Summer School gives high school students a chance to earn credits, upgrade marks, complete prerequisites, or make room in their schedules — all while still enjoying summer break.

This year, Saskatoon Public Schools Summer School will run at Evan Hardy Collegiate from July 6 to 30, Monday to Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Summer School is open to high school students and adults.

"Students get a chance to connect with their teachers and classmates in a more intimate setting, that is still fun, while learning," says Karen Peterson, principal of Summer School. "And we don't have classes on Fridays, so every weekend is a long weekend."

Students choose to enroll in Summer School for a variety of reasons including getting ahead, completing a needed prerequisite, lightening their course load for the coming school year, or improving a mark.

For Kanakpreet Kaur - who is now completing Grade 12 - Summer School helped create space in her Grade 12 schedule for courses she wanted and needed.

"I was able to take courses that I really wanted, and some that were prerequisites for university as well," she says. "I wanted to go into life sciences at U of T, and I needed to take calculus, chemistry, physics, and biology. Some of these courses would have been pretty hard to take if I didn’t take summer school because I didn’t have space in my schedule."

Kaur said she was initially unsure about taking a summer class but found the experience worthwhile.

"The environment is pretty relaxed, the class size is smaller, and - honestly - it was a very worthwhile experience," she continues. "You still get your summer, but you’re also able to do a full course within a month."

The cost for Summer School is $525 per class, as summer school programming is not funded by the Ministry of Education.

Registration is now open - click here.

VIDEO: Watch Karen Peterson and Kanakpreet Kaur speaking with Global Saskatoon about Summer School

PHOTO: Karen Peterson and Kanakpreet Kaur