We have work to do again this summer

The CMS Board of Education recently viewed the CMS student including the number of completed tests as compared to the year prior to the pandemic. The results are not good, especially for black and hispanic students, whose math scores, for example, show a non-proficient percent of between 75% and 78% . These recent scores were at least 25% worse than the year prior. We have some catch up work to do this summer, again.

Summer is going to be very busy for our LHCC students. We have promoted summer intervention to our parents to encourage participation, while they are away at work. About 95% of parents registered their kids for the 14 days of camps we are offering in 2023. We also have weekly FIT programs for all families and children on Thursday evenings.

As noted above, CMS has reported that school grades are down on prior years and while sustaining students through a combination of remote and in-person learning, with very mixed results, there is much to do over the summer, so that our students do not slide back even further, as compared to their English-speaking peers.

This summer, LHCC plans to add many fun activities including swimming and outdoor adventures to the much needed summer learning curriculum. Come join us if you are able and experience kinship we have come to enjoy, as friendships develop between volunteers and families, one child at a time.

For more information, kindly email us and help LHCC make this summer special for all our students. Thank-you for reading to the bottom and for your support of our students! Donations and scholarships can be made by clicking the DONATE button on our homepage.

I am,

Brent Morris

Executive Director ~ Learning Help Centers of Charlotte

June 2023