YMCA hosts 2 tours of its Learn Grow Thrive Day Camp

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Tour members leave a classroom they just toured at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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YMCA CEO Mary Cutone introduces guests to guests before a tour at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Zachary Arnold, 12, of Burbank, reads one of his writings using themes on the dry-erase board behind him for the class and tour visitors at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A tour group goes into a classroom at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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A tour group gathers in the hall to evaluate what they had just seen in a classroom at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Classrooms filled with children were part of the tour at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Woodbury University Vice President Erik Greeny, YMCA Board Member Kelly Nittoli, District Representative for Congressman Adam Schiff Pamela Marcello, Southeast Ventura County YMCA Senior Director Megan Glynn, Southeast Ventura County YMCA CEO Ronnie Stone listen to their tour guide Angela Buck at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Masks, made by using balloons and paper mache, are for children to show the face they show the world, and they wrote their inner feelings inside the masks at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Justin Gutierrez, 13, of Burbank, reads an essay he wrote that extols the virtues of the YMCA Learn, Grow, Thrive program at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Angela Buck, Child Development Center Director, talks about how she had to hire several teachers to be the instructors for the Learn, Grow, Thrive program at Luther Burbank Middle School on Thursday, July 13, 2017. The Burbank Community YMCA, for the last four years, has hosted the Learn, Grow, Thrive program for children offering summer reading and enrichment. The program has teachers, primarily from the Burbank Unified School District, but has grown a lot requiring an outreach to nearby school districts, attracting a lot of teachers. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

By Priscella Vega

Los Angeles Times

July 14, 2017 2:20 PM PT

The Burbank Community YMCA hosted tours Wednesday and Thursday at two local schools to showcase its day camp offered for children during the summer.

The YMCA’s Learn Grow Thrive Day Camp is held in collaboration with the Burbank Unified School District and provides lessons about vocabulary, spelling, reading, writing and math by credentialed teachers in the district as well as activities such as singing, outdoor camps, swimming and field trips provided by the YMCA.

The camp, which has been offered the past four years, continues to see an increase in enrollment and interest, said Romie Ruiz, the local YMCA’s director of mission advancement.

The program also aims to close the achievement gap during the summer when most students don’t attend school, she added.

For more information, visit burbankymca.org/camp.php or call (818) 562-5461.

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