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+# July 7th, 2015 Progress Update
+
+Updates in brief:
+
+- Concluded the school year with 40 schools across 11 states reaching 1,300 students
+  - 32% female (nearly 2x average in high school computer science classes)
+  - 37% black/Hispanic (7x industry average)
+  - 1/4th of our schools have a majority of students on free or reduced lunch
+- Concluded 2nd of the 4 sessions of our two-week summer program
+  - 9/10 average rating for 1st cohort
+  - 9.4/10 average rating for 2nd cohort
+- Our work has been mentioned in...
+  - Cover story of the June California Sunday issue (distributed with LA Times & SF Chronicle, 400k+ readers)
+  - Today Show
+  - USA Today
+  - EdSurge
+
+Student feedback:
+
+> I had always, in the back of my head, knew that we should overcome challenges
+> and push our limits but never really lived by such thinking very much until
+> this camp...
+>
+> The way Hack Camp is taught is totally opposite of what our school system is.
+> This camp really opened my mind to the different ways that I can learn.
+
+> BLEHHHHH all i have to say is thanks so much for making my first encounter
+> with computer science and coding so much fun :D
+
+> In the camp's mere two weeks, more than in any part of my life, not in my days
+> as a fetus, an infant, a toddler, an elementary schooler, a middle schooler, a
+> high school freshman, a high school sophomore, or a high school junior, I have
+> never made so many mistakes.
+
+## Next Steps
+
+Our summer program is structured to map one-to-one to our clubs during the
+school year and we're using it to build our "club playbook" for next semester.
+We're currently hard at work preparing for our third session and have begun
+working on our rollout plan for next semester.
+
+We have two primary objectives going into the next semester:
+
+1. Rolling out and iterating on our "club playbook"
+2. Onboarding ~25 additional schools
+
+I'll keep you in the loop as we progress. We have a long ways to go, but I know
+we can do this together.
+
+Best regards,
+Zach