Grow With Us – HPS Announces Summer Learning Initiatives

Press release from the Hicksville Public Schools:

June 13 2020

Hicksville Public Schools has announced exciting new summer learning opportunities for its K-12 students with its “Grow with Us” Program. It is designed to engage students in hands-on and academic learning in three components: the Summer Gardening Project, Summer Reading Lists, and Summer Academic Resources.

During the Summer Gardening Project, K-12 students are invited to grow a garden and create a journal documenting their efforts. Gardens can be as simple as a windowsill herb garden or as complex and creative as our students’ imaginations. And, it provides a fun, hands-on learning experience students can complete at home while social distancing. Students who complete the summer gardening project will be celebrated when schools reopen at a special “Grow with Us” event. A comprehensive web page with step-by-step instructions has been created to provide our students with all the information they need to participate in this fun project: https://sites.google.com/hicksvillepublicschools.org/summer-gardening-project/home.

To help get our gardeners started, Stop & Shop donated over 5,100 seedpod starter kits to the school district. Many thanks to Samantha Lustig, Perishable Manager at the Stop & Shop at 530 Old Country Road in Hicksville, for supporting our students with this generous donation. Seedpod kits were made available at our elementary schools during the student supply pick-ups and at this week’s Moving Up Day ceremonies. Additional kits can be arranged for pick up at the District’s four Grab & Go locations by emailing ssimon@hicksvillepublicschools.org.

On rainy days or while waiting for their gardens to grow, K-12 students are encouraged to pick up a book, e-book, or audio book and enjoy summer reading/listening. There really is nothing like the mind’s journey our students can take this summer with a great book. Hicksville Public School’s Summer Reading Lists are now available at: https://sites.google.com/hicks...

Additionally, we want our students’ K-6 math and English Language Arts skills to stay sharp this summer. Math and reading packets are now available on the District website: https://sites.google.com/hicks...

Information about all three programs is available on the District website: www.hicksvillepublicschools.org, under Programs, Summer Programs. We can’t wait to see all our students again, and encourage everyone to keep active and “Grow with Us” this summer!

This press release was produced by the Hicksville Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.