text: Since teachers know what you should expect for the upcoming school year and doinga summer project helps you retain information this can give the teacher the option to make the project based on topics that you aren't as strong in so when the year comes up you'll have a good understanding of it. Especially when you are continuing on to a higher level of a previous class it is important to have the informtaion from last year locked in to your head so you don't fall behind. An example of this is when I got assigned a summer project based on the units of history that I didn't do well in so the teacher gave me a summer project so next year I have a good grasp on what I learned.