2026 Summer Bridge Program
Incoming 9th-Graders, start your year off right with our
Summer Bridge Program.
Get Ready for High School!
Join us for an engaging summer experience designed to help students make a smooth and confident transition from 8th to 9th grade.
August 10 - 13, 2026
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM daily
All incoming 9th-grade scholars ONLY
Program Highlights:
- Walk your schedule and get your locker
- Meet teachers, administrators, and counselors
- Engage in a panel discussion with student leaders
- Participate in sessions about credits, graduation requirements, study skills, organization, ELA, and Math
- Learn your RTA bus route and get bus tickets
- Lunch served daily
- All students will receive a t-shirt, and all families will receive 2 t-shirts
Registration closes on July 21st!
Participating High Schools
- Bard Early College High School
- Benjamin O. Davis Jr. High School
- Cleveland School of the Arts
- East Tech High School
- Garrett Morgan High School
- Ginn Academy
- Glenville High School
- James Ford Rhodes High School
- John Adams College & Career Academy
- John F. Kennedy High School
- John Hay High School
- John Marshall High School
- Lincoln-West High School
- Max S. Hayes High School