SUMMER PROGRAM
Study Skills and Writing
ASDEC Middle-High School Summer Program
Grades 7-11
July 7-17, 2026 from 9:30-11:30
St. Andrew the Apostle School
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ASDEC Study Skills and Writing
Grades 7-11
July 7-17, 2026 from 9:30-11:30
St. Andrew the Apostle School
Middle and high school students must complete increasingly challenging writing assignments across the curriculum. Most students, however, have not mastered the grammar and language skills necessary to become effective and confident writers. ASDEC’s middle/high school specialists use state-of-the art multisensory strategies to help students improve reading, grammar, writing, and study skills in a lively small group setting. The program provides students with some of the most critical and necessary skills required for academic writing at the secondary level. Students will learn the multisensory process approach to improve sentences, paragraphs, and multi-paragraph essays.Study skills instruction is embedded within the academic writing curriculum and will focus on time management, organization, vocabulary development, text annotation, webbing, summarizing, and source citation. Students will learn techniques that significantly improve comprehension and memory. Additionally, they will use software tools that aid in mastery of content information and organization.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Students entering grades 7-11 in the Fall of 2026 who currently are struggling in school.
WHAT STUDENTS LEARN
Pre-tests and post-tests administered in past summer programs reveal significant gains for participants in grammar and writing. Parents also report that their children demonstrate improved ability to complete short and long-term projects independently and on time.
ASDEC INSTRUCTORS
Laurie Moloney, CALT is the lead instructor. With 20 years of experience as an Academic Language Therapist, Ms. Moloney specializes in teaching students to read and spell fluently; take notes from textbooks, literature, and lecture; remember what they read and hear using powerful memory strategies; enlarge their vocabulary exponentially through the study of Greek and Latin morphemes; write well; manage their time and school materials effectively; and self-advocate.
PROGRAM LOCATIONS
St. Andrew the Apostle School
Silver Spring MD
PROGRAM COSTS
$1,200 plus a non-refundable $100 application fee.
HOW TO REGISTER
Step 1
Complete online pre-registration form online and make your payment for of the non-refundable deposit
Step 2
Send your student's educational testing to questions@asdec.org
Step 3
After staff review testing, students will be invited to meet with the summer program director for intake and placement.
Step 4
We will confirm your registration and send you an invoice.