Summer Program Grants

To build and maintain the new Urban Farm through the Bridges Alternative Middle School Program. Students will experience hands-on learning with gardening, watering, landscaping, and building; as well as time in the classroom to help develop 2024-2025 Urban Farm program. Student’s classroom work will include: budgeting, planning, and art projects.

To provide Latino youth at Linus Pauling Middle School an enrichment opportunity to build community, develop culinary skills, and sharpen research and presentation skills. Students will work in groups to research a variety of geographical locations throughout the world, research factors that impact the culinary traditions of the area, and prepare traditional dishes.

A 2-week field ecology course for CV, College Hill, and CHS sophomores and juniors who love ecological science or are credit deficient. The class will include field trips to different sites around Oregon where students can complete field ecology studies. Focus on tide pools, estuarine mud flats, mixed conifer forest and oak woodlands, prairie meadows, rivers, and wetlands.

To support Urban Farm students working over the summer to harvest, market, and sell produce and maintain the grounds for the upcoming fall.

To serve students enrolled in Corvallis High School, Crescent Valley High School, and College Hill and designed to help students catch up on credits to either complete final graduation requirements or get back on track in their progress toward graduation. This will support up to the provision of 240 credits. This more than doubles last year’s possible credit options.

Supporting students and families this summer with resource navigation and scholarships to community-based camps and activities.

Summer curriculum for incoming 6th graders identified as benefitting from an additional growth mindset in order to find success in math. Camp activities will align with long-term academic milestones, such as Algebra 1 proficiency.

To support skills to access the general education curriculum and to reduce the amount of pullout from the general education classroom during the school year, the students will continue their specific skill work on Braille Reading, Braille Math, Assistive Technology for the Blind, and Orientation/Mobility skills.

To provide opportunities for incoming 6th graders to understand leadership opportunities better and build their capacity for potential leadership roles at the middle school level and beyond. Activities are facilitated by staff of color and aim to build relationships, increase self-advocacy, and explore ways to have a voice.

Opportunity for students to participate in a variety of enrichment opportunities including STEM, art, project-based learning, etc. to provide exposure and experiences that many Latino youth may not be able to participate in otherwise.

Students prepared for and planned an experiential learning program that provided physical, social, and technical skills development as well as a unique immersion in the natural world. This course involved daily hiking, packing, camp set up, orienteering, leadership, teamwork obligatory components, food management, etc. Students at this camp also earned science and P.E. credits.

To serve students enrolled in Corvallis High School, Crescent Valley High School, and College Hill and designed to help students catch up on credits to either complete final graduation requirements or get back on track in their progress toward graduation.

This program served students and families from kindergarten through grade twelve. A focus on families in crisis and students who are unable to connect with teachers, staff, and administrators. Staff will assess the mental health status of students, identify families’ basic needs, and provide resources for further support.

A beginning yoga class focused on inclusivity and methods of expression.

SAFE (Students Advocating for Equity) opportunities for artistic expression, physical activity and broadening cultural awareness.

Fresh, local produce from Riverland Family Farms for up to fifty families experiencing food insecurity and transportation barriers.

Professional development for educators learning about the diverse identities of Letitia Carson—the school’s new namesake—and creation of lesson plans for student instruction.

Self-care/personal-development workshops to support staff, making them personally and professionally more resilient.

This project will supply fresh, local produce from Riverland Family Farms to fifty families experiencing food insecurity and transportation barriers. Families will receive produce every other week throughout a twenty-week season. Boxes will include nutrition education activities and recipes in English and Spanish, thanks to a partnership with the Corvallis Environmental Center and Oregon State University’s Food Hero Program.

Many students experiencing poverty or homelessness suffer from isolation, stress, learning loss, food insecurity, and other unmet needs during the summer. This grant equips the Corvallis School District’s family support team with funds to enroll students in summer camps and programs in the community. This is especially important for younger students who need access to all-day programs and care. School District personnel will also arrange transportation to and from camps as needed.

Offered in virtual, hybrid, and in-person formats five mornings per week, this three-week program will be geared toward helping rising first through fifth graders recover foundational academic skills. In-person classes will be offered in English and Spanish at Mountain View Elementary and Adams Elementary Students from any Corvallis elementary school may participate at either site.

