In previous years summer school almost always mean having to make up for academic limitations - not anymore! Summer school can really augment the knowledge of children and make child education advanced for their age.

Here are pointers on why summer school is advantageous from about.com:

- Summer school helps prevent “brain drain” of topics learned over the previous year. Since school is a stepping stone where each year provides the foundation for new skills the upcoming year, forgetting basic school-level skills is a real problem for teachers every year.

- Since class ratios are very small, or even one-on-one, students benefit from receiving quality instruction with fewer distractions.

- Target tutoring allows students to benefit right where they need it the most.

- Students with low self-esteem or academic concerns benefit greatly from summer school. While their report cards may show an A, the may be fearful about new concepts to be learned and whether they will be able to grasp the content as quickly as their peers.
- Summer school is a great confidence builder, in that a student entering a grade where fractions will be learned, for example, can enter into the classroom already having that base understanding to feel better about overall school success.

http://childcare.about.com/od/schoolagetopics/a/summerschool.htm