Read/Write Spring Break Programs

Spring Break Booster Week Programs (In-Person or Online)

For families who know that their child has a learning gap, the Read/Write Booster provides concentrated 2 or 3 hour lessons four or five days in a row that can give your child a small boost in one area of their literacy. Students are informally assessed on the first day. A goal is established for the week and a plan is developed to work towards achieving the goal. Sample goals might include: learn short vowels, learn sentence structure, or, learn "magic e" rule. A brief summary report is provided at the end of the week with a few recommendations for continued learning. Booster programs are appropriate for new and returning students to the Read/Write program.

All Booster Week programs run Monday to Friday or Monday to Thursday (weeks 2 - 4)

Lesson Time Options:

3 hour lessons: 8:30 am - 11:30 am or 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
2 hour lessons: 8:30 am - 10:30 am, 11:00 pm - 1:00 pm or 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Program Dates	Location	Lesson Length	Total Hours	Full Cost
March 21 - 25	In-Person Only	3 hours each	15 hours	$900
March 21 - 25	In-Person or Online	2 hours each	10 hours	$600
March 28 - April 1	In-Person Only	3 hours each	15 hours	$900
March 28 - April 1	In-Person or Online	2 hours each	8 or 10 hours	$480 or $600
April 4 - 8	In-Person Only	3 hours each	15 hours	$900
April 4 - 8	In-Person or Online	2 hours each	8 or 10 hours	$480 or $600
April 18 - 22	In-Person Only	3 hours each	15 hours	$900
April 18 - 22	In-Person or Online	2 hours each	8 or 10 hours	$480 or $600

Registration Dates:

Summer Intensive Program registration will begin on Monday, February 28, 2022
Summer Booster Program registration will begin on April 25, 2022

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COVID Protocols

Missed lessons/rescheduling:

Owing to the nature of these programs and the high demand, we cannot honour any requests for alternate dates. To maximize students’ learning in these programs, full attendance is expected. Our instructors work hard to prepare for each lesson. Missed lessons will not be made up by our instructors, nor will any refunds for missed dates be issued.

* COVID EXCEPTION: If your child is required by Alberta Health Services to self-isolate or is quarantined, lessons will be adjusted and either made up where possible or refunded. Our preference is to make up the lesson to maximize your student's learning. Lesson times for makeups include weekdays after school or on professional development days.
For online lessons only: If your child is too ill to work online AND you provide a minimum of six hours notice to your instructor 1 lesson may be rescheduled depending on the instructor's schedule and availability.

Withdrawal:

If a family withdraws less than 7 days prior to the program start date, an administration fee of $50 will be charged, as an Instructor will already have been secured. The remaining balance will be refunded.

Client expectations:

Our Instructors strive to engage their students in a strength-based and collaborative manner. We will let you know as soon as possible if a young person’s emotions and/or behaviour in a session prevented us from working with them in an effective manner. Should this occur, we would work in partnership with you to resolve the situation. If there were ongoing issues that impact the young person’s benefit from the sessions, and/or impact others, we would refund any remaining sessions.