I know that title is a lot cheerier than most people are when they think of Summer School. However, I want to help you look at Summer School in a little more positive light. It CAN be an opportunity to catch up on missed skills, reinforce what was just learned, or prep for the upcoming school year. It CAN be an opportunity to focus on one area of academics instead of several. It CAN be an opportunity to grow your student in an area of interest. It CAN be a great opportunity!

My teaching load is way lessened in the summer (especially this summer since I am also starting to teach Intermittent Fasting online!), but I still have a day or two in which I offer remediation classes and private tutoring. (They are never called remediation classes outside of the sign up!)

Additionally, Ray is offering a few private slots middle school/high school math and science areas. For example, he is adding one student starting in April who is behind on chemistry and wants to finish the course strong before starting school in the fall (i.e. not carrying it over). He also has some SAT/ACT math prep students in the spring and summer. His degree is in accounting. (He was a CPA before he went into a plant setting and got involved in production and materials.) However, his real “claim to fame” in teaching has been teaching speech, debate, economics, biology, chemistry, physics, and 5th-12th grade math to our own kids as well as hundreds of kids in our cottage classes.

So…..if you are considering summer school and want a little help, we’d love to help you! We are offering two 5-week sessions—students can do one or both with one non-paid miss per session (due to vacations and busy-ness of summer).

Here is what I am offering so far and what times Ray has available for private kids. Please note that if I have three or more students interested, I can add an online class or face-to-face class to my schedule pretty easily, so check out my Meaningful Composition samples if you are considering a quick summer writing class for your students!

TWO SUMMER SESSIONS

First Session: Tuesday, June 5, 12, 19, 26, and July 3

Second Session: Tuesday, July 10, 17, 24, 31, and August 7

Ray’s Availability: Any week day or week night in SW Fort Wayne; some Bluffton/Ossian openings; Saturday mornings in SW FW

Donna’s Private Availability: Monday morning; Tuesday all day and all evening; some Thursday openings

Private Costs: Private tutoring for Ray and/or Donna is $30 for a 55 minute hour for once a week; $25 for a 55 minute hour for students who come twice a week (or one session with Donna and one with Ray). Students may miss one out of every session during the summer sessions without penalty. More than one miss per session requires a make up session or a payment. (These are summer guidelines only.) We always prefer to make up sessions whenever possible.

Donna’s Online or Face-to-Face Summer Classes—Tuesdays—(Minimum student count must be met)

• Complete Language Arts remediation for 4th-8th grade students who have not written three or more paragraph reports and essays—Tuesdays 12:00 SW Fort Wayne (We will use CQLA Level A for this class; one month samples are available at the store.) CQLA Summer Cost: $15 per week for a minimum of four weeks each session (preferably all five weeks); plus $10 per each five week session for their book.

• High School Writing/Remediation—grades 7th-12th who have not written four paragraphs or more of all types of writing with quotes, persuasion, and more (Jump Start book)—Tuesdays 1:30-2:45 (This is also excellent preparation for jumping into CQLA or Meaningful Composition classes in the fall!) Writing Summer Cost: $10 per week for a minimum of four weeks each session (preferably all five weeks); plus $15 per each five week session for their book.

• You Choose! –I would love to add an online class or a different in person class to my line up this summer—check out the MC books at the store to choose a book for your student or group, and I will plan around you! (Note that this year’s in-person writing classes by Donna will be High School Essay in the first semester and Four Research Reports second semester; Jump Start is a wonderful way to get your upper level high schoolers ready for these two classes. Or we could do a creative writing class this summer if I had enough interest!) Writing Summer Cost: $10 per week for a minimum of four weeks each session (preferably all five weeks); plus $15 per each five week session for their book.

Call or text today for more information or to sign up! Decisions as to which classes will run will be made by May 15th and will be based on class enrollment. Donna at 260-433-4365.

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Character Ink Cottage Classes is offering summer school classes and private tutoring!

