San Francisco’s District 4 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 4, home of the Sunset neighborhood, hosted three Summer Learning Week events. Read on to find out how summer learning was celebrated in this part of San Francisco!
Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) — Sunset Elementary Beacon
BACR’s Sunset Beacon Campers celebrated Summer Learning Week with an Amazing Race style event. Students broke off into teams and went through fun modules with travel, science, and art themes, and an obstacle course!
BACR — Ulloa Elementary Beacon
Students at BACR’s Ulloa Beacon summer program hosted a STEAM-themed carnival for Summer Learning Week. Students had fun at different stations that explored all different types of arts and sciences, with the chance to win prizes!
Wah Mei School
Wah Mei School celebrated Summer Learning week by taking their 4th to 6th grade Wah Mei-Zing campers to Rob Hill Camping ground for an overnight camping trip. Their summer campers became literal campers, learning to pitch a tent, identify plants and animals, build a camp fire, prepare a self-cooked meal, perfect their toasted marshmallow technique, and appreciate nature.
Curious about DCYF’s investment in District 4? Here is a full list of our District 4 CBO grantee agencies, with links to their websites:
- America SCORES Bay Area
- Bay Area Community Resources
- City Surf Project
- Community Youth Center of San Francisco
- Greater Farallones Association
- Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center
- Performing Arts Workshop
- Springboard Collaborative
- Stonestown Family YMCA
- Strategic Energy Innovations
- Sunset Youth Services
- Young Community Developers
- Youth Speaks
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!
