Summer Program

The 2024 Winston Prep New York Summer Program is an extension of the Winston Prep philosophy, principles, and model. It provides students, grades 4-12, the unique opportunity to participate in an individually designed program to enhance academic skills and foster independence.

The Summer Program also gives parents the flexibility to create an academic program specifically matched to the needs of their child. The program develops decoding and encoding, reading comprehension, critical-thinking skills, memory retrieval, executive functioning skills, written language expression, self-advocacy, mathematical computation, social pragmatics, time-management skills, test preparation, and expressive language skills within a nurturing, academic environment. The summer staff consists of reading specialists, special education instructors, and speech and language pathologists from Winston’s full-time faculty.

In the Morning Academic Program, students are enrolled in four academic classes each day–Literature & Writing, History, Science, and Math–from 9 am to 12:00 pm, Monday through Thursday, from June 28th to July 25th. Students are grouped by learning style and skill level in classes no larger than eight individuals in order to facilitate greater learning and maximize individualized instruction. During the last week of the program, parents will meet with each of their child’s teachers in a comprehensive 30-minute conference and will receive a detailed one-page progress report from each instructor.

From 12:45 pm to 2:15 pm, we offer optional 45-minute classes and activities. Students are given the opportunity to enroll in the July Focus Program—one-on-one instructional classes—or to engage in after-school activities or to participate in both. The July Focus Program can be taught in conjunction with morning academic classes or can be specifically tailored to target areas of greatest need.

After-school activities include Acting Workshop, Art, Chess, Cross Training, Digital Photography, Basketball, and Lego Building. Each activity meets twice per week.