text: Elizabeth Campos                             For students, summer break is a time where school is just a figment of their imagination. Once school is out and summer begins, students dispose of the material they have obtained during the year to make room for the amazing memories of the summer. Teachers and staff know that learning is not what is on a child's mind when school is out of session, so they create summer projects to ensure that their students are still gaining knowledge even when school is out. Summer projects should be teacher-designed because they will base it off of necessary topics, be able to decipher between strengths and weaknesses of students, and challenge the students beyond their comfort zone.