SUMMER 2026 · LEAP PROGRAM DETAILS
Make this summer count with LEAP.
At the LEAP program, each student's scope and sequence is specially designed and taught for their unique learning profile. We meet one-on-one, daily, with students for 2 - 4 hours. Our method is research-based and validated, designed to help students confidently jump into their next year prepared for new academic challenges. Each student's schedule and curriculum are individualized and based on their areas of strength and growth. We typically see growth of over two grade levels with a full summer program.
Intensive model builds crucial academic skills quickly
See your learner gain the critical skills, and confidence they need in reading, writing, and math.
With two or four individualized tutoring sessions per day, students have fun making gains in a short time.
Specially trained tutors
Our tutors are trained in research-based, structured literacy and math interventions that work for students who learn in their own unique way.
Individualized Curriculum
Our curriculum is fully individualized for each student and includes the Lindamood Bell Programs of Seeing Stars™, Visualizing and Verbalizing™, and On Cloud Nine™; as well as Orton-Gillingham methodologies overseen by certified learning specialists.
Location
Our LEAP summer program is available at at the Friends School of Portland, just north of Portland on Route 1 in Cumberland Foreside, Online or at our Brunswick, Maine learning center.
We use a mix of indoor and outdoor space, movements, games, and yes, even some desk work to make our program engaging.
"My 15-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Dyslexia at age 8. She has received special education through the public school system to address her reading difficulties since that time. Despite school intervention, her reading fluency and decoding stalled at the 6th grade level.
With intensive, individual tutoring by Pine State Learning and the Lindamood Bell Reading curriculum, her grade equivalent jumped 2 grades in 4 months. My high schooler cried joyfully after independently reading the very first novel of her life during her sophomore year.
She no longer requires my assistance to complete non-fiction-based reading homework. Pine State Learning is solely responsible for my daughter's significant reading advancement, which has given her a big boost to her self-esteem. For that, I am so grateful."
- Rebecca B., Mother