YLA SUMMER SESSION
REGISTRATION: OPEN NOW! (Deadline: May 30, 2025)
In addition to the Young Leaders Academy school-year based program, the six-week Summer Session for children entering Grades 3-8 provides a continuum of learning to reverse summer learning loss. The Summer Session provides daily classroom instruction in core academic subjects, enrichment activities, service learning projects and educational field trips. The Summer Session takes place at Carthage College, with transportation provided daily from the George Bray YMCA, 924 Center Street, Racine.
What your child will experience:
- Morning activities include math, reading/language, and world language classes taught by certified teachers or student teachers.
- Lunch in the Todd Wehr Center Cafeteria.
- Afternoon session includes structured recreational activities including swimming, basketball, kickball, relay races and various other group games and exercises designed to build camaraderie and teach self-discipline, teamwork, fair play, rule following and good sportsmanship, in addition to other important life and social skills.
- Friday activities include educational field trips or participation in service-learning projects (e.g. cleaning community parks, starting community gardens).
Pricing:
Current/Returning YLA Participants: $125
First Time Participants: $150
*Extended care is available for an additional cost.
For questions and to register, contact Tiffany Hollimon at thollimon@ymcaracine.org or 262.898.4763
The YLA Summer Session is made possible through the generous support of SC Johnson.
