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Summer Dreamers Academy

Lights, Camera, Action, and Big Dreams

By Grace Jin - 12th Grade, North Allegheny Senior High School
Sparkly streamers and bright lights welcome me as I walk down the red carpet. No, I am not an A-list celebrity. I am simply a visitor at "Camp Hollywood" - the 2015 Summer Dreamers Academy at Pittsburgh Langley. Summer Dreamers, a no-cost academic camp that runs from June to August, Read more [...]

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Summer Dreaming at South Hills Middle School

By Dominic Lazzini - 10th Grade, South Fayette Township High School
If children don't engage in educational stimulation throughout the summer, they will experience learning loss. For instance, most students have lost about two months worth of grade-level mathematical skills when they return to school in the fall. To combat Read more [...]

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There’s a Method to the Madness

By Allison Spear - 11th Grade, Seneca Valley High School
For anyone who is not a part of the Summer Dreamers Academy at Assemble, seeing the classroom at work may seem chaotic. Kids all over are drawing, hot gluing, building, and whatever else you can possibly imagine. But soon, you can see the method to this madness. Read more [...]