Intersessions are breaks after each week report card period. Intersessions are being planned to provide both tutorial and enrichment activities for those students who choose to participate. Students who do not accomplish academic expectations during the 9 week block will be encouraged to participate in tutorial activities during the intersessions. Students who make satisfactory progress may choose to participate in an enrichment activity such as drama club, wood shop, or writing for the MEC web page/newspaper, just to name a few. The sessions at MEC will be in the morning; however, community resources will provide after school activities. Intersessions, much like summer school in MPS, are optional.
 
 

In addition to MEC being open for intersessions, community resources such as The Boys and Girls Club, Discovery World, the Milwaukee Public Museum and public libraries will be called upon to provide learning activities for our children.
 
 

Children on the YRS calendar have most of the same days off as children on the traditional calendar such as Labor Day, Thanksgiving Recess, Convention Days, Winter Break, Dr. M. L. King's Birthday, Spring Break, Memorial Day and 6 weeks in the summer. However, some of the traditional summer vacation days have been reassigned throughout the school year in the form of intersessions.
 
 

The Calendar is set up to provide academic assistance to students throughout the school year rather than waiting until the end of the year to review subjects that may have been taught at the beginning of the school year. Studies show that students lose 1 month of instruction for every 3 months of summer vacation. Students on the YRS calendar retain more information, have improved attendance and better attitudes about school. Teachers have more time to plan for each 9 week block. They also have the opportunity to reflect, modify, and evaluate the curriculum based on the needs of the students.