!!
Sandy"
Parent, 2009
"My daughter has done this program for the last two summers. I love it. We spend about an hour and half each week on two subjects. The difference in her MEAP scores is amazing."
Parent, 2008