Lower School Classes (Grades 3-5)
Lower School Reading
Structured literacy, often using Orton Gillingham approach: explicit, systematic teaching of foundational components of literacy (PA, decoding, encoding) as well as reading comprehension. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $8850
Group Size: 2 to 4 students
Lower School Math
Hands-on, concept-focused, and evidence-based, aligned with standards-based curricula; focus on math language development and use of CRA method (Concrete-Abstract-Representational). Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $8850
Group Size: 2 to 4 students
Lower School Writing
Systematic and explicit instruction; teaching strategies for planning, revising, and editing written work. Focus on note taking skills, sentence expansion, and development of single paragraph essays moving into multi-paragraph written work. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $8850
Group Size: 2 to 4 students
Lower School Academic Club
Lab School’s ground breaking Social Studies class infused with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Art focus – Students play historic roles and are immersed in a time period. Focus on the development of design thinking and language skills. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online four times a week for 45 minutes.
Cost for school year: $4850
Group Size: 4 to 8 students
(No cost for students enrolled in all three Lower School academic classes: Reading, Writing, and Math)
Middle School Classes (Grades 6-8)
Middle School Reading
Structured literacy, often using Orton Gillingham approach: explicit, systematic teaching of higher level components of literacy: syntax, morphology, encoding and reading comprehension. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $6650
Group Size: 4 to 6 students
Middle School Math
Hands-on, explicit, concept focused, and evidence-based, aligned with standards-based curricula. Focus on connection of math to daily life problem solving and development of abstract mathematical thinking. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $6650
Group Size: 4 to 6 students
Middle School Writing
Systematic and explicit instruction; teaching strategies for planning, revising, and editing written work; provide targeted feedback to students in terms of effectiveness of their writing. Focus on complex sentence structure, note taking, and development of multi-paragraph writing. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $6650
Group Size: 4 to 6 students
Middle School Science
Competency-Based instruction focused on leading scientific investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, the development and use of models, and writing technical reports. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online twice a week for 45 minutes.
Cost for school year: $2850
Group Size: 4 to 8 students
Middle School History
Competency-Based instruction focused on the ability to analyze events, people, and perspectives and the ability to apply geographical reasoning by evaluating human impacts on environmental systems; build civic knowledge and make a positive impact in communities. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online twice a week for 45 minutes.
Cost for school year: $2850
Group Size: 4 to 8 students
Middle School Visual Art
Competency-Based instruction focused on conveying meaning through artistic work, organizing, developing, and executing a project plan; demonstrating an understanding of the responsibility that comes with artistic freedom; relate artistic ideas and works to societal, cultural, and historical contexts. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online once a week for 45 minutes.
Cost for school year: $1425
Group Size: 4 to 8 students
Individual Classes
One-On-One Supplement for Reading
Designed for students whose skill set is such that one-on-one instruction is deemed necessary in order for the student to progress adequately through the reading curriculum. Must be recommended by teaching team. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $6650 (in addition to Lower School or Middle School Reading class cost)
Group Size: 1 student
One-On-One Supplement for Math
Designed for students whose skill set is such that one-on-one instruction is deemed necessary in order for the student to progress adequately through the math curriculum. Must be recommended by teaching team. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $6650 (in addition to Lower School or Middle School Reading class cost)
Group Size: 1 student
One-On-One Supplement for Writing
Designed for students whose skill set is such that one-on-one instruction is deemed necessary in order for the student to progress adequately through the writing curriculum. Must be recommended by the teaching team. Taught synchronously by a trained, experienced certified teacher. Meets live online daily for 60 minutes.
Cost for school year: $6650 (in addition to Lower School or Middle School Reading class cost)
Group Size: 1 student
One-On-One Coaching
Individually designed based on student needs. Assist students in the development of plan creation and execution, organizational skills, and executive functioning skills. Student meets live online with a trained, experienced teacher for 30-minute one-on-one sessions in whatever frequency (daily, weekly, biweekly) works best for the student’s need and schedule. Sessions are bundled in packages of ten.
Cost per package of ten: $500
Group Size: 1 student
Tech Needs
- A laptop or desktop PC or Macbook possessing a minimum of 8GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage
- Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are not supported
- Chromebooks are not supported
- Device must be able to support multi-window screen sharing, video feed, etc.
- Chrome is the recommended browser.
- High-speed internet connection (Cable, DSL)
- Satellite internet service and cellular wifi hotspots may be subject to speed and reliability issues and could result in unsatisfactory performance.
- Recommended Internet speeds:
- Download speed of at least 25 mbps
- Upload speed of at least 3 mbps
- Ping response of less than 100ms
- Test your Internet speed using speedtest.net
- A headset with microphone
- Access to a printer
- A second monitor/two screens is very helpful for many students
- A smart camera device that allows student to move while staying on camera is helpful for some students
- A stand-alone keyboard and mouse may be helpful for some students
- Using a shared Internet connection will impact connectivity, such as additional household members’ use of streaming TV, gaming, and other Internet usage.
- Wireless connections may be impacted by the distance from the router and interference from microwaves and other electronics. (Wired connections are recommended.)
- Your Internet Service Provider’s performance may vary throughout the day based on community usage.
