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Dates for Summer Adventures 2023

June 12 - June 30, 2023

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Who Can Apply to Summer Adventures?

Our Summer Adventures camps are available to Schenck School students, Schenck School alum, and students who do not attend The Schenck School.

Do campers need to have a diagnosis of dyslexia to attend Summer Adventures?

While Summer Adventures is geared toward the struggling reader, campers do not need a diagnosis of dyslexia to attend.

When will I be notified of acceptance to Summer Adventures?

Once you have applied and we have received the Teacher Confidential Evaluation form for the camp you have applied to, our Coordinators will review your application. We must have the Confidential Teacher Evaluation form before reviewing your application. An email will be sent to you once this process has been completed. We will then schedule an online informal screening to see if we are a good fit for your child.

Confidential Teacher Evaluation Form Needed

A Confidential Teacher Evaluation will need to be completed by your child's teacher before your child's application is considered complete. These will be available here starting December 1, 2022. You can have your child's teacher send this into us at anytime, but we will need to have the Confidential Teacher Evaluation form and the online registration (opening up on January 23) completed before we can accept your child to our Summer Adventures program. However, you can go ahead and register even if we have not received your child's Confidential Teacher Evaluation form.

Reading Adventures (on campus) - Rising 1st & 2nd Grade

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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: TBD - (Summer 2022: $1825)
Dates: June 12 - June 30, 2023
Time: 8:00am - 12:30 pm
Appropriate for rising first and second grade students.

Reading Adventures (on campus) - Rising 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade

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 Dyslexia Resource trained teachers and tutors use strategies to build and strengthen reading ability in a nurturing, fun, and small-group setting.

8-1 student/teacher ratio
Ability grouped
Phonics
An appropriate chapter book is read together during 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: TBD - (Summer 2022: $1825)
Dates: June 12 - June 30, 2023
Time: 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Appropriate for rising third - fifth grade students

Middle Learning Adventures - Rising 6th, 7th & 8th Grade

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: TBD - (Summer 2022: $1825)
Dates: June 12 - June 30, 2023
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Appropriate for rising sixth - eighth grade students

Reading Adventures (ONLINE) - Rising 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade)

The Reading Adventures Online offers online small-group, three to four students, sessions that 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 additional 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: TBD - (Summer 2022: $1550)
Dates: June 12 - June 30, 2023
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.

Literature & Creative Writing Adventures (on campus) - Rising 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade)

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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: TBD - $1750
Dates: June 12 - June 30, 2023
Time: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Appropriate for rising third, fourth, and fifth grade students

Math Adventures (on campus) - 3rd & 4th Grade

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: TBD - (Summer 2022: $915)
Dates: June 12 - June 30, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Appropriate for rising third and fourth grade students

CANCELLATION POLICY

A $200 cancellation fee will be charged up until April 15, 2023. After April 15, 2023, no refunds will be given for the cancellation of any of the Summer Adventures Programs unless canceled by the School.

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