2024
Groves Summer Programs Offering a nurturing
and fun experience to help unleash the brilliance in
your student this summer.
groveslearning.org/summer
Groves Learning Organization (GLO) is a nonprofit educational ecosystem that
empowers each and every unique learner to discover their brilliance. GLO is a beacon of learning, illuminating the path to literacy for all students. We have a rich history of supporting bright students who struggle with learning disabilities and attention disorders, as well as promoting evidence-based literacy instruction for all.
OUR VALUES At the heart of GLO is a community that provides a place where students, families, faculty and staff are engaged with a sense of belonging, sharing, and support. As a community, integrity and respect are intrinsic to everything we do.
WE ALSO VALUE • Authenticity
We are genuine, honest, and open in our relationships, our actions, and our words.
• Collaboration
We gain energy when we are working together and recognize our decisions and
• Compassion
We embrace each other’s differences and insights and value our unique abilities,
• Discovery
We have a passion to persistently learn, explore and innovate.
• Tenacity
We are driven to take risks, to advocate, and to encounter challenges with boldness
actions are better when we work as a team.
personalities, and styles.
and a firm resolve.
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About Groves Summer Programs
Groves Summer Programs are designed specifically for students entering grades 2-8 with dyslexia, ADHD, and other language-based learning challenges. Our programs offer in-person, expert, individualized instruction. We will empower your student to prepare for the upcoming academic year, giving them the tools they need to ignite a successful start to school in the fall. In 2024, we offer academic programs that provide a nurturing, fun, and transformative experience to help children gain confidence. For many students, participating in Groves Summer Programs is their first positive academic experience. They begin to feel confident, bright, and capable and may develop a completely different outlook on school. IMPORTANT NOTE: This summer we are excited to partner with Benilde-St. Margaret’s again! Due to construction at Groves, the 2024 Summer Programs will be held at their campus, 2501 MN-100, St. Louis Park, MN 55416.
Summer Programs Students Our programs are designed for students who have learning disabilities such as dyslexia, ADHD, executive functioning challenges, and other language-based learning disabilities. Most students have average to above-average intelligence with a discrepancy between aptitude and achievement in the classroom. We recognize that each student is unique, and we carefully review each student’s application to ensure that admitted students will experience success.
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Academic Program for Students Entering Grades 2-8
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Writing & Executive Function Program for Students Entering Grades 6-8
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About Groves Learning Organization
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Application Information
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Additional Information
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Groves Summer Programs Virtual Information Sessions
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Every Student is a Priority
Complete your application by February 9, 2024 to receive a $200 discount. Discount applies only to applications that are complete with all documentation uploaded by February 9. GROVESLEARNING.ORG/SUMMER
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Academic Program
FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 2-8
We help close the gap between academic potential and achievement. The 4-week academic program for students entering grades 2-8 provides small class sizes of 6-8 students grouped according to age, reading, writing, and math abilities.
STUDENTS IN THE ACADEMIC
PROGRAM attend reading, writing, and math classes. In each subject, care is taken to begin at a level where students can experience success before confidently moving on to more advanced skills. Teachers combine their experience and expertise with care and understanding, using a diagnosticprescriptive approach to continually assess and address individual needs. A final progress report, including recommendations, is sent following the conclusion of the program.
Dates: July 8 - August 2, 2024 Times: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 12:00pm Fee: $2,400 before February 9 (Early Bird Discount) $2,600 after February 9
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July 8 - August 2
Groves Summer Programs instruction is explicit, structured, and multi-sensory. Our teachers are trained in a variety of teaching methodologies including Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System®, Singapore Math, and The Writing Revolution®. Teachers use these approaches to guide their instruction.
