High-quality learning for New York City charter school students in Summer 2022

Applications are due no later than 11:59pm on May 4th, 2022.

Summer Boost NYC isn’t providing or endorsing any specific enrichment programs. We encourage sites to consider all options for enrichment, including recruiting special area teachers to teach courses and/or partnering with local organizations to help offer students and families full-day programming. Sites hosting full-day programming are eligible for additional funding to help support enrichment partnerships or teachers as necessary.

The Summer Boost NYC pre- and post-tests are New York Next Generation Learning Standard-aligned assessments following this curriculum map for both English and Math. All students will take these assessments on the Edulastic platform at the beginning and end of the summer program. The Edulastic platform will be provided to all schools and Lavinia will host optional trainings on administering and scoring the assessment. This data will help the funders of Summer Boost NYC understand what impact the program had on students. Because the assessments will be mapped to state standards, the data will also help schools understand how their students are doing and where they might focus with interventions after the summer program. During the application, you will share the standards you plan to cover during your program. While your students will take the complete assessments, your results will only be mapped back to the standards you planned to cover.

Yes! We will provide a budget calculator where you can determine how much funding you’ll be eligible for. You’ll then provide a budget and a narrative to support that budget.

For schools using the Lavinia RISE curriculum, all teacher training will take place the week of June 27th. Lavinia is offering two student start dates — July 5-August 5 or July 12-August 12. Schools using RISE can do half-day programming or full-day programming. Full-day programming will require that schools identify a plan for enrichment programming. For schools using a different curriculum and programming, dates can be set by your school. The program must include between 20 and 30 instructional days (full-day or half-day).