Summer Learning Experience

Each student* is required to complete our 2009 Summer Learning Experience. 

The Summer Learning Experience was created so every member of the Feehan community could share in a similar experience over the summer months. This program is designed to give a broader choice of enrichment possibilities by offering experiences in both literature and the arts.

This summer each Feehan member
will experience

each connected to this year’s theme:

FRIENDSHIP

This year's Summer Learning Experience examines the important role other people have on our lives. Who are our friends? What are friends for? What acts of friendship do we engage in real life? By the way in which we reflect upon and react to our understanding of friendship, we can come to better know ourselves.

This summer you are asked to strengthen your reading and reflecting skills by reading, engaging, and reflecting upon a multimedia package centered on the theme of friendship.  We hope this experience will be both enjoyable and informative. 

There are THREE parts to the 2009 experience:

1. Watch, read, listen, and view one item from each of the four categories
2. Complete the Report Form and write an Response Essay at home. Both will be turned in to your homeroom teacher on September 10th, 2009.
3. Prepare for your small group meeting which will be September, 25 2009. On September 25, 2009, you will meet with a small group including a student facilitator, a faculty member, and other 9th -12th graders for short presentations on friendship and this summer's learning experience. Each student is asked to come to the meeting prepared to make a 2 minute presentation. Click here for Presentation ideas.

Many of these materials are available at your local public library.

• To find items at your local Massachusetts library search the following catalogs:My Own Cafe, SAILS, CLAMS
• For library catalogs in Rhode Island visit the Ocean State Library online catalog which covers all Rhode Island libraries.

For every student, the multimedia package to be completed over the summer includes:

• One book which you will have the option to select from six choices.
• One film that you select to watch and reflect upon from the list of films.
• A work of art that you view and reflect upon from the list of recommended art works.
• A song of your choosing from the list of songs selected.
• A report of short worksheets that will help with the reflection/engagement process and which must also be handed in by all students in the fall
• One response essay to be written once all media are viewed and turned in on the first day of school.
   

Students must bring all completed Written work to school on Thursday, September 10, 2009.

Later in the semester, each student will share a 2 minute presentation based on their summer work in small faculty/student groups. Each student is asked to come to the meeting prepared to make a 2 minute presentation.

* Students taking AP Courses next fall may have additional summer work to complete. Check this site to see what other work is required.

Click on these links to

Print paperwork to begin the Report and Essay response process

Choose a Presentation idea

Click on these links to:

• Select one book to read
• Choose one movie to view

• Select one song to listen to
• Choose one art work to view
• Print report and essay paperwork to begin the response process

• Get ideas for your 2 minute presentation

• AP^®  STUDENTS!  For Required Summer work for AP Courses, check here