Choose the modules that fit your needs, and pick your dates from our flexible schedule. This is a separate enrollment from our school year program and we offer a la carte booking. You do NOT have to attend every week!

Send back an email with your requests for programs and dates, or use the planners above. We're working on an online sign-up form as well. We'll contact you within 48 hours with confirmation of your dates and options for payment.

We may ask you to alter dates if we don't reach a minimum number of students in your desired time slot, or if we know that other students are signing up for the same options at other times, in case your child wants more of a "camp" or social experience.

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Summer Tutoring – Book as many sessions as you need.

For summer school, online classes, summer homework, or prep for next year’s classes. If you don't have summer assignments, we'll design lessons for you to target topics and skills that will help you with your classes in the Fall.

• Regular two-hour sessions
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $60 per. $50 each when you purchase 5+.
• All subjects available through honors/AP level.
• You can book any time slot shown on our Summer Planner (linked above) except those marked as "Boot Camp."

Vision College & Career Portfolio Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

Develop your college and career portfolio. Explore options for after high school that suit your gifts, talents and interests. Get motivated for your future!

Includes:
Financial literacy & entrepreneurship for teens
College application essays, personal statements or resumes
Toolkit for identifying potential strengths, interests and values that will help inform your choice of school or vocation
Opportunity to design a community service project
Guidance on how to develop a strong network and locate 3 opportunities for pursuing goals outside of school during the upcoming year
Prep for SAT/ACT

• Appropriate for 10th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between June 24 and Aug 1. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

Book Club Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

Reading the way it was meant to feel! Not like you read in school.
Students will choose from 8-10 high-interest book choices in the genres of fantasy/adventure, literary graphic novel or historical/realistic fiction.

• Get lost in the story. If you hate to read, this might be the experience you need to get the "magic" of reading!
• Create something inspired by the book. Projects are fun and hands-on but still literary. Students feel engaged and also learn how to think critically and interpret great literature. We might create a theatrical set so we can immerse ourselves in the story, stage a Comic-Con style expo and dress up as our favorite characters, have a book feast with foods related to our books, or be "makers" and create symbolic objects, games, jewelry, costumes etc.
• And maybe we can even talk to an author!
• Improve comprehension and vocabulary without even noticing! We might sneak in some other skills like annotating, literary devices or rhetorical analysis.
• Students will be asked to read in between sessions. But we bet they won't mind, once they realize how great it feels to let their minds escape into the world in their book!
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between June 24 and Aug 1. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

Writer's Workshop Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

Experience the writing process from start to finish, in academic or creative style.
We will include all formats required by schools, including Schaffer paragraphs, DBQs or "synthesis", SAQs and LEQs for AP history & English classes, and rhetorical analysis style essays.

• Find your own voice instead of following a formula. If you hate to write, this might be the experience you need to get the "flow" of writing!
• We'll write about topics that are authentically interesting to the students, for a real audience with whom they will share their work.
• All students receive one-on-one coaching to strengthen elements of their process, from pre-writing and organizing ideas to editing for clarity. Emphasis on writing as communication.
• Each session will include a read-around. Students will not be forced to share their work but everyone will participate in giving feedback to anyone who is willing, and we will do our best to build a safe space where all writers feel they can solicit advice for next steps. We will also critique some professional works.
• Guest speakers include professional writers and editors.
• We'll publish our work at the end of the summer in our own literary magazine! A great item for a leadership list for college or resume.
• Students will be asked to write in between sessions. But we bet they won't mind, once they realize how much they have to say and how painless it can be!
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between June 24 and Aug 1. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

What's in Your Wallet? Financial Literacy Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

Saving, giving, spending, earning and investing strategies for teens.

• Learn wise ways to earn and handle money while you aLe still in school
• Practical stuff: Set financial goals, create a budget so you can meet them
• Learn how to read a pay stub or a bank statement, and what the heck are taxes and why does everyone care so much about them?
• What does it mean to be financially independent
• Assets (like your first car!) and appreciation, how interest works and how to avoid debt
• All students receive one-on-one coaching to go deeper with a particular financial skill - investing (we will paper trade the stock market!), entrepreneurship (we will write a business plan that you could actually start next year!), philanthropy (how would you like to serve others by giving?).
• Guest speakers include professional financial literacy coaches, investors and business owners.
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between June 24-July 18. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

Service Learning Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

Design a community service project that you can implement in the next year.

