Summer Program

What We Do

Summer Program

In the six-week summer program, Heads Up tutors lead classes through an engaging curriculum that combines classroom-based literacy instruction with field trips and hands-on projects.

2007 Summer Site Locations

School	Quadrant	Site Director
Bowen Elementary	Southwest	Korey Morris
Ketchum Elementary	Southeast	DaQuanna Harrison
Winston Elementary	Southeast	Shana Savage
LaSalle Elementary	Northeast	Chrisetta Stone
Raymond Elementary	Northwest	Cara Cupulo

The summer program runs from June 25-August 3, from 12:30 - 6:30 each weekday. To learn more about enrolling your child in Heads Up, please call Anita Allen at 202-544-4468 x10.

Project: Community Experience

The summer projects focus on some aspect of the students’ community, and provide for some of our most creative lessons. At the end of the summer, the Heads Up project fair showcases the talents and work of our students.

Examples of 2006 summer projects:

Sixth graders from Birney Elementary school learned about South Africa and made cloth dolls to send to children in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
First graders at LaSalle Elementary learned about protecting the environment. They created classroom recycling centers for discarded paper and organized a neighborhood clean-up day around their school.
Fifth and sixth graders at Reed Elementary wrote and performed slam poetry to express their feelings about their community.

Heads Up 2007 Project Fair: Unity in the Community

At the end of every summer, Heads Up holds a project fair to give community members an opportunity to see what our students have accomplished over the summer. Students will display completed projects and give performances of dance, poetry and more. Please join us for this fun event!

Date: August 2
Time: 2-5 p.m. Performances began at 3:00.
Location: THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20020
RSVP: Sara Brandspigel at sbrandspigel@headsup-dc.org or 202-544-4468 x 11