Haverford Township School District Education Foundation Summer Academy Registration

Registration Now Open for HTSD Ed Foundation's Summer Academy 2012

Kids … parents … looking for something fun, a little educational, and close to home this summer? 

Find a class or two in the Summer Academy 2012 at Haverford Middle School. Open to students who will complete grades 4 through 8 this June, Summer Academy will be held Mondays through Thursdays, July 9 through August 2, between 8:30 and 12:30 at Haverford Middle School. 

Online and mail registration are now open for the 31 courses offered at Summer Academy 2012. Complete information is available at http://www.haverfordedfoundation.org/summeracademy2012.html.

“The Education Foundation hopes to complement the regular school year and allow our children to try new things,” Summer Academy administrator Beth Mastrocola said.

Course lengths are one or two hours a day, for one or two weeks, allowing kids to try several different topics over the four weeks of the academy. Fill up a morning with a longer class and then add a 1-hour session of Mathletics or Jr. Achievement's It's My Business. Hang out at the Beach Blanket Book Club to get those summer reading projects done with friends!  

Some one-week classes (Improv, Sculpting, Create Your Own Masterpiece, Writing with Voice, Conditioning) will be different each week. If your schedule permits, have more fun by enrolling for 2 weeks. Looking for old-fashioned fun? Board Games are Back is offered as a one-week course.

Our online registration system allows kids and parents to search by grade, subject, teacher, week and time. Find the search feature through our website: http://www.haverfordedfoundation.org/summeracademy2012.html.

Foundation Board member Lillian Mittleman co-chairs the Summer Academy planning committee. “I wanted my own kids to have access to fun and interesting activities during the summer and I hadn't found many reasonably-priced choices for this age group,” she said. “Summer should be relaxed but it's a long time for us all to be home together. The kids gets bored. The Haverford teachers came through with a lot of fun ideas that my kids want to try. This will help me and, I hope, a lot of parents in the same boat.”

Lynnewood Principal Susan Mingey, Curriculum Director Nick Rotoli, Brian Barrett and Mary Beth Lauer, all members of the Education Foundation board are also on the Summer Academy planning committee.

Summer Academy 2012 is sponsored by the HTSD Education Foundation. No course credit will be issued for completing these classes. The Ed Foundation is an independent non-profit that cultivates innovative learning opportunities that inspire and motivate Haverford Township students.