• Maybe you really care about a group or issue in your community, but you're not sure how to help as a young person.
• Or maybe you want to build leadership and organization skills
• Or you love getting out into the world with your friends and making a difference
• We'll help you refine your idea, plan out project management and make connections in the community with the right people to help you bring it to life
• Good for high schoolers who want to explore career ideas, build resumes and grow outside of school. But middle schoolers can lead projects too! Open to all ages.
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between June 24 and Aug 1. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

STEM Walkabouts Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

Let's get out of the screen/textbook and practice math and science in real life.

• Improve your abstract thinking skills and math/science knowledge by using it to solve a real problem.
• We'll get out in the neighborhood for some walking field trips.
• Possible applications include architecture, vehicle racing, sports, cooking, money & business, animals & insects, gardening and building. But we will build ideas around the interests of the students who attend!
• Appropriate for 4th-10th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between July 22 and Aug 1. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

Frontiers & Influencers Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

What does it mean to be an "influencer" in society, online, with your friends? What will the next "frontiers" be in your lifetime, and how might they affect your choices?

• Great for students who are taking AP history classes next year.
• We'll cover advanced reading comprehension and analysis skills that you will need for the fast-paced college-level textbooks and essays in AP history classes.
• We'll help you select an "influencer" from the past and the present to research and maybe even contact! So we can understand their appeal and impact.
• We'll develop a healthy way that you can be an "influencer" - with your peers, your family, your community. It might just be a personal role, but if you are interested in creating content we can support you to learn what would be the best way to approach that.
• We'll investigate a few "frontiers" from the past and pick one that will affect you the most in your future.
• We'll give you a chance to have a "frontier" experience - try something new, pursue a ground-breaking, innovative idea of your own, be an early adopter.
• Great for students who want to develop their college and career portfolio with original research projects.
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between June 24 and Aug 1. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

You Are What You Eat Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

If you think you're bored in your 5th period class because of the teacher, think again! Maybe what you ate for lunch is killing your concentration!

• Whether you are a foodie or just a student who wants to have enough energy to study and have fun at all your activities after school, this workshop is for you!
• We'll explore the science and art of food: how it grows, how it affects the brain and body, and yes, what's in those Takis!
• We'll do hands-on projects including gardening, cooking & tasting, and personal food trackers so you can learn what healthy eating feels like for your school day.
• Great for students who are interested in cooking, farming, environmental or health sciences, or just taking care of themselves!
• Guest speakers include nutritionists and professional chefs! And maybe we can go behind the scenes at an urban farm or a restaurant and learn how the food gets to our plates!.
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between July 22 and Aug 1. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

I LOVE LA Mini-Series - 4 Sessions

Get to know our great city and find your connection to your land - the land you live on now, the land you share with many other humans and creatures, and the lands you consider "yours" through your family history or travels.

• Great for students who are interested in photography, wildlife & enviromental science, civil rights and the experiences of the many peoples and cultures of LA, sports and society.
• We'll explore four dimensions of our city this year:
• The business of sports and how it influences our city
• Urban wildlife & nature right around us - and how we can take care of it
• History of Los Angeles told through photography
• History of transportation in LA and how to get around without a car!
• Hands-on projects and guest speakers with expertise in these areas! And we'll try to plan a tour of SoFi or Dodger Stadium!
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $200 for this series. $180 when you book two or more mini-series.
• Book any FOUR session between June 24 and July 18. See our Summer Planner (linked above).

Modules available in August

Back-to-School Boot Camp – Book as many days as you need August 5-8 or August 12-15.

Our popular end-of-summer review across subjects with lots of tips for time management and organization strategies and study skills for the new semester. Get the rust off the summer brain and set up systems for the school year!

• Choose morning or afternoon sessions. FOUR sessions in a row: Mon-Thurs 10am-1pm or 3-6pm.
• Appropriate for 4th-12th graders
• Fee: $300 per week. $280 each when you purchase both.
• All subjects available through honors/AP level.