Forty-one students are working to keep their reading, writing, and study skills sharp by continuing their learning in Cluster’s Summer Reading Program. The focus of the program is to help students improve reading skills in fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. It also is encouraging students to develop a love of reading. The students are in grades… Read More

Students can avoid the summer slump and get a jump on next year’s studies by signing up for Cluster Tutoring’s Summer Reading Program. This program, available for students currently in grades K-6, focuses on improving reading skills in fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. It also will encourage students to develop a love of reading. The Summer… Read More

Museums, libraries, and other organizations in Chicago offer summer learning opportunities for teenagers in the form of internships, jobs, and other programs. Many offer payment or stipends, or the chance to earn a college scholarship. There are also academic programs available to find out more about the college experience. Camp College. Camp college is a… Read More

Museums, libraries, and other organizations in Chicago offer summer learning opportunities for teenagers in the form of internships, jobs, and other programs. Many offer payment or stipends, or the chance to earn a college scholarship. There are also academic programs available to find out more about the college experience. Camp College. Camp college is a… Read More

It’s not too late for students in grades K-8 to register for a free online learning program through Project Exploration that includes home-delivered science exploration kits, daily Zoom classes, and hands-on STEM activities. The program, based in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, usually holds in-person summer classes but switched to a virtual format because of the COVID-19… Read More

We couldn’t offer reading instruction in person this summer, but Cluster reading teachers helped 18 students with intensive reading training in July and August. The program had four professional teachers who gave 18 students five weeks of instruction. Students would meet online with a teacher one day via Zoom or Google Meet. On a second… Read More

This summer’s program at the Chicago Public Library is all about learning new ways to play as well as learn. From June 24 to August 17, kids 0-13 years old are invited to play in all kinds of ways, at the library and on their own, as an Explorer at Play. Library locations around the… Read More

This summer’s reading program at the Chicago Public Library encourages young readers to discover something amazing about the planet Earth. Readers can receive new books of their own and have a chance to win a field trip for their entire class to the Shedd Aquarium. From June 18 to September 1, kids 0-13 years old… Read More