Boys & Girls Clubs Preventing Summer Learning Loss

Parents looking for affordable, all-day summer camps for their children have a convenient option in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro (BGCP). Over the summer, youth can come to the Club for skill-building activities that curb the summer learning slide, as well as for healthy, nutritious meals and snacks open to all youth aged 0 - 18. Each week has themed activities built around exciting and engaging topics like outer space, ocean exploration, around the world, community and civic engagement, nature, wacky science, and much more!

Summer learning loss can put students, especially underserved youth, an average of two months behind their peers when they return to school in the fall; this slide becomes cumulative every year. That’s why BGCP summer programs are built around our ‘Summer Brain Gain’ lens with fun and enriching experiences in the arts, STEM, sports and wellness, and leadership. Dedicated Brain Gain activities help build and maintain the needed learning skills acquired during the school year.
In addition, youth have opportunities to take field trips around Portland and beyond, such as OMSI, the Zoo, and getting out in nature. Teens also will visit colleges and participate in summer internship programs.

BGCP offers eight weeks of affordable all-day programs for youth 1st - 6th grade, with an extra 7:30 am – 9:00am Sunrise Club option at a small fee, helpful for parents who go to work early. Teen programming for 7th - 12th graders runs from 12:00pm – 6:00 pm. Visitor drop-in rates are also available.

This summer, BGCP is open for registration for 1st - 6th graders in Oak Grove, SE Portland, East County, Hillsboro, and inner NE Portland. Three Club sites are open for teen (7th-12th grade) registration in Hillsboro, Gresham, and North Portland.

Oak Grove, Blazers, Wattles, Regence and Rockwood Clubs all open for their eight-week summer programs on Monday, June 24. For more details and to register, visit bgcportland.org/summer.