Foundations Lab

Learners discover that reading and writing are two sides of the same conversation — and that their voice belongs in it.

Key Skills: Reading texts as a writer | Writing to understand |  Building a reading-writing identity

$85/session | $65/session friends & family rate | 60 mins

✓  Explicit reading strategy support to improve reading comprehension

✓  Using mentor texts to spark learners' own writing

✓  Noticing how authors write — then trying it yourself

✓  Building a personal reading life and love of language

✓  Parent check-in each session

Project Lab

Learners read to fuel their thinking, then write to share it. Every project begins with a question, moves through rigorous reading, and ends with something real to say.

Key Skills: Reading to think | Writing to communicate | Reading-writing as dialogue

$120/session | $95/session friends & family rate | 75 mins

✓  Reading complex texts across disciplines to generate original ideas

✓  Writing arguments, analyses, and narratives for real audiences

✓  Studying how writers structure ideas — then applying it

✓  AP, IB, and honors-level reading and writing support

✓  Culminating project with a polished, shareable deliverable

✓  Parent check-in each session

Mastermind Lab

For learners who want to read at the highest levels and write texts for real audiences — and real-world results using digital media or through the power of storytelling.

Key Skills: Reading to synthesize | Writing to influence

 $175/session | $115/session friends & family rate | 75 mins

INTELLECTUAL CRAFT

✓  Reading primary sources to build original, defensible arguments

✓  Op-eds, blogs, video scripts, proposals, or public service announcements for real audiences

✓  Rhetoric, debate, and the art of intellectual persuasion

✓  Curated reading list built around the learner's own interests and reading level

MONEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES

✓  Research and write a custom business plan for a learner's own idea

✓  Pitch writing, grant proposals, or persuasive professional documents

✓  Submission to paid essay contests, competitions, or fellowships, as desired

COLLEGE READINESS

✓  College essay & application narrative development

✓  Submission to student journals and academic publications, as desired

✓  Parent check-in each session