Ubuntu (oo-boon-too) is a Zulu or Xhosa word meaning “I am because we are.” It is a term for humaneness, caring, sharing and being in harmony with all of creation. Offered in both English and Spanish, this non-academic virtual afternoon program will include offerings such as Lego camp, book camp, art camp, chess camp, fitness camp, STEM camp and virtual travel camp. Camp Ubuntu is an opportunity for students to foster relationships with peers and adults in a safe, supportive environment.

The past year has been a time of limited social interaction and opportunities to develop relationships with peers and adults outside of students’ homes. Many marginalized students have experienced this loss most starkly. Camp Griffin will boost social connections and community engagement for students at Wildcat and Mountain View Elementary Schools. Students will start each afternoon with a gathering circle and then rotate through a series of hands-on stations and activities facilitated by an adult.

This two-week summer program will offer Cheldelin and Linus Pauling Middle School students an opportunity to build proficiency in math, literacy, and social communication. In addition to increasing academic skills, these classes aim to boost students’ confidence as they prepare for the 2021-22 school year.

Successful completion of Algebra 1 by 9th grade is an important benchmark for on-time graduation. This two-week program will cover skills and standards essential for success in Algebra 1 for incoming 9th grade students. This program is designed to build confidence and close learning gaps that may have occurred in middle school.

This two-week hands-on camp is for high school students who are deficient in science credits. The class will include field trips to different sites around Oregon where students can complete hands-on field studies in biodiversity. Successful participants will earn .5 credits in science.

This five-week program is designed to help students catch up on credits to either complete final graduation requirements or get back on track in their progress toward graduation. This program is open to any high school student who has failed a class or is behind in credits.

This four-week intensive course is for students who failed a semester of Language Arts. For many students, online English courses do not adequately replace the experience of taking a course in a classroom with a teacher. A crucial component to increasing graduation rates, this course allows students to complete reading and writing tasks meant to build skills and supplement work completed over the course of the year.

This three-week course for incoming ninth-graders will combine non-traditional, trauma-informed classroom practices with trauma-informed curriculum. Students will have an opportunity to not only earn credit, but to develop reading, writing and thinking skills in the context of developing emotional literacy and executive functioning. This program will pay special attention to building classroom community founded in trusting relationships between teacher and student and among peers.

Focused on young adult novels with nontraditional protagonists, this in-person Book Club will allow students to read books together and meet for discussion, reflection, and community. Book Club seeks to re-engage students who are deficient in English credits while building essential skills for academic success. In addition, Book Club aims to provide a place for students whose mental health would benefit from social support and interaction.

Throughout the school year, the Welcome Center serves as a hub for meeting the social service needs of 509J families. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation is ensuring the continuation of Welcome Center services throughout the summer. Staff will fill requests for food, hygiene items and emergency financial assistance as well as referring families to other agencies for additional support. This work is in direct response to the basic, economic, and food security needs of students.

This program will serve students and families from kindergarten through grade twelve. The focus will be on families in crisis and students who were unable to connect with teachers, staff, and administrators for distance learning throughout the spring. Staff will assess the mental health status of students, identify families’ basic needs, and provide resources for further support.

This three-week, invitation-only summer program is focused on social and emotional learning for students entering kindergarten. Students practice skills like how to line up, how to ask for help, how to share, and playground etiquette to build confidence and prepare for the upcoming year.

This two-week summer boost for incoming 6th graders helps prepare students for a successful start to their middle school math experience. In addition to honing their academic skills, students will practice organizational and time management skills, meet key staff, and understand the expectations of 6th graders.

This three-week program is geared toward 10th through 12th graders who are deficient in English credits. Students are required to complete four credits of English in order to graduate with a regular diploma. Geared toward emerging bilingual students, this class will allow students to earn .5 credit of English and get one step closer to graduation.

This four-week course at Corvallis High School is for students who failed a semester of language arts. We acknowledge that online English courses do not adequately replace the experience of taking a course in a classroom with a teacher. Therefore, this intensive course allows students to complete reading and writing tasks meant to build skills and supplement work they completed over the course of the year.

This five-week program serves students enrolled in Corvallis High School, Crescent Valley High School, and College Hill and is designed to help students catch up on credits to either complete final graduation requirements or get back on track in their progress toward graduation. This program is open to any high school student who has failed a class or is behind in credits.