Summer-bridge classes help kids kick-start high school
Incoming ninth graders Miles Fox, left, and Josh Chase, right, both 14, work out a chess move together during a class called "Chess Challenge" during the Summer Bridge program at West Seattle High School. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
Before this summer, Josh Chase wasn’t sure he was prepared for high school. He wanted to do better than he had in middle school when he went through a rough time personally, but was worried he was too far behind.
So when Chase, 14, received a letter inviting him to attend a 5-½-week summer program to help him
