Registration for the summer of 2024 will open Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

Join us for an unforgettable summer filled with excitement and learning at The Schenck School!

Summer Adventures at The Schenck School is open to rising 1st - 8th graders, whether you're a student at the Schenck School or not. No diagnosis of dyslexia is required to enroll. Get ready for a season of fun, exploration, and growth in a supportive and inclusive environment. Discover new friendships, engage in hands-on learning, and create lasting memories. Registration opens Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

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Frequently Asked Questions:

Dates & Times

Who can apply to Summer Adventures?

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

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.

Will my child need to be screened?

The following campers will be screened:

Reading Adventures in-person campers in rising 1st - 5th grades
Middle Adventures campers in rising 6th-8th grades
Reading Adventures - Online
Morphology Intensive Adventures -Online c
Math Adventures

The following campers will not be screened:

Campers currently enrolled at The Schenck School
Alumni of The Schenck School
Applicants that have already been screened for the 2024-2025 school year
Literature & Creative Writing campers

Does Summer Adventures consist of three 1-week camps or is it a 3+ week (16 days) camp?

What if I can only attend one or two weeks of camp?

What if I am waitlisted?

Will we need to bring any supplies?

What are Afternoon Adventures and when can I register for them?

Afternoon Adventures are one-week, 1:00-3:00pm, traditional type camp offerings. Registration for Afternoon Adventures will open in April.

In summers past, we have offered camps like, soccer, dance, jewelry making, lacrosse, Harry Potter, Art, Star Wars, Pink-a-li-cious, Mad Science, Math Fun, STEM, Cooking, etc. These may not be the exact Afternoon Adventures offered this summer but they give you a good idea of the type of camps that we will offer.

Will we receive a carpool list?

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Summer Adventures Camps

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

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: $1975
Dates: June 6 - June 28, 2024. Camp will be closed June 19th.
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

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 The Schenck School and ReadSource trained teachers and tutors use strategies to build and strengthen reading ability in a nurturing, fun, and small-group setting.

Key components of Reading Adventures - Rising 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students:

8:1 student/teacher ratio
Ability grouped
Phonics
An appropriate chapter book is read together during camp (vocabulary)
Morning Work - This is similar a typical school day at The Schenck School. The program “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: $1975
Dates: June 6 - June 28, 2024. Camp will be closed June 19th.
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Appropriate for rising third - fifth grade students

Middle Learning Adventures (on campus) - 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: $1975
Dates: June 6 - June 28, 2024. Camp will be closed June 19th.
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: $1675
Dates: June 6 - June 28, 2024. Camp will be closed June 19th.
Times: There will be two sessions to choose from: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Appropriate for rising third - fifth grade students.

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

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: $1900
Dates: June 6 - June 28, 2024. Camp will be closed June 19th.
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Appropriate for rising third - fifth grade students

Math Adventures (on Campus) - Rising 4th and 5th 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: $1000
Dates: June 6 - June 28, 2024. Camp will be closed June 19th.
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Appropriate for rising fourth and fifth grade students.

Morphology Adventures (ONLINE) - Rising 4th, 5th and 6th grade

The Morphology Intensive 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 morphology, fluency, comprehension, and written expression. The Online Morphology Intensive is designed for students who have had previous phonics instruction and would benefit from more advanced practice working with prefixes, roots, suffixes, and suffix rules. This program is offered to rising 4th through rising 6th 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.