Allendale-Fairfax Elementary urges families to sign up for summer learning

Allendale-Fairfax Elementary urged families to lock in summer learning with a Monday-through-Thursday schedule that ran from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from June 3 through June 30. The posting positioned the program as a practical option for the long summer stretch, giving children a structured weekday setting while school is out.

The school said the program offered choices based on a child’s age and academic needs, naming CERDEP, Read to Succeed, Traditional Summer Learning and 1890 Scholars among the options. Families were directed to apply through a QR code or a Microsoft Forms link shared in the post, signaling that enrollment was active and meant to move quickly before the summer window filled up.

The message fit into a broader Allendale County Schools effort to keep students from losing ground over the break. The district previously invited scholars in grades 3K-12 to participate in summer learning under the banner “Keys to ESCAPE: Unlocking Doors to Your Full Potential,” framing the work as more than enrichment and more than make-up time. It was a response to a familiar local concern: summer learning loss, and the risk that students return in August having slipped academically over the break.

At Allendale-Fairfax Elementary, the summer push also reflected the school’s day-to-day leadership under Principal Audrey Patterson and Assistant Principal Miguel Lawrence. Earlier district summer-learning messaging showed how the program has been organized before, including a 2023 notice that said one registration form could cover multiple students in the district and listed contacts for CERDEP, Read 2 Succeed, middle school summer learning and high school credit recovery.

CERDEP carries its own state context. The program began in South Carolina in 2006 and was permanently established under the Read to Succeed Act in 2014. It is the state’s full-day 4K program for eligible children, which helps explain why it appears alongside elementary reading support and traditional summer learning in the Allendale-Fairfax lineup.

The summer push is not limited to the school district. The Allendale Hampton Jasper Regional Library System is also running a summer learning challenge from June 1 through July 31, adding another supervised option for children and families across the Allendale Hampton Jasper region.