Share What Makes You Excellent

January 14th, 2011

Excellence is a standard we all want to achieve in summer learning. It’s also a bar that can seem unattainable. But programs large and small, well-established or just starting out, have things about them that are excellent. Maybe it’s an inspiring, veteran teacher; a unique campus or curriculum; a fantastic assessment system; or a determined young student who returns summer after summer, encouraging other kids to do the same.

That’s why we’ve designated January as Excellence month at the Association, and launched the “What Makes You Excellent?” campaign on our Twitter and Facebook pages. As the Feb. 11 deadline for applications for the 2011 Excellence in Summer Learning Awards approaches, we want to know what makes your program excellent, and to help share your stories in Tweets, pictures, links, and videos.

Please share your examples of excellence with us. Send us a Tweet, write on our Facebook wall, or email videos, longer stories, or anything else you have that shows the excellent ways in which you serve disadvantaged youth, and the Association will be sure to share.

Don’t forget to download your Excellence in Summer Learning Award application now. In addition to selecting awardees this year, the Association plans to recognize models of excellence in STEM programs, school-community partnership programs, and transitions programs among the applicants.

Program quality manager Larry Smith is eager to hear from you and to help if you’re in the process of completing the application. Good luck!

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