Academic Program Content
READING Decoding
A Typical Daily Schedule Subject #1
(i.e., Math)
9:00-10:00am
Subject #2 (i.e., Reading) 10:00-11:00am
Fluency Comprehension Vocabulary Spelling
Subject #3 (i.e., Writing) 11:00am-12:00pm
WRITING Capitalization Punctuation
“ This is the best summer program
Sentence Structure
I have taught for ... the students learn
Paragraph Development
skills to last them throughout their
Idea Organization
educational years. Very impressed with the Summer Program here at Groves. ” - SUMMER PROGRAMS TEACHER
MATH
Mathematical Concepts Mathematical Operations Computation Word Problems
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Writing and Executive Function Program FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 6-8
July 8 - August 2
Adopt a Growth Mindset this Summer The Writing and Executive Function Program provides direct instruction in writing and executive functioning skills and strategies. Students learn about mindfulness, growth mindset, response inhibition, sustained attention, time management, cognitive flexibility, planning and organization, and use these strategies to become more independent in writing and literature course work. Using The Writing Revolution® curriculum, writing instruction will be individualized to meet each student’s needs. A best-fit student for this class has functional reading skills, a need for executive functioning strategies, and specific support in writing. This is a stand-alone offering that cannot be paired with the Grades 2-8 Academic Program. Please note: If your student has already taken this course, we do not recommend taking it again.
DATES: July 8 - August 2, 2024 TIME: Monday - Friday 12:30 - 3:30pm FEE: $2,400 before February 9 (Early Bird Discount) $2,600 after February 9
“ Thanks for your work in this wonderful program. I’m so impressed by the work my student is talking about completing each day. They are enjoying the class very much— they have not once complained about going to summer school! I’m very grateful that they are learning all of these skills. ” - PARENT OF A SUMMER PROGRAMS STUDENT
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About Groves Learning Organization GROVES ACADEMY Groves Academy is Minnesota’s only established school for students with learning disabilities and attention disorders and is accredited through ISACS (Independent Schools Association of the Central States). We enroll 274 students in grades 1-12, with an average class size of eight. We believe students learn best when instruction is direct, sequential, multi-sensory, and addresses individual strengths and challenges. Our teachers and research-based practices help students reach their academic, social, emotional, and creative potential. For more information about Groves Academy admissions please contact
admissions@groveslearning.org.
GROVES LEARNING CENTER Groves Learning Center allows children not enrolled in our school access to our transformative education. Groves Learning Center offers services to children and adults, including comprehensive diagnostic testing, tutoring, and speech-language therapy. All services are adapted to the unique needs of each individual and designed to strengthen confidence and sense of purpose. Additionally, community events are scheduled throughout the year, including community education workshops on topics related to learning disabilities and attention disorders. For more information about services, please contact learningcenter@groveslearning.org.
GROVES LITERACY PARTNERSHIPS The vision of Groves Learning Organization is to redefine the way our nation is taught, one student, one teacher, and one school at a time. Literacy Partnerships through GLO enable us to share our evidence-based teaching methods from our school to advance literacy instruction with other teachers and schools in the community. We work with teachers in partner schools to ensure all students receive literacy instruction based on the science of reading. For more information about teacher literacy training or establishing a literacy partnership for your organization, please contact Katharine Campbell, Director of Groves Literacy Partnerships, at
campbellk@groveslearning.org.
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“ My son’s overall experience at Groves has been transformative for him. He started the summer session with his confidence broken...his first or second day, he came out to my car holding back tears. When I asked him what happened he told me that his writing teacher had commented on how nice his handwriting was and that he was a good speller... his teacher made him feel smart.” - PARENT OF SUMMER PROGRAMS STUDENT
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Application Information Application Process: Apply online, pay the $75 application fee, and upload the required documentation. If you do not have the required documents when you start your application, you will have the chance to upload them later. Your spot in the program is secured when we have received the required documentation and your student has been accepted into the program. Applying early is encouraged! If applying for more than one student, please submit a separate application for each student.
Application Steps:
Required Documentation: The required documentation helps us accurately assess
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Apply Online at groveslearning.org/summer.
the needs of each student and determine whether our
Submit the $75 non-refundable application
Summer Program will be a right fit.
fee and upload required documentation
Electronically upload the following documentation: 1. Most recent Psychoeducational Evaluation.
You will receive an email letting you know that we have received your application and fee. The email will include: • A link to upload your Psychoeducational/ School Evaluation (if you have not already done so). • The link to the teacher feedback form to email to teachers.
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You will receive an email notification when your application is complete and has been
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Most recent School Evaluation.
• We require only one of these two documents, but if you have both please submit both.
• The evaluation must have been completed within the last 3 years.
• The evaluation must contain ALL 3 types of testing:
cognitive, social/emotional, and academic.
