The Marshall School Board approved summer school to be held June 2-29 during its most-recent meeting.

According to unofficial minutes from the meeting, all students will remain in their 2020-21 grade level.

Elementary- kindergarten through fourth-grade students- will be at the Spainhower Primary School. Classes will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; a team teach approach will be used- one teacher will focus on math and science; one teacher will focus on ELA and social studies; specials courses offered will be physical education and library; breakfast and lunch will be free; camp hours will be from 1 to 3 p.m.; Camp activities might include STEM, art, outdoor exploration, get fit and/or theater.

Middle school – at Bueker Middle School for fifth- through eighth-graders. Classes will be offered in all four content areas – fifth- and sixth-graders will be together and seventh and eighth graders together; special classes offered will be physical education and self-care and wellness; self-care and wellness is a themed day each week that will teach students self-care and wellness – Mediate Monday; Take a Pose Yoga Tuesday; Get Fit Wednesday; Think and Be Healthy Thursday (Mental Health Focus); and Fit and Fun Snack Friday.

High school classes will be at Marshall High School for all grades. The focus will be on credit recovery. The delivery of instruction will be mainly using Acellus with Marshall Public School teachers providing small groups/one-on-one intervention with those students who need that consistent support. Health and Personal Finance- Principal Ian Verts is looking at the number of students who are interested in obtaining these credits and is working with Mrs. Brown or any eighth-graders who are not attending summer school due to D’s and F’s and offer these two courses to incoming freshmen. This also will be instructed through Acellus with Marshall Public School staff monitoring and offering support.

Information about a July summer school will be given at the April board meeting.