Apply for Winter 2025 Weekend Program, Encounters, and Online Courses | New Above-Grade-Level Assessment Options

1- to 11-Week Courses

PreK - Grade 6 Summer Online Programs

Flexibly Paced, Asynchronous Options

Flexibly Paced Courses for Students and Families

CTD online programs provide learning experiences that fit busy family schedules. Courses fill the mind, create a peer network, and build life-long skills. 

 

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4-Week Enrichment Courses
Online Family Program
(PreK-Grade 3)

Bright, curious students, PreK through grade 3, and their families work with expert instructors to explore a subject area of interest. Through hands-on projects families can do together and discussions with other participants, the program introduces students to new skills and concepts while providing parents with techniques and resources for helping advanced learners reach their potential.
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9-Week Enrichment Courses
(Grades 3-8)

Independent, motivated learners have the chance to explore topics of interest in depth and with the support of an expert instructor. Course activities develop critical and creative thinking as students engage with content that inspires excitement and further interest in the domain.

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9-Week Core Essentials Courses
(Grades 3-8)

Students master essential subject-area content at a more advanced level than typically available at their grade level in school. Courses allow for academic acceleration, provide activities that encourage autonomous learning, and provide foundational, subject-area skills.

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9- to 11-Week Honors Courses
Accelerated Summer Online
(Grades 6 - 12)

These intensive honors-level courses are an excellent option for highly motivated students seeking summer opportunities for acceleration. The course term will range from 9 to 11 weeks, depending on a student's enrollment date.

“Many things in the course are awesome!! It is easy to use, I love the community, and it is a great way to expand my learning.”

– CTD Student

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