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Enrollment period for 2018 Summer
in the City program is offi cially open
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
enriching literacy, math, computer science
of year for our students, and it’s important
edavenport@qns.com / @QNS
and college readiness programming.
that they stay active, continue to learn
SITC will run from July 5 to Aug. 9
and, of course, have fun.”
Registration for this year’s Summer in
at more than 300 sites across the city.
Now in its third, year, SITC provides
the City (SITC) is now underway across
Families can enroll from now through
more than 30,000 enrichment seats across
Queens and the rest of the city.
April 27.
the city. Th e SITC’s Summer Academy
SITC provides free, full-day summer
“Summer programs are a critical part of
off ers programming that is open to all
programming for students in grades 2
our Equity and Excellence for All agenda,
students and include programs ranging
through 12. Launched by then-Schools
and I encourage families to sign up so that
from STEM camps focusing on robotics,
Chancellor Carmen Fariña in 2016,
their children can continue learning over
coding, animal science or aviation,
SITC builds on the DOE’s Equity and
the summer and even visit museums or
English as a second language, enrichment
Excellence for All agenda by providing
participate in hands-on STEM activities,”
programs for all ages and test prep
students with a variety of challenging and
said Fariña. “Summer is a special time
for middle school and high school aged
children.
Th e Summer Academy also high-quality
and engaging mandated summer
school programming for students who
do not meet promotion requirements.
All participants in the summer programs
will also receive free, healthy breakfast
and lunch.
To learn more about SITC, visit schools.
nyc.gov/Summer. Families can apply
for summer programs at schools.nyc.
gov/AboutUs/schools/RenewalSchools/
default.htm.
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