Oakland School offers a five-week summer program for children in elementary through high school, with a boarding (sleep-away) option available for ages 9 through high school. Set on 450 acres just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, the program provides a supportive, engaging environment where students grow academically, socially, and personally. Each day balances purposeful learning with traditional camp fun.

Campers participate in approximately 3.5 hours of daily academics, including individualized 1:1 instruction and small-group learning focused on reading, writing, and math. This structure helps students build skills, confidence, and momentum for the upcoming school year. The summer program is well-suited for children with language-based learning differences or those who simply want a summer’s worth of focused reading, writing, and math to catch up, get an academic boost, or gain a head start on the next school year. The rigorous, yet fun, camp offers daily activities such as horseback riding, swimming, archery, arts and crafts, nature, and more.

Financial Assistance Available

Financial assistance is limited and awarded on an as-needed, first-come, first-serve basis.

Oakland School is a small, co-ed day school and day and sleepaway camp for young children and teens, ages elementary to high school (9 to high school for boarding) who need help reaching their academic potential. This includes those who may have language-based learning differences, those seeking an academic boost, or a gifted child who has a special area of interest they wish to hone. Thanks to a success-oriented environment and time-tested methods, hundreds of students have successfully completed their time at Oakland and returned to mainstream education (part of Oakland's mission) since the school's founding in 1950.

Oakland School is located on 450 acres of rolling countryside in central Virginia, just eleven miles east of Charlottesville. Oakland's peaceful country setting and nurturing environment allow for truly remarkable learning and lifelong friendships to occur.

In the Fall of 2023, Oakland School extended our academic curriculum to once again serve students through the ninth grade, with plans to add one grade level each subsequent year, building toward Oakland's first graduating class in 2027.

We're already enrolling, so give us a call today to learn more about this exciting (re)addition!