What: Small Group Classes and Private Instruction for reading, writing, and grammar

When: Thursdays; two five-week sessions; commit to one or both (at least four out of five weeks)
First Sessions June 2, June 9, June 23, June 30, and July 7
Second Session: July 14, July 21, July 2, August 4, August 11

Where: Reish home near Homestead High School (Aboite area)

Who: First through twelfth graders; public, private, or home schoolers

Classes: May offer others if interest is there…contact us!
-Upper elementary language arts (CQLA Level A)
-Jump Start writing (seventh through high school with minimal writing experience)
-High school five paragraph/timed/SAT and ACT essays

Tentative Schedule: We are flexible with summer classes!
-8:30-9:15 Open
-9:15-10:00 Open
-10:00-10:45 Jump Start
-10:45-11:30 High School Essay
-11:30-12:30 Private student (slot taken)
-12:30-1:15 Upper Elementary language arts
-1:15-2:15 Private student (slot taken)
-2:15-3:00 Open
-3:00-3:45 Open

Cost: $10 per class of three or more students; $21 for private tutoring slot

Homework: One hour of homework per week during the session the student attends

To register:
(1) Email, text, or call Donna to confirm class time and availability or private student (260-433-4365 or characterinklady@gmail.com)

(2) Once confirmed, email Donna with the following: Session I or Session II or both; Student name and grade; Parent name, email, phones

(3) Payment due by May 20th in order for hold spots. Pay for one session at a time with check to Donna Reish, 11120 Aboite Center Road, FW, IN 46814 or Paypal characterinklady@gmail.com

a) Classes—$50 plus $20 book fee=$70 for a session (subtract $10 if you know your student will miss one class)
b) Private—$105 plus $15 book fee=$120 for a session (subtract $21 if you know your student will miss one session)

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Call Donna Reish to inquire about availability of class spots: 260-433-4365. Address: 11120 Aboite Center Road, FW. 46814.

Here are the classes that we are considering:

(1) Jump Start I–a remedial writing class (that will not be called remedial after this post!) for students going into sixth to ninth grades who are writing below a sixth grade level right now. For example, a student coming into this class might only be able to write a couple of paragraphs on his own (or not more than four). This class will take most writers from a fourth through sixth grade writing level up to seventh or eighth grade level! This is a good class for students who are at a higher level in grammar and spelling than they are writing but want to go into CQLA in the fall–though that is definitely not required.

(2) Jump Start II–a remedial writing class (that will not be called remedial after this post!) for students going into eight through twelfth grades who are writing below an eighth or ninth grade writing level right now. For example, a student coming into this class might only be able to write four or five paragraphs on his own (not more than six or so) and not able to include quotations, various sentence structures, and other high school techniques. This class will take more writers from a seventh or eighth grade writing level up to a  tenth grade writing level! This is a good class for students who are at a higher level in grammar and spelling than they are writing but want to go into CQLA in the fall–though that is definitely not required.

(3) Elementary Language Arts–This “remedial” class is for students in grades three through six who need additional tutoring in vocabulary, spelling, editing, grammar, usage, writing, and comprehension. This will cover all aspects of language arts and will use Character Quality Language Arts Level A as its basis.

(4) Private Tutoring Option–Depending on how full the classes are, I would consider doing a few private tutoring sessions or very small group sessions in whatever areas of language arts you desire (including learning to read for young students and reading comprehension/fluency for olders–I would test reading levels at the first session and go from there…).

Other Details

(1) Classes will be on Tuesday mornings beginning on Tuesday, June 2nd, at our home on Aboite Center Road (across from the back of Homestead High School).

(2) Each of the three classes will be seventy to ninety minutes in length, depending on number of attendees.

(3) Classes will run for ten weeks; however, since it is summer, we will charge only for the classes that your student attends at a minimum of eight classes. In other words, everybody will be charged for eight of the ten classes regardless of ability to attend eight of the ten classes. (Obviously, the more classes a student attends, the better his skill improvement!)

(4) Homework will be given, and you should plan for your student to work on his assignments thirty to forty minutes a day the other four week days. (Please do not send a student who does not have time to do the homework! It is crucial to the success of the program! 🙂 ) Note also that if your student misses class, no homework will be expected (unless you want it).

(5) I (Donna) will be the only summer teacher; therefore, we are only able to offer a select number of classes. If you want another class (i.e. story writing or SAT Essay or research writing, and you can get four students or more to attend, please feel free to call or text me to discuss that offering possibility.

(6) Classes will be held on Tuesday mornings with this or a similar schedule (again, depending on enrollees’ schedules):

Elementary Language Arts–9:00-10:15

Jump Start I—10:15-11:30

Jump Start II–11:30-12:45

(8) Class fees and books will be due in two parts–half with registration and half on the first day of class. Here are the totals:

Eight class meetings (or more if student can attend all ten!): $80

Books/copies (at least 300 pages!):                                          $30

Total tuition and fees:                                                     $110 (or up to $130 if all ten classes are                                                                                                                             attended)

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