text: And don't make it about sports cause that would be a bad idea. I hope you will change your mind about this policy .How can students continue to learn over the summer? Summer break is the longest break of the year for most students, and many students tend to not maintain what they had learned during the school year. Naturally teachers would want their students to continue learning over the break. In order to do so teachers might assign summer projects, that way their students don't stop learning over the 2 month break and are able to maintain what they already learned from the school year. Most summer projects that are teacher-designed bring the stresses of the school year, such as deadlines or requirements, into summer break. That's why these summer projects should be student-designed as it would provide the students with more freedom, an increased interest in what they learn, and less stress over the course of the project.