2023 Summer School

This summer Poway Unified School District is pleased to announce that we will offer Summer School to current high school students (i.e., students who are enrolled in grades 9 - 12 during the 2022-23 school year). High school Summer School is not available to students who are current 8th grade students.

Courses will be offered for both credit recovery and for acceleration.

Credit Recovery:  Students who need to make-up a course previously attempted (i.e., a course in which the student received a grade of D or F) will be accommodated in Summer School.

Acceleration:  Students who would like to take a Summer School course for the purpose of acceleration will be accommodated on a limited basis.  Applications will be prioritized based on grade level.

Requests for Summer School can be made beginning Monday, March 13, 2023 through Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

Students interested in Summer School should contact their school site counselor.  All requests for Summer School (with the exception of credit recovery requests based on the final term) must be received by May 3, 2023. Counselors will request courses for students.

Students and families will be notified of Summer School placement no later than Wednesday, May 24, 2023.  Students and families must accept their placement in the course and affirm their commitment to attend by May 31, 2023 or their placement may be forfeited to another student.

Students in grades 9 through 11 are limited to no more than two courses during the 2023 summer session.

Students who need to make-up a course previously attempted will be accommodated in Summer School.

Students who would like to take a Summer School course for the purpose of acceleration will be accommodated on a limited basis.  Applications will be prioritized based on grade level.

Students and families will be notified of Summer School placement no later than Wednesday, May 24, 2023.  Students and families must accept their placement in the course and affirm their commitment to attend by May 31, 2023 or their placement may be forfeited to another student. 

NOTICE: Due to the overwhelming number of requests for summer school, we are experiencing some delays in notifying students and families of their placements.  We expect to be able to notify all students and families of their placement on or before May 31, 2023.  Students and families receiving notification must affirm their commitment to attend by June 7, 2023.

All Summer School courses will be offered online.  Synchronous instruction will be provided and teachers will hold regular office hours to provide just-in-time support for students. 

Online office hours for all courses will be available between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (except holidays). 

Students will also be required to attend mandatory Zoom meeting(s) and/or in-person labs depending upon the course.  Please see below for additional details for specific courses.

The following courses will be delivered via Canvas and will require students to participate in twice weekly live Zoom meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.

• Integrated Math 1A, 1B
• Integrated Math 2A, 2B
• US History 1, 2
• World History 1, 2
• Health
• Spanish 1, 2
• Spanish 3, 4
• Physical Education
• Economics
• Civics

In addition to synchronous online instruction, Biology 1, 2 students are required to attend a weekly in-person lab at DNHS (room TBD).  The lab will be offered on Thursdays from 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM.

The following courses will be delivered via Edgenuity and will require students to attend a weekly meeting via Zoom with the assigned course instructor.  The meeting time(s) will be determined by the teacher and student at the time the student is enrolled.

• Integrated Math 3A, 3B
• American Literature 1, 2
• HS English 1, 2
• HS English 3, 4

Additional Edgenuity courses may be available to students who:

• Are seniors needing multiple classes to graduate?
• Need a class without a full cohort (i.e., the enrollment is <40)
• Need two classes that are offered in the same Summer School term.
• Have special circumstances that cause them to be unable to participate in the cohort classes.

Canvas

• Students are expected to participate in the twice weekly live Zoom meetings (Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM). 
• Students who have not logged in or made progress for the first two days of each term will be dropped from the course.
• Students who miss more than two Zoom classes will be dropped from the course.
• Students enrolled in Biology 1, 2 must attend all of the in-person labs.

Edgenuity

• Students will meet virtually via Zoom at least one time per week with teachers to review course progress.
• Students who are not meeting course progress benchmarks will be dropped from the course.
• Students are expected to complete a course in three weeks (can be extended if regular progress is being made).
• ​Summer School students must complete assigned Edgenuity courses by August 1st (the Summer School end date).  If desired, students who have not completed all assigned courses may re-enrolled in courses after the start of the 2023-24 school year to finish courses started in Summer School.

It’s important to remember that Summer School courses are accelerated courses in which students complete an entire quarter or trimester term course (usually 9 - 12 weeks) in a three week period. In order to complete both Canvas and Edgenuity courses in the allotted time frames, students should expect to spend between 20-30 hours per week with course content. A best practice is for students to dedicate time and schedule these hours each week so that they don’t fall behind.  It’s also recommended that students find a quiet place to work on their assignments that is free from distractions.

A note for vacationing students and families:  Students may access their PUSD online courses only from North America (United States, Mexico, and Canada).  Students traveling beyond North America should not plan to attend online summer school.

It’s important to remember that Summer School courses are accelerated courses in which students complete an entire quarter or trimester term course (usually 9 - 12 weeks) in a three week period. In order to complete both Canvas and Edgenuity courses in the allotted time frames, students should expect to spend between 20-30 hours per week with course content. A best practice is for students to dedicate time and schedule these hours each week so that they don’t fall behind.  It’s also recommended that students find a quiet place to work on their assignments that is free from distractions.

Although all courses will be offered online, synchronous instruction (via live Zoom meetings) will be provided and teachers will hold regular office hours to provide just-in-time supports for students. Online office hours for all courses will be available between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (except holidays). Students will also be required to attend mandatory Zoom meeting(s) and/or in-person labs depending upon the course.  Please see above (How will courses be delivered?) for additional details for specific courses.

When a course is taken through Edgenuity for Acceleration, the course will be coded on the student transcript as an online course.  Online courses may affect students' NCAA eligibility.  If this is of concern, please contact your school site counselor or registrar to be sure that you are enrolled in a version of the course that will not affect your NCAA eligibility.

For questions, please email summerschool@powayusd.com

Tamara Pickard, Office Assistant
858-748-0010, Ext. 2723
tpickard@powayusd.com

Priscilla Sanchez, Principal
prsanchez@powayusd.com

Patty Hurtt, Director
phurtt@powayusd.com

Kathleen Porter, Executive Director
kporter@powayusd.com