“Mysonwasinthe summer program…he got the pushheneeded for3rdgradeand his confdence grew so muchoverthesummer . ” -PARENTOFASUMMER PROGRAMS STUDENT
Groves Learning Organization (GLO) is a nonprofit organization that empowers students to find success with expert literacy instruction for all. It is our mission to build confidence, success, and purpose through transformative learning experiences. We combine evidence-based learning with the art of teaching to make learning an inspiring experience for all students.
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 actions are better when we work as a team.
Compassion We embrace each other’s differences and insights and value our unique abilities, personalities, and styles.
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 and a firm resolve.
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, equipping them with the tools they need for a strong and successful start to school in the fall.
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 2025 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.
Academic Program
FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 2-8
Turning academic potential into 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 7 - August 1, 2025
TIME: Monday - Friday 12:30 - 3:30pm
FEE: $2,475 before February 14 (Early Bird Discount) $2,675 after February 14
“ I feel like I am smarter after coming to Groves Summer Program! ”
- SUMMER
PROGRAMS STUDENT
July 7 - August 1
Groves Summer Programs instruction is explicit, structured, and multimodal.
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.
“ I like the teachers and how the program fits my brain. I like the teaching styles. ”
- SUMMER PROGRAMS STUDENT
Paragraph Development
Idea Organization
Mathematical Concepts
Mathematical Operations
Computation
Word Problems MATH
Writing and Executive Function Program
FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADES 6-8
July 7 - August 1
Organized Minds, Better Writers.
Experience a unique summer course that takes your student on a writing and executive function journey.
This course provides a roadmap to writing proficiency and organization by focusing on executive function strategies and applying them to help students become more capable and independent writers.
A portion of the class focuses on executive functioning skills using a combination of methods and strategies. Another portion of the class consists of reading a novel and writing in response to that novel. All of the executive function skills that students learn about are applied to their writing. The writing portion of the course focuses on sentence and paragraph-level writing as well as pre-writing and editing/revising practices using The Writing Revolution® curriculum.
Fun activities are built in to practice executive function skills including growth mindset, sustained attention, planning, organization, time management, flexibility, and metacognition.
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 7 - August 1, 2025
TIME: Monday - Friday 12:30 - 3:30pm
FEE:
$2,475 before February 14 (Early Bird Discount)
$2,675 after February 14
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 271 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, ADHD & executive functioning coaching, speech-language therapy, and Summer Programs.
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 Matthew Brandt, GLP Director of Partnership Development, at brandtm@groveslearning.org.
“ The Summer Program was fantastic. My son never once complained (odd for him) about going to school and most days he’d come home talking about what he learned or something that happened in class. When we reviewed all of the papers he brought home – he was so proud of the work he did! I was really impressed at the amount of information that was covered in 4 weeks! ”
- PARENT OF SUMMER PROGRAMS STUDENT
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:
Apply Online at groveslearning.org/summer
Submit the $75 non-refundable application fee and upload required documentation
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.
You will receive an email notifcation when your application is complete and has been moved into the review process.
If your student is accepted into the program, you will receive an email with next steps for enrollment. If the program is not a right ft for your student, we will contact you with other recommendations.
Required Documentation:
The required documentation helps us accurately assess the needs of each student and determine whether our Summer Program will be a right fit.
Electronically upload the following documentation:
1. Most recent Psychoeducational Evaluation.
-- OR --
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.
2. Teacher Feedback Form(s) - You will be emailed a link to the form to send to your student’s teacher(s).
• 2-8 Academic Program – requires feedback for reading, writing, and math.
• Writing & Executive Function 6-8 Program –requires feedback for reading and writing.
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.
Application deadline for Early Bird Discount (This discount applies to fully completed applications only. All required documentation must be uploaded.)
Application deadline
Fee payment deadline. (Your spot is not guaranteed until payment has been received. No refunds after this date.)
First day of Summer Programs
There is a $75 non-refundable application fee due with application materials. This fee is not applied to 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.
Cancellations
Groves Learning Organization reserves the right to cancel class offerings due to inadequate enrollment, or other circumstances 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 23, 2025 to summerschool@groveslearning.org
• No refunds will be issued after May 23, 2025 with the exception of Groves program cancellation.
Absences
All absences must be reported to Groves by emailing nurse@groveslearning.org
Discounts
Groves offers the following discounts:
• Early Bird Discount - Complete applications (all required documents uploaded electronically) received by February 14, 2025, will receive a $200 discount.
• Families who are enrolled in 2025 for the 3rd year will receive a discount of $50 per student.
Questions
Please email questions to summerschool@groveslearning.org
G ROVESSUMMER PROGRAM S
Groves Summer Programs Virtual Information Sessions
Attend a Summer Programs Virtual Information Session
You are invited to join us for a conversation about Summer Programs at Groves Learning Organization. We will answer questions and provide details about each of our offerings.
Whether you’re new to Groves or a returning family, we’re excited to welcome you. Our summer offerings provide a high-quality, individualized, and engaging experience designed to make learning fun and impactful for your student.
To register for a session, please visit our website at: groveslearning.org/summer.
If you have questions, please contact us at: summerschool@groveslearning.org.
Use the QR code to register for one of the four virtual information sessions:
Monday, January 13, 2025, noon-1:00 pm
Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 10-11:00 am
Thursday, February 20, 2025, noon-1:00 pm
Thursday, March 20, 2025, noon-1:00 pm
“ Simply put, this course was transformational! He learned tools that completely changed his approach and outlook to writing. We are so grateful to his teachers! ” - PARENT OF SUMMER PROGRAMS STUDENT
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.
4 out of 5 students improved or maintained their sight word recognition skills.
Students increased their decoding score by an average of 6 words per minute over the four-week program.
7 out of 10 students showed improvements in reading comprehension scores from the first to the last week.
91% of parents would recommend the Groves Summer Program to other families.
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.
