Chicago Lights Summer Day

Chicago Lights Summer Day provides a safe place to learn and engage in academic classes and arts activities for 90 first through eighth graders for six weeks each summer. At the end of the session, children present a dynamic, multicultural music and dance performance for the community.

Students primarily from the Near North, West Town, and Humboldt Park neighborhoods come to Chicago Lights for classroom instruction in writing, reading, science, and math in the mornings; and art workshops in dance, drama, art, music, and digital music production in the afternoons.

Field trips throughout the Chicagoland area and enrichment classes such as yoga, healthy eating, and computer skills are also included in the six-week curriculum. At the end of the program, the children present a dynamic, multicultural music, dance, and drama performance for the community.

Summer Day 2013 will run from July 1–August 7, Monday–Friday from
8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Volunteer with Summer Day

This high-energy, six-week program serving children entering first through eighth grades and living in Chicago’s underserved neighborhoods offers instruction in reading, writing, math, science, music, dance, drama, and art. Summer Day is a way for children to get a jump-start on the upcoming school year and develop exciting, new talents while having fun. And we need you!

Please join us at one of the following Volunteer Orientations for more information:

Tuesday, June 11, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
or
Thursday, June 20, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut St. Chicago, IL 60611
(Enter the Gratz Center building directly behind the church)

More information about volunteer opportunities is available here and by contacting Fernie Tiflis (312.981.3381).

Summer Day Photos

Happy 30th Birthday, Summer Day! | July 21, 2011

More information about Summer Day is available on the Chicago Lights website or by contacting Meghan Stegemann (312.981.356), Program Coordinator for Chicago Lights Tutoring and Summer Day.