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# SMMUSD Getting ahead during the summer
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smmusd-getting-ahead-during-the-summer/
- Published: 2008-02-23T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:21:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Malibu, #archive-import

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The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation is piloting a fee-based, for-credit summer school at Santa Monica High School. Teachers are said to be enthusiastic. Now it’s time to see if students and their parents are, too.

Preliminary Details: • Monday, June 30 – Friday, Aug. 8 (July 4 off). • 8 a.m. —12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. • $600 tuition; textbooks provided. • Limited amount of scholarships are available; based on free and/or reduced-fee lunch qualification. • Courses will be challenging — an entire year curriculum taught in six weeks. • Attendance is mandatory; a student can miss no more than three days. • The grade received is binding unless the class is dropped by end of first week; there are no refunds. • Students may audit the class at the teacher’s discretion. Classes being considered include: Algebra I, biology, chemistry, creative writing (for elective credit), geometry, government, physical education, physics, physiology, psychology, social sciences, social studies, sociology, and Spanish.

Jump Start College (no credit): Students can sign up for one of three two-week classes where students will learn to navigate a college search, complete the common application for UCs, write their college essay, create a resume of activities, and organize a personalized calendar and filing system for tracking their applications.

For more information and a copy of the summer school survey

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 23, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022308.pdf?ref=smdp.com)