Where Learning is an Adventure

Summer Adventures at The Schenck School offers an enriching academic experience for rising 1st - 8th graders, welcoming both Schenck School students, alums, and the broader community, regardless of a dyslexia diagnosis. Students strengthen literacy skills and boost confidence through engaging instruction and activities. Our expert educators create an inclusive and nurturing environment where students thrive. We invite you to mark your calendars and join us for a transformative educational journey that will shape your child's future!

Summer Adventures registration opens January 26, 2026.

Camp dates: June 8-26, 2026. In observance of Juneteenth, there will be no camp on June 19th.
Tuition for camps will be available soon.

Please click here to receive a registration reminder email.

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: $2,050
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: $2,050
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: $2,050
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 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. Reading Adventures Online 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 meet for two hours. The last 30 minutes of each session will consist of independent work time to practice the concepts taught so far and 1:1 fluency practice with the teacher.

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

Tuition: $1,750
Times: 8:00 - 10:00 a.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 postcard each day describing the sights encountered during their 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 are also exposed to literature from across the world through independent reading, and books read aloud relating to that day’s travels. Campers have the opportunity to respond to the literature with a summary. In addition, each camper creates a long-term art project representative of one of the places they visit.

“Lit Camp” engenders a love of reading and writing in every camper, from the most hesitant to the most enthusiastic.

Lit Camp is geared for students to practice and apply reading and writing skills that they have been exposed to previously.

Tuition: $2,050
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Tuition: $1,975
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Appropriate for rising third - fifth grade students

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

Morphology Intensive Adventures offers online small-group, three to four students, sessions that provide 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. Morphology Intensive Adventures 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 two hours each day of camp. The last 30 minutes of each session will consist of independent work time to practice the concepts taught so far and 1:1 fluency practice with the teacher.

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

Tuition: $1,750
Times: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Appropriate for rising fourth - sixth grade students.

Confidential Teacher Evaluation Form Required

A Confidential Teacher Evaluation will need to be completed by your child's teacher before your child's application is considered complete.

The Confidential Teacher Evaluation form and the online registration must be completed before we can accept your child to our Summer Adventures program. You can apply for Summer Adventures even if we have not received your child's Confidential Teacher Evaluation form yet. You can have the Confidential Teacher Evaluation sent to us before registration opens if you would like.

Teacher Evaluation for Reading Adventures, Middle Adventures, & Literature & Creative Writing Adventures

Teacher Evaluation Reading Adventures Online or Morphology Intensive Adventures Online

Complete ALL five items below.

Choose your camp

Choose Your Summer Adventures Camp

Each camp is offered to specific grade levels. The rising grade is the grade that your child will be going into in the Fall of 2026.

Summer Adventures camps are listed above. To learn more about each camp, open up the tabs for each camp that your child is eligible attend.

You should only register for one camp in the morning and/or one in the afternoon.

Camp Options

Your online application is submitted

Complete The Summer Adventures Online Application

Registration for Summer Adventures opens on January 15 at 10:00 AM.

On January 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM, there will be a button at the top of this webpage to click on to register.

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Registration for Afternoon Adventures will open on March 10, 2025 at 10 AM. Afternoon Adventures run from 1-3 PM. The cost for Afternoon Adventures is by the week.

Week 1 - June 9-13 - $275
Week 2 - June 16-20 - $250
Week 3 - June 23-27 - $275

Submit Confidential Teacher Evaluation form (see below)

Confidential Teacher Evaluation Forms

In order for your child's file to be complete, all campers must have a Confidential Teacher Evaluation form on file.

If you have applied to The Schenck School for the 2024-2025 school year, we still need this form from your child's teacher.

Confidential Teacher Evaluation Form (On campus)

Confidential teacher evaluation form (online)

You'll be contacted for a screening

Informal Screening

Your child's file is complete when you have submitted the online application and we have received your child's Confidential Teacher Evaluation form from their teacher.

Middle Adventures and Literature & Creative Writing Adventures campers do not need be screened.

Students who have been screened for the 2025-2026 school year, do not need to be screened.

Once your child's file is complete, the Camp Coordinator will get in touch with you to schedule an informal screening. The screening will take approximately 30 minutes.

If you are not in the Atlanta area, we are happy to schedule an online screening.

Your child's screening is complete.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is Summer Adventures?

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?

Will my child need to be screened?

The following campers will be screened:

Reading Adventures in-person campers in rising 1st - 5th grades
Reading Adventures - Online
Morphology Intensive Adventures -Online

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 2025-2026 school year
Literature & Creative Writing campers
Middle Learning Adventures campers

Does Summer Adventures consist of three 1-week camps or is it a 3 week 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.

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If applicable, please complete and turn in these medical forms:

Authorization for Medication - Please fill out this form if your child will be administered prescription medication during camp.
Allergic Reaction Care Plan - Please fill out this form if your child has allergies.
Asthma Reactive Airway Care Plan - Please fill out this form if your child has asthma.
Diabetes Care Plan (Insulin by Injection) - Please fill out this form if your child takes insulin by injection.
Diabetes Care Plan (Insulin by Insulin Pump) - Please fill out this form if your child uses an insulin pump.

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