School in the Square (S2) is a charter K-8 elementary and middle school in Washington Heights and Inwood communities that engages, educates, and empowers its students to respond mindfully and creatively to life’s opportunities and challenges. In line with their commitment to equity and diversity, S2 is dedicated to serving all students by providing a differentiated and inclusive learning environment.
In the summer, S2 offers a 3-week innovative STEM and literacy program for its students, and this year included their incoming 6th grade cohort. The Summer in the Square Program is thoughtfully designed to combat summer learning loss or the “summer slide” (click here for more info) by combining targeted academic instruction with fun and engaging projects.
S2 partners with Camp Invention to engage students in projects that build essential 21st century skills, such as communication, collaboration and design. Students get to utilize their creativity and critical thinking skills to solve a variety of challenges through technology, such as: designing a video game that incorporates wellness, ideating what the phones of the future will look like and do for us, or building their own Rube Goldberg machines. Not only does Summer in the Square engage students in a way that makes learning and inventing fun, it also helps prepare our students to start strong every Fall.
