Summer Program 2022

The school year may have ended, but your School on Wheels tutoring sessions can keep on rolling! Summer is the perfect time to provide positive mentorship and shrink the gaps in your student’s learning while serving as a consistent support system.  

Throughout the past two school years, our students faced a variety of obstacles that contributed to unfinished learning. Students enrolled in low-income schools lost a cumulative average of seven months of learning due to the pandemic, as barriers to technology grew and lockdowns and quarantine caused chronic absences. This means that our students need your support now, possibly more than ever, to help lessen their educational gaps.

We have designed our Summer Fun on Wheels program to provide you with activities using a combination of social and emotional learning (SEL) and traditional academics like English Language Arts. Activities are designed to be completed in one session and adaptable to all grade levels! 

To navigate the program follow these steps:

Step 1: During your next tutoring session, spend time together exploring the three social and emotional traits and accompanying activities to choose the one you will want to work on together.

Step 2: Fill out the enrollment form to choose your trait. 

Step 3: Check your email for a message from summer@schoolonwheels.org with a link to your packet of activities. 

Step 4: Complete the activities over the next 3 sessions.

Step 5: After completing the packet, choose a prize! 

  • Choose from a list of prizes. We’ll mail one to the student and one to you! 
  • You will each also be entered into a raffle. Two tutors will win a bag full of School on Wheels swag, and ten students will win a gift card!

For more detailed information, please enjoy this 20-minute informational webinar: 

Explore Social & Emotional Traits

Growth Mindset

People with a growth mindset understand we learn through hard work and help from others. Ready to view challenges with enthusiasm? This is the packet for you!

My Strengths
Name your strengths and identify new ones! 

Shark Tank 
Challenge yourself to invent something new!

Letter to Future Me
Share your accomplishments and goals with your future self!

Kindness & Happiness

Being kind can make you happy and when you are feeling happy you are more kind! This packet will help you explore what happiness and kindness mean to you. 

All About My Favorite . . . 
Teach your tutor about something that makes you happy!

Random Acts of Kindness
Bring happiness to others through random acts of kindness!

My Dream Vacation
Plan the vacation of your dreams for you and a special guest!

Curiosity

Curiosity is the desire to learn. It is an eagerness to explore, discover and figure things out. Choose this trait if you are ready to grow and explore! 

Historical Figure Fun Facts Project
Let your curiosity take you back in time to meet a historical figure!

Exploring Nature – Virtual Field Trip
Use your curiosity to explore nature!

Finding Museum Treasures – Virtual Field Trip
Spark curiosity by exploring the treasures of the world!

Enrollment Form

Additional Resources

School on Wheels is excited to offer your student access to a free e-book library called myON! Through myON, students have access to thousands of digital books to read during and outside of your tutoring sessions. Wherever your student chooses to take a digital reading adventure — to the ocean, the mountains, deep into the forest, out into space, back to the past, or ahead to the future — they are sure to find a book on myON to guide them. 

Please sign your student up for a free account (links below).  After we process your request, you will receive an email with further instructions. 

Sign up using the link that corresponds to your student’s grade: 

Kinder through 4th grade

5th through 8th grade

High School

Celebrate all that your student has accomplished this school year by gifting them 3 new books for summer reading fun! Fill out the form linked below (one order per student) to have books mailed to your student.

  • For students reading at the kindergarten level, we have a set of three beginning reading books ready to ship.
  • For students reading at a first-grade level and up, we have a list of available books with a link to the book description. During a tutoring session, take some time to choose three book titles together. Please do not choose for your student. 

If your student would like to participate, please complete the following form: https://forms.gle/mYK7fZWHaTkBFtpe9