Academic Camps

Slow the summer slide with TCS Academic Camps!
Did you know that on average students lose 4-8 weeks of learning over the summer? Touching on important school skills over the summer sets kids up for a more successful fall by keeping academic skills active. 

TCS academic camps are taught by specialists from The Children’s School’s, and offer all Atlanta students a full-day academic camp focused on engaging and fun ways to keep current with reading, writing, spelling and math skills while acknowledging that it’s summer and kids should be having fun.

Who should attend a TCS Academic Camp?

All Atlanta students who:

• Need to solidify recently acquired skills
• Work harder to master academic skills 
• Benefit from additional support in the classroom
• Benefit from staying in a school routine

Academic Camp Experiences

Summer Early Literacy Camps: Club Curiosity & Scout’s Brain Boost

Grades: Rising K – 2
Dates: June 8 – June 18 (Club Curiosity), 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. and July 6 – July 17 (Scout’s Brain Boost), 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Give your young reader a confident, supported summer of learning! Our two–week literacy camps are designed for rising kindergarten – grade 2 students who benefit from extra practice, skill reinforcement, and a steady school-like routine.

Club Curiosity

Offered in early summer, this session helps students retain and reinforce the literacy skills they learned during the academic year. Campers revisit key phonics, reading, and writing foundations through hands-on activities, Orton-Gillingham-based instruction, and engaging weekly themes.

Scout’s Brain Boost

Offered later in the summer, this session gives students a back-to-school boost with a refreshing review of essential skills to prepare them to return to the classroom with confidence.

Across both camps, each day includes:

• Multi-sensory phonics lessons
• Small-group reading with decodable or leveled texts
• Writing workshops that build strong sentences and early paragraphs
• Hands-on literacy centers and themed literacy adventures
• Daily reflection and read-alouds

We focus on foundational decoding, emerging reader fluency, comprehension, and early writing with joy, structure, and individual support. Families receive beginning, midpoint, and end-of-camp progress updates.

Roshonda Kimbrough is the TCS Literacy Specialist for kindergarten-grade 2 and has been an educator for 25 years. She has a bachelor of science in English, a master’s in special education, a doctor of education (EdD) in special education, and is a trained literacy specialist with experience working with a range of learning profiles.

Story Seekers

Grade-levels: Rising Grades 2 – 4
Dates: June 8 – 12, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Description: Story Seekers will dive into fun tales of adventure and mystery, writing our own short stories, reviewing story elements of plot and structure, and even engaging in dramatic performances ourselves. Story Seekers literacy camp supports the writing process (plan, drafting, revising, and editing), as well as stoking the imagination of your student.

Grier Kellet is the TCS Literacy Specialist for grades 6 – 8 and has been an educator for 25 years. She has a bachelor’s in English, a master’s in English, and is a trained literacy specialist with experience working with a range of learning profiles.