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Non-Cognitive Abilities & Teacher Quality
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Summer Programs
You can search here for a specifc school's programs (i.e., Simpson Academy), for programs within a certain zipcode, and for programs by name/type. For example, under "Program Name" you would search for "soccer" or "theater" or "computer." Note that when using zipcodes you can broaden your search by entering, say, just the first three numbers of the zipcode: 020 instead of 02061, for example.