• Summaries and progress reports are not acceptable
replacements for the full evaluation.
moved into the review process. 2. Teacher Feedback Form(s) - You will be
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If your student is accepted into the program, you will receive an email with next steps for
emailed a link to the form to send to your student’s teacher(s).
enrollment. If the program is not a right fit for
• 2-8 Academic Program – requires feedback
your student, we will contact you with other
for reading, writing, and math.
recommendations.
• Writing & Executive Function 6-8 Program – requires feedback for reading and writing.
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Additional Information Location
Benilde-St. Margaret’s 2501 MN-100, St. Louis Park, 55416 Please visit groveslearning.org/summer for directions. We will provide specific drop-off and pick-up procedures prior to program start date.
Key Dates January 16
Groves begins accepting applications
February 9
Application deadline for Early Bird
(groveslearning.org/summer)
Discount (This discount applies to fully completed applications only. All required documentation must be uploaded.)
May 17
Application deadline
Absences
May 24
Fee payment deadline. (Your spot is
emailing nurse@groveslearning.org
not guaranteed until payment has been received. No refunds after this date.)
July 8
First day of Summer Programs
Refunds
All absences must be reported to Groves by
Discounts
Groves offers the following discounts:
• Early Bird Discount - Complete applications (all required documents uploaded electronically)
There is a $75 non-refundable application fee due
received by February 9, 2024, will receive a
with application materials. This fee is not applied to
$200 discount.
program fees. There will be no refunds for illnesses, absences, vacations, or closing due to weather. No refund will be given if a student is dismissed because of disciplinary action.
• Families who are enrolled in 2024 for the 3rd year will receive a discount of $50 per student.
Questions
Please email questions to
summerschool@groveslearning.org.
Cancellations
Groves Learning Organization reserves the right to cancel class offerings due to inadequate enrollment, or other circumstance beyond our control, in which case class fees are refundable.
• All cancellations and requests for refunds must be submitted in writing prior to Friday, May 24, 2024 to summerschool@groveslearning.org.
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Groves Summer Programs Virtual Information Sessions
Attend a Virtual Summer Info Session You are invited to join us in a conversation about Summer at Groves Learning Organization where we will answer questions and provide details about our Summer Programs. Whether this is your first summer at Groves or you visit us each year, we welcome you and know that your child will experience a high quality, individualized, and fun summer! To register for a session, please visit our website at:
groveslearning.org/summer. If you have questions, please contact us at:
summerschool@groveslearning.org.
Choose from one of the three available virtual info sessions: Monday, January 8, 2024, noon-1:00 pm Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 10-11:00 am Thursday, February 15, 2024, noon-1:00 pm Thursday, March 14, 2024, noon-1:00 pm
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Learn more at groveslearning.org/summer
Every student is a priority Families tell us they return to Groves Summer Programs year after year so their students can learn from our expert teaching staff and benefit from the small class sizes. They say they see their students progress while enjoying our programs.
91%
of parents would
76%
of students that entered
Students
increased their
recommend the Groves Summer
the program as high risk (testing in
decoding score by an average of
Program to other families.
the 1st-10th percentile) either maintained
5 words per minute
or improved their oral reading fluency
over the four-week program.
over the course of the program. Compared to students without learning disorders, students with learning disorders in reading are more likely to regress in their ability to automatically decode and read fluently during summer break.
- Menard & Wilson, 2013
“ While my daughter wasn’t excited for summer school, Students increased their
she ended up really enjoying it! Her teachers were all great
math problem-solving
and it’s clear they know how to engage students with ADHD.
scores by an average of 24%
She had more fun learning over the summer than she ever
over the course of the program.
had at her school. ” - PARENT OF SUMMER PROGRAMS STUDENT
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Our small class sizes, individualized instruction, and engaging curriculum help students gain confidence over the summer.
What Parents Say About Groves Summer Programs “ My daughter came home yesterday with a big smile! She loves her teachers and told me all about the fun she had in her 3 classes. Everyone has been so kind and encouraging! ” “ My son is in the summer program and really enjoying it. He’s read early reader books to me two nights in a row this week where as before he would refuse with such force every night. We are very proud of him. ” “ Thanks for an incredible summer experience. We’ll be back next year! ”
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