Charles is a pre-kindergarten student that attended Huntington in Verona, NJ during the summer of 2011. While in New Jersey visiting his grandmother, Charles attended Huntington. When his grandmother first contacted Huntington, she was concerned about his phonics, handwriting and his basic skills. Charles had difficulty recognizing and writing letters and numbers, following directions and writing his name. Additionally, Charles had little focus and became easily frustrated when learning new concepts. Our objective was to get Charles ready for entering kindergarten. On the academic evaluation, Charles scored below grade level. He was not able to complete many of the tests administered.

Charles attended Huntington five times a week from the end of June until August, completing 84 hours of instruction. After completing his summer program at Huntington, Charles is now able to write his name, numbers 1-10 and letters A-Z. Overall, his writing has improved drastically. Charles also recognizes all isolated letter sounds, and Charles mastered 15 new sight words such as and,the and can. Charles has also improved with following multi-step directions.

Since Charles has completed his program, I have been in contact with his mother, Shronda, throughout the school year. The following is a quote derived from an email from her: "Thanks to each and everyone who has worked so very hard with my son. Charles has gotten two green dots, which has earned him a horseshoe point! He has learned so much from you all I just cannot thank you enough!"

FROM: Charles