San Francisco’s District 1 Celebrates National Summer Learning Week

Every year, summer programs all around the country participate in National Summer Learning Week, hosting events that celebrate and elevate the importance of summer programs for children, youth, and working families.

In San Francisco, non-profit, community-based organizations (CBOs) are one of the primary providers of summer programming for thousands of the City’s children and youth. These programs prevent the learning loss that can happen during the months that school is out, and they are a vital support for San Francisco’s working families, who can rely on these programs to keep their children engaged in learning, safe, and having fun throughout the summer. In 2024, every CBO that is funded by the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and their Families (DCYF) to provide comprehensive, all-day summer programs for children and youth in grades K-8 hosted events to celebrate Summer Learning Week.

San Francisco’s District 1, home of the Richmond District, hosted one Summer Learning Week event. Read on to find out how summer learning was celebrated in this part of San Francisco!

The Richmond Neighborhood Center — Presidio Middle School Beacon

Students at The Richmond Neighborhood Center’s Presidio Middle School Beacon focused on the National Summer Learning Week theme of Literacy & Learning. They met to read Maysoon Zayid’s graphic novel Shiny Misfits together, and then read to elementary school students.

Curious about DCYF’s investment in District 1? Here is a full list of our District 1 CBO grantee agencies, with links to their websites:

• Catholic Charities CYO
• Community Youth Center of San Francisco
• Girls On the Run of the Bay Area
• Greater Farallones Association
• Japanese Community Youth Council
• Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center
• Performing Arts Workshop
• Playworks Education Energized
• Project Avary
• Richmond District YMCA
• Springboard Collaborative
• Strategic Energy Innovations
• The Marsh
• The Richmond Neighborhood Center
• Young Community Developers

Check out our entire Summer Learning Week 2024 series on Medium to learn more about how all of our CBO grantees make San Francisco a great place to grow up!