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LS Summer Reading Programs

Reading Program
The Shipley Summer Reading Program provides a balanced literacy program with an emphasis on phonological awareness, decoding, sight-word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills. We provide a low student-teacher ratio so we are able to individualize instruction.

Jumpstart Program 
The Jumpstart Program is held two weeks before the opening of the school year. This newly designed program covers the same content areas as the Summer Reading Program, but in review format to prepare students for the beginning of school. Jumpstart offers the same low student-teacher ratio as the three-week program. Both programs also help to advance and enrich the skills of children who have begun to read independently with little or no adult assistance.

Who Benefits from our Program?

  • Children who have not secured letter/sound recognition, or who have not yet unlocked the code to becoming beginning readers.
  • Children who are readers and want to further develop their skills in language arts. 
We nurture a love for reading in children who come to us with a range of reading abilities and who will benefit from the development of vocabulary, comprehension skills, and formalized instruction in spelling and writing. The Program also assists in advancing and enriching the language arts skills of children who have already begun to read independently.

Registration & Payment Options

Online Registration

Families can register campers online and have four payment options:
  • Register Online and pay in full online via a credit card
  • Register Online and pay offline via check or cashier's check
  • *Register Online and pay a $100 deposit online via credit card
  • *Register Online and pay a $100 deposit via check or cashier's check

Printable Registration

Families can register campers via the printable application and have two payment options:
  • Register via the printable application and pay in full via check or cashier's check
  • *Register via the printable application and pay a $100 deposit via check or cashier's check
*Please note that full payment is due May 15, 2023, and must be paid via a check or cashier's check. No refunds will be made after June 1, 2023.

Please send registration and deposit to:
Shipley Summer Reading Camps
The Shipley School - Fran Beese
814 Yarrow Street
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
 
Make checks payable to “The Shipley School.”

Camp Directors

List of 2 members.

  • Photo of Suzanne Mason

    Mason 

    Reading Camp Co-Director
    Bio
  • Photo of Paula Farrell

    Paula (Pastris) Farrell 

    Lower School Coordinator of After-School Programs, Reading Camp Co-Director
    Phone/Extension: 4724

Camp Dates

Summer Reading Program
For Students Entering K ‒ 3rd
Tuesday - Friday, June 20 - 23
9:00-12:15 pm

Jumpstart Program
For Students Entering K ‒ 3rd

Week 1
Monday – Friday, August 21 – 25  
9:00 – 11:45 am

Week 2
Monday - Thursday, August 28 - 31 
9:00 – 12:15 pm 

Open to Shipley and non-Shipley students

Fees

Summer Reading Program - $500 per week
Jumpstart Program - $500 per week

814 Yarrow Street
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Phone: 610-525-4300
Fax: 610-525-5082
The Shipley School is a private, coeducational day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students, located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world.