Summer Explorations
A holistic education for students with dyslexia 300 Grimes Bridge Rd., Roswell, Georgia
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Experience a holistic program of fun, learning and friends Reinforce and enhance academic skills Engage in enriching art, drama, STEM exploration, and craft Focus on reading, writing and, fun Learn using the Orton-Gillingham approach
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About Our Program A summer program where students shine their brightest. Summer is a wonderful time for all learners to engage in new opportunities, while participating in academic experiences integrated with challenging, interest provoking activities. Summer Explorations provides a safe, stimulating and supportive environment for all students to improve academic skills in reading and writing while offering enrichment activities in art, technology and crafts for three weeks in July. Our program utilizes the OrtonGillingham approach to maintain school-year gains and prepare rising 1st through rising 5th graders for the coming school year. Language learning challenges are admired, but not required.
Campers will become familiar with Swift’s style of classroom instruction, Orton-Gilllingham certified faculty and campus. Through participation in the summer program, new friendships with both Swift students and students from other schools in the area will develop. Time & Date Date: July 10-28, 2017 Time: 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Who: All rising 1st - 5th graders Registration Early: $1800 due by March 31st Regular: $1925 due on/after April 3rd Late: $1995 due on/after June 2nd
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Discoverers Rising 1st and 2nd Grade Students
Young learners benefit significantly from continued contact with academic learning as their abilities broaden in small classes taught by experienced and talented teachers. The highly respected OrtonGillingham approach to written language and practice with written expression are the core of our program. Focused academic experiences are interspersed with exciting, multisensory activities which make the daily program fun-filled and dynamic. Upon completion of the Swift Summer Program, students should find themselves well prepared to enter into a new school year with skills and concepts intact and a renewed love of learning.
Daily Schedule • Morning Meeting • Orton-Gillingham Coding • Snack / Brain Break • Enrichment Activities • Framing Your Thoughts Writing Instruction • Lunch / Recess • Comprehension/Fluency • Camp-Wide theme day activity
Explorers Rising 3rd graders
Grade three is a turning point in a learner’s life. Thinking becomes more abstract, ideas and concepts presented to the student are more complex and more time and practice are required to conquer material presented. No longer are students learning to read; rather, they are reading to learn which, requires a very different skill set. Time is provided throughout the day in our summer program to allow third grade students to develop competency in this type of thinking, while practicing their language skills. Recognizing that these newer academic skills can be overwhelming to a student,
the day is interspersed with multisensory experiences that allow the student to process information, while enjoying those areas in which the learners have already shown competency. Upon completion of the Swift Summer Program, students should find themselves well prepared to enter into a new school year with skills and concepts intact and a renewed love of learning. Daily Schedule • Warm Up • Orton-Gillingham Coding • Snack/Brain Break • Reading Comprehension/Fluency • Enrichment Activities • Lunch /Recess • Writing Instruction Framing Your Thoughts • Camp-Wide theme day activity
Got my daughter excited about learning and the upcoming school year. Gave her confidence in her talents and courage to try.
analysis
confidence life skills
science left brain
right brain
creativity
As students acquire new skills, their intellectual and creative gifts emerge like stars. When you see those gifts align, constellations of potential unfold.
> Focus on reading, writing, and fun > Reinforce and enhance academic skills > Learn using the Orton-Gillingham approach > Engage in enriching art, drama, STEM and crafts activities
Investigators Rising 4th & 5th Grade Students
Fourth and Fifth graders will enjoy a program that includes multi-sensory reading curriculum centered around a small, student-led/teacher-guided discussion group in the form of a book club. The students themselves determine the course of their conversations, but they will occur through meaningful social interaction that fully integrates reading, writing, speaking, and listening. They are given the opportunity to complete their summer book report/project. Students will also learn how to segment words into prefixes, root words, and suffixes and will gain their knowledge through the use of Orton-Gillingham techniques and strategies through comprehensive instruction.
They will then transform and manipulate the word parts to help connect to the meaning which in turn connects to spelling. This is critical to expanding one’s vocabulary. Daily Schedule • Morning Meeting • Interactive Reading • Reading Comprehension/Fluency • Snack /Brain Break • Lunch/Recess • Enrichment Activities • Writing responses to Literature • Camp-Wide Theme Day Activity
Summer Explorations got my child excited about learning and the upcoming school year. It gave him confidence in his talents and courage to try. — Parent of rising 4th grader
“My daughter learned more in three weeks than she learned in one year at another school. She looked forward to going everyday.” — Parent of rising 3rd grader
Policies & Procedures Important information about the Summer Explorations program
Tuition Early Registration: $1800 due by Friday, March 31, 2017 Regular Registration: $1925 due on/after Monday, April 3, 2017 Late Registration: $1995 due on/after Friday, June 2, 2017 Payment Options Option 1: Check or Cashier’s Check Option 2: Major Credit Card Option 3: FACTS (Enrolled families only)
Cancellation or Refund All fees are payable in full upon registration. Cancellation before Friday, June 16, 2017 will result in a $500 processing fee. No refunds will be processed after Monday, June 19, 2017. All grade levels are subject to minimum and maximum enrollment. Medical Release Form All students must have a Medical Release/ Liability waiver form completed at the time of registration.
Snack and Lunch All students will need to bring a snack, lunch and water bottle daily. Code of Conduct Swift School was founded on sound educational precepts which include teaching students to be problem solvers. School is a social experience and positive interaction with others is an important and necessary feature of the experience. Disciplined conduct is a learning process best taught by setting standards and consequences. Swift School is not designed to meet the needs of students with behavioral and emotional disorders. Behavioral Expectations Working to the best of one’s ability is expected. Accepting responsibility for behavior, including consequences, is required.
Teachers are leaders and students will follow their directions. Treating others courteously and respectfully is required. Solving problems with others is necessary. Honesty is required in all situations, no matter how difficult. Bullying Policy School must be a safe place where students are encouraged to learn and meet their developmental and academic goals. Positive behaviors expressed through normal interaction with others are expected in all situations, particularly in peer-to-peer interactions. Fundamentally, all relationships are built on trust. When trust is violated it is difficult for productive relationships to continue. Students will be dismissed from the program if they have been identified as a bully. Policy of Non-Discrimination It is the policy of Swift School not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability in any employment practice, educational program, or any other program, activity or service.
We invite you to learn more about Summer Explorations and how our program can transform your child’s success and enjoyment towards learning.
Fore more info, contact us today at 678-205-4988 or visit theswiftschool.org 300 Grimes Bridge Rd. Roswell, Georgia 678.205.4988 theswiftschool.org