Summer Learning

GLPS Summer Learning Program – Student and Family Information

Families:

Welcome to the GLPS Summer Learning Program! We are excited to be able to offer our outstanding program to our families again this year. This document outlines the details of the program. Our focus,  as it was last year, is to provide a fun engaging learning experience for students! Sign up will start  May 8th at 8am and Close at 3pm May 23rd.  There will be no Late sign ups this year. The sign up will be through PowerSchool, you cannot use the app, you will need to use a computer. See directions below. This will be on a first come first serve basis.  If there are no sections to sign up for, that means that all sections for that week are full. Please be patient if you log into powerschool at 8am and it is hard to get in, there might be a lot of parents logging in at the same time. 

Locations:

K-6 Programming - Holbrook Elementary School  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Dates, Times:

July 7, 8, 9, 10         Nature and Gardening    

July 14, 15, 16, 17        Get Your Game On

July 21, 22, 23, 24        Mad Scientist

July 28, 29, 30, 31        Animal Science

Contacting the Summer Learning Office

The Summer learning office can be contacted through the summer learning email at GLPSsummerlearning@glcomets.net  Please note this email address will be active now, and will be active until July 31st. In case of an emergency during July, please call the Summer learning office at 517-925-5480. During summer learning please DO NOT leave a voicemail, as the voicemail will not be accessible to the Summer Learning Staff. 

District Transportation: 

If you need district transportation please fill out the following google form by May 23, 2025. Click Here. No transportation requests will be accepted after May 23, 2025.  Please note that the pick up and drop off location has to be the same address.  You will be notified by the transportation department of your route number and pick up/drop off times via email on or before June 20, 2025.  The bus app, StopFinder, will be accessible for Summer Learning. 

Field Trip Permission:

Students will be attending field trips in the mornings as part of their day, we will not be having afternoon field trips. Please Click Here to fill out the field trip form.  Students will NOT be able to attend field trips without a signed permission slip.

Classroom Assignments:

You will be able to view your students teacher and schedule on or before June 20, 2025

Snacks:

We are not serving a snack this year because the dollars used for this in the past are no longer available. You can choose to have your students bring in a peanut/tree nut free snack each day if you would like.  

Attendance:  

If your child is going to be absent, email GLPSsummerlearning@glcomets.net.  Please include your child's name, teacher’s name and days they will be absent, along with your name and telephone number in the email.

Special Education Services:

All students with IEPs, 504’s, or other plans are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will have special education staff available to support them in their classes. 

Drop Off Information:

• Please do not drop students off before 8:50am, as there will be no supervision

• All K-6 drop off students will be dropped off in the parent drop off circle in front of Holbrook; Adults will usher students along the sidewalk into the gymnasium.

• All K-6 bus riders will be dropped off in the bus loop, and walked through the building to the gymnasium 

• Once all students are in the gymnasium, they will line up by grade level, teacher, and color.

• Tell your students to look for the signs!

  • K-1 Pink

  • 2-3 Yellow

  • 4-5 Blue

  • 6 Purple

• At 9:00am, teachers and TA’s will help students to their assigned classrooms

Pick up Information:

• Students will be dismissed in shifts by announcement. Teachers and TA’s will walk students to their designated location; out back for bus riders and out front for pick ups.

• Walkers and bus riders routes 1-7 will be dismissed first, followed by bus riders who ride routes 7-14.

• Teachers and TA’s will make sure students get to the buses and parents safely.

Student Behaviors:

• Students are expected to follow the Grand Ledge Public Schools Code of Conduct while taking part in Summer Learning. Summer Learning is designed to provide social emotional support and be a fun and engaging environment. Therefore, if a student exhibits disruptive or unsafe behavior, staff will work to redirect the behavior. However, if a student violates the code of conduct with a behavior that warrants suspension, the student will be removed from the program all subsequent weeks of summer learning.

Eligible Students and Sign Up Information:

The GLPS summer learning program is open to all students enrolled at Grand Ledge Public Schools during the 24-25 school year.  It is not available for students from other school districts or students who will be starting for the 25-26 school year. Incoming kindergarten students are not eligible unless they are GLPS current Begindergarten (BK) students.. Students will sign up based on the grade level in which they are currently enrolled (BK students, they will sign up for kindergarten).

Based on space and staffing, students will be placed on a first come, first served basis. All placements will be finalized and communicated via PowerSchool to families on or before June 20th. Along with your confirmation, you will receive additional information about classrooms, field trips, drop off/pick up procedures, and other logistics. 

How to sign up for summer learning:  

YOU MUST SIGN UP ON A COMPUTER, IT WILL NOT WORK ON THE APP.

• Log into your student’s PowerSchool account

• On the left side of the screen under Navigation, select Summer Learning

• This will bring you to the Student Schedule Creator screen

  • In the text box it will have a link to sign up for busing and a link to give permission to attend field trips. 

  • This will show all 4 weeks

• Choose the week(s)you want to sign up for by selecting course options for each week you would like (each week needs to be done separately).

• Once you pick Course options, you will select one of the sections that are available by selecting a course that is highlighted blue.  Once the sections are full you will not be able to select that section.

• Below is an example of what you might see. Once a section is full you will not be able to select it and once a grade level is full for the week you will not be able to select it.  You can, however, select other sections and weeks.
  

Questions

If you have questions or concerns during the enrollment window, please contact:
The Summer Learning Team - GLPSsummerlearning@glcomets.net
Kellee Auge, Academic School Advocate - augek@glcomets.net
Steve Gabriel, Assistant Superintendent for Academic Services - gabriels@glcomets.net