text: Teacher-designed summer projects for students is a much better option than to let the students design them themselves. The teachers know in better detail what the student will be learning about once they get back into school after summer break. For example, a student who just finished geometry and who is going into Algebra II is going to have to learn a whole new skill-set during that course, and the Algebra II teachers can design a project around an introduction to all of the new material to be taught during the new year. Another example is in the science department. Most students will take chemistry one year, then physics the next year. These two courses have very little in common and is a big leap in material to learn. If the physics department designs a project to introduce the rising physics students into physics so they don't come into class completely unprepared, it would allow for a much more efficient school year.