Summer Adventures

Young learners sharpen crucial academic skills and discover new abilities in small classes taught by creative, experienced teachers. The highly respected Orton-Gillingham Approach to phonics as well as practice in fundamental written language is at the heart of the young child's summer experience. Exciting activities in art and music provide additional ways of tapping creativity in a caring, fun-filled atmosphere.

• Tuition:  $1750
• Dates: June 14 - July 2, 2021
• Time:  8:00am - 12:30 pm
• Appropriate for rising first and second grade students.

A lifetime of reading adventure begins for your child this summer! Confidence grows and self-esteem soars in three weeks of direct instruction in decoding, comprehension, fluency and vocabulary. Highly skilled and experienced Schenck School and ReadSource trained teachers and tutors use strategies to build and strengthen reading ability in a nurturing, fun, small-group setting.

- 8-1 student/teacher ratio
- Ability grouped
- Phonics
- An appropriate chapter book is read together during the camp(vocabulary)
- Morning Work - This is similar to our day school “contracts time” and is personalized for each student. (Comprehension passages, practice with inference, main idea, sequencing, comparing/contrasting, making predictions)
- Fluency - plays, poems and more to increase fluency
- Reading Comprehension - different passages covering strategies

• Tuition:  $1750
• Dates: June 14 - July 2, 2021
• Time:  8:00 am - 12:30 pm
• Appropriate for rising third - fifth grade students

Creative writing and independent reading are the focus of “Lit Camp.” Campers write a travelogue each day describing the sights encountered during our adventures around the world. During writing time, teachers guide students as they work in small groups. Spelling and punctuation are not directly taught, but proofreading assistance is given for all writing assignments. Campers also are exposed to literature from around the world through independent reading, and books relating to that day’s travels are read aloud. Campers have the opportunity to respond to the literature with a drawing, poem, or summary of their own. In addition, each camper creates a long-term art project representative of one of the places we visit. “Lit Camp” engenders a love of reading and writing in every camper, from the most hesitant to the most enthusiastic.

• Tuition: $1750
• Dates: June 14 - July 2, 2021
• Time:  8:00 am - 12:30 pm
• Appropriate for rising third, fourth, and fifth grade students

During this three-week camp, students will enhance their mathematical knowledge and strengthen number sense through Orton-Gillingham principles and multi-sensory practices. Students will learn the "language of math," developing mathematical vocabulary and strategies to further understanding. Through creative and engaging activities and games, students will think deeply about math, making connections among concepts. Ultimately, students will reframe their thinking, increase their confidence and recognize math in the world around them.

• Tuition:  $870
• Dates:  June 14 - July 2, 2021
• Time:  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Appropriate for rising second, third and fourth grade students

The Reading Zone offers online small-group, three to four students, session which will provide three-weeks of instruction using The Schenck School Reading Model.  The Schenck School Reading Model encompasses comprehensive reading instruction anchored in the Orton-Gillingham Approach and includes intensive practice in phonology, morphology, fluency, comprehension, and written expression.  The Reading Zone is designed for the struggling reader with little or no exposure to the Orton-Gillingham Approach.  This program is offered to rising 3rd through rising 5th graders.

Each  session is taught by a highly skilled and experienced Schenck School-trained teacher or tutor in a nurturing, fun, online classroom. Classes will meet for 90 minutes Monday through Friday with an additional 30-minute access to the teacher’s office hours immediately after each daily camp session.

Students will need access to consistent, high performing internet and a laptop or iPad.

• Tuition:  $1478
• Dates: June 14 - July 2, 2021
• Times:  There will be three sessions to choose from:  8:00 - 10:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m., and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Appropriate for rising 3rd, 4th & 5th grade students.

This program builds reading comprehension and written expression skills for middle school students who need extra support in these areas.

Written expression skills:

• organization
• idea generation
• grammar

Reading comprehension:

• parts of a novel
• plot structure
• vocabulary
• finding main idea
• drawing conclusions and making inferences

During the day your child will work on written expression in both expository and creative writing pieces. They’ll read a novel in small groups along with getting direct instruction and working independently on comprehension skills. This novel can often count towards your child’s summer reading assignments.

Your child will also be working on basic functions of Google Drive along with keyboarding. Assistive technology will be introduced such as speech to text, text to speech, Learning Ally, and Grammarly.

Tuition:  $1750
Dates:  June 14 - July 2, 2021
Time:  8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Appropriate for rising sixth - eighth grade students