Summer Programs

2023 Summer Offerings

We are proud to be offering a variety of opportunities to support students’ learning and emotional growth. Click on the button below to view our 2023 Summer Catalog.

Beginning Slingerland

Ages: Incoming 1st–2nd graders
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 10:00am–12:00noon, June 13–24, 2022
Cost: $1,800
If your child has been struggling with reading, spelling, writing and/or handwriting, Slingerland’s multisensory, structured, sequential, and simultaneous teaching approach can help to create the connections your child needs to succeed. This intensive, 20-hour summer course will provide a strong foundation with the Slingerland method and help maintain literacy skills typically lost in summer.

Intermediate Slingerland

Ages: Incoming 3rd–5th graders
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 1:00–3:00pm, June 20–July 1, 2022
Cost: $1,800
If your child has been struggling with reading, spelling, writing and/or handwriting, Slingerland’s multisensory, structured, sequential, and simultaneous teaching approach can help to create the connections your child needs to succeed. This intensive, 20-hour summer course will focus on reinforcing handwriting, decoding, comprehension, and encoding skills and help maintain literacy skills typically lost in summer.

Lit Chicks: Lunch & Literature Book Club

Ages: Girls entering 5th–7th grades
Schedule: Mon–Fri, 10:00am–12:00pm, June 27–July 1, 2022
Cost: $650
A recent Washington Post article titled “Does Reading Make You a Better Person?” concludes that the answer to the title question is “Yes!” Keep your child’s reading comprehension and written expression skills sharp this summer, all while they make new friends. Each session will include 90 minutes of direct instruction; collaborative discussion and writing activities; and be followed by 30 minutes of lunch and socialization. Students will have short reading assignments each day to complete for the following session.

Dungeons and Dragons Social Skills

Ages: 12–13, all genders
Schedule: Mon–Fri, 9:00–10:30am -OR- 1:00pm–2:30pm, June 13–24, 2022
Cost: $1,995
Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a tabletop role-playing game that has been played since its inception in the 1970s. The goal of the game is to collaboratively tell a story that everyone gets to contribute to–there’s no winning or losing. As the story progresses, players must work together to defeat monsters, solve puzzles, and find treasure, while the Game Master (GM) acts as a referee/moderator and sets the scene for the players. D&D naturally requires players to utilize problem-solving, social, creative, organizational, and emotion regulation skills. In a D&D social skills group, players have the opportunity to practice these skills and explore aspects of their identity in a safe, narrative-based setting. D&D therapy groups are also likely to increase therapy buy-in and engagement because they are fun and play-based! There is emerging evidence to suggest that D&D therapy groups can help children develop skills related to emotion regulation, perspective-taking, communication and collaboration, and executive functioning. If your 12–13 year-old child is imaginative, enjoys fantasy, or struggles with social skills, they may be a good fit for this group.

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