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Pickerington outlines 2025 summer programs: credit recovery, PE, family literacy workshops
Summary
District staff presented summer 2025 offerings including credit-recovery classes, summer physical education, elementary online learning resources, and a new family literacy workshop program paired with a Read With Me campaign; costs and dates were shared.
Pickerington Local School District staff detailed the district’s 2025 summer programming at the April 7 board meeting, describing credit-recovery and new-credit offerings, summer physical education, elementary summer learning resources, and a pilot of family literacy workshops.
Rachel Hannigan, secondary curriculum coordinator, said credit-recovery and credit-earning physical-education courses will be offered for rising ninth graders through current high-school students. Credit recovery will be delivered on the Apex online platform with Pickerington High School North and Pickerington Academy identified as sites. Hannigan said the district will charge $100 per student for credit recovery this year, with a 50% discount for families who qualify for a fee waiver. ‘‘Prior to COVID, we did charge for our credit recovery program. The cost is going to be a hundred dollars per student, with a 50% discount for fee waiver qualifying families,’’ she said.
Hannigan described the credit-recovery schedule as running from June 2 through June 27 with no school on June 19; staffing and the number of teachers will be aligned to student enrollment. Transportation will be offered to Pickerington North from two satellite pickup areas; staff described two bus routes that will collect students at satellite sites and deliver them to the credit-recovery site.
Summer physical education for rising freshmen and current high-school students will be at Lakeview Junior High. Hannigan said the PE program runs from June 2 to June 13 with a makeup day on June 16, costs $200 per student, requires attendance for all 10 days to receive credit, and does not include district transportation.
On elementary programming, staff said online summer learning resources will be provided for kindergarten through fourth grade (with guidance for families on home access), and district principals will distribute resources in multiple languages. Sharon Casamillo described a district community resource flyer that collects local summer programs and camps; principals will share the link and it will be posted on the district website.
Dr. Gillison (district administration) outlined a reimagined elementary approach that replaces a traditional summer school with summer family literacy workshops coupled with a Read With Me campaign. The program will be run by the academic services team rather than by calling in classroom teachers; the district will provide ‘‘make and take’’ kits and partner with the library for resources. Dr. Gillison said the family workshops are intended to equip parents with tools and strategies to support early literacy at home.
On funding, Hannigan said the district budgeted about $175,000 for credit recovery and new-credit PE combined and that the figure was ‘‘down to about a hundred and 70’’ depending on enrollment and staffing; staff estimated the summer program serves about 200 students. Dr. Gillison said the family-literacy workshops will be staffed by academic services personnel and that the district expects only a small supplies budget for that initiative.
Board members asked about program goals, long-term alignment of summer work to district priorities and whether charging families helps promote engagement. Hannigan and Dr. Gillison said the programs align with the district’s early-literacy goals and are designed to be scalable in future years.
The administration said more-detailed calendars and logistics will be released and that invitations will be sent for the Read With Me campaign and board-member participation in read-aloud events.
