Summer Programs
Providing students with the critical learning skills they need during the summer months.
Summer Academic Program
Entering Grades 1 – 6, $2,500
June 2 – June 26, 2025 | Mondays – Thursdays | 8:15 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Application Deadline: Rolling based on availability
Student Screening is required. Call for an appointment.
Horizon Academy’s Summer Academic Program helps students entering first through sixth grades strengthen their reading, writing, and math skills while having fun. Guided by specially trained staff, Horizon Academy summer students engage as learners in small instructional groups with a focus on reading, written expression, and math. Instructional approaches include Orton-Gillingham, Multisensory Math, and learning strategies in written expression, comprehension, and study skills. The curriculum is adapted to meet the needs of each student to ensure that they experience school success. Students will become strategic learners as they develop time management, self-advocacy, and social skills.
In addition to academics, the following will be offered:
- Daily PE classes Monday through Thursday.
- Weekly art, music, makerspace, and social and emotional learning (SEL) classes.
- Limited before-school care is available upon request for a fee.
- A non-refundable deposit of $500 is due when your child is accepted to secure your spot in the program. The remaining balance is due by June 2nd.
Summer Tutoring
Entering Grades 1 – 12
June 2 – July 10, 2025 | 45-minute 1:1 sessions
Location: Horizon Academy | 4901 Reinhardt Drive, Roeland Park, Kansas
Student Prequalification is required.
2 Days a week – $1,020
4 Days a week – $2,040
- Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Commitment is for all 6 weeks of sessions.
- No make-up days for missed sessions.
- A non-refundable deposit of $120 is due when your child is accepted to secure your spot in the program. The remaining balance is due by June 2nd.
- Sessions will take place at our Roeland Park campus, with limited availability at an Overland Park satellite location.
Orton-Gillingham Tutoring
Testing documentation with a diagnosis of dyslexia or specific learning disability in reading and writing is required.
Orton-Gillingham is an instructional approach intended primarily for use with persons who have difficulty with reading, spelling, and writing of the sort associated with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities. This multisensory approach is diagnostic, prescriptive, systematic, structured, and personalized to meet the needs of the learner.
Supportive Tutoring
- Math – Our tutors use the Multisensory Math approach, a student-paced, mastery-based curriculum that is suitable for students with a wide range of abilities. All levels of math from basic skills through Algebra II can be addressed.
- Written Expression – Tutors will use research-based and multisensory writing strategies. The sequence of the writing process and 6-traits of writing will be addressed. Students will learn the essential structure and vocabulary of essay writing from prewriting to polishing.
For more information about our Summer Tutoring Program, click here for more information.
Summer Jump Start Program
Entering Kindergarten and First Grade, $1,600
June 2 – June 26, 2025 | Mondays – Thursdays | 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Horizon Academy | 4901 Reinhardt Drive, Roeland Park, Kansas
Enrollment Capacity: Maximum of 10 rising Kindergarten Kindergarten and First Grade Students
A non-refundable deposit of $250 is due when your child is accepted to secure your spot in the program. The remaining balance is due before June 2nd.
Jump Start Kindergarten Program aims to prepare rising Kindergarten and First Grade students at risk for dyslexia for success in literacy and numeracy. Through a play-based, multisensory Orton-Gillingham (O-G) Approach, students will practice language skills including phonological awareness, emergent writing, alphabet awareness, and fundamental numeracy skills.
The program has been created by experts in Speech & Language Pathology, the Orton-Gillingham Approach (dyslexia literacy intervention), and Multisensory Math. The program will be led by an early childhood O-G certified teacher.
Upon completion of the program, parents will be offered a parent-teacher conference to discuss student growth as well as teacher recommendations and accommodations for the coming school years.
Admission Criteria
Parents interested in the program can fill out an inquiry below. Eligible students will receive in-depth pre-testing as well as post-testing to evaluate their progress.