This article covers what your child's day-to-day experience looks like once the Summer Program begins, from the first MAP test through the final week.

About two hours of focused work. That is enough to make real, measurable progress. Some families choose to do more, and the program accommodates that, but two hours is the target.

It depends on where your child is in the program.

Weeks 1 and 10 (MAP Growth testing)

Your child takes one MAP Growth test per day, per subject. These are standardized assessments of about 40 to 43 questions each, and they are not timed. We recommend at least 40 minutes per test. Your child should complete one test per day. They can do regular learning afterward if they want, but the MAP test is the priority.

Weeks 2 through 9 (learning phase)

This is where the learning happens. Your child logs into the platform each day and works through their personalized learning plan. Depending on where they are in their journey, that might include testing and rebuilding (where the system pinpoints their exact level in each subject), working through targeted knowledge gap lessons, or progressing through their daily skill plan. All of it counts, and all of it is moving your child forward.

The system adapts continuously. When your child demonstrates mastery at 90% or higher, they move up. When something needs more work, the platform delivers exactly the right lessons to fill that gap before moving on. Every student's path looks a little different, and that is the point.

The Summer Program includes all four core subjects: Math, Reading, Language Arts, and Science. Every student has access to all four from day one. The platform adapts to your child's starting level in each subject.

Students also have access to Fast Math, which builds quick fluency in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It supports the core math work by strengthening the foundational operations that everything else builds on.

Every coached student is assigned a dedicated Breakthrough Coach. Coaches are not tutors. They help your child build the skills behind confident, independent learning: critical thinking, problem-solving, strong habits, and ownership of their own progress.

The weekly rhythm:

That is roughly 80 minutes of coaching per week, split between peer learning and individual attention.

Summer Program students have full access to the same motivation tools our year-round families use. Students earn a virtual currency called Alphas for mastering skills, hitting daily targets, and performing well on tests. Alphas can be saved to earn interest or redeemed for gift cards in the Alpha Bank shop.

The system is designed to make effort feel tangible while building the habits that drive real progress. For a full overview, see Motivation System. For details on how earning, saving, and spending works, see Using Alpha Bank: Deposits, Savings & Rewards.

MAP Growth testing at the start (Week 1) and end (Week 10). MAP is the same standardized test used by thousands of schools nationally. At the end of summer, you get a concrete, side-by-side comparison of where your child started and where they finished, measured against national benchmarks.

You get the actual scores, not just our interpretation.

Have a question not covered here? You can ask Alphie, our AI support companion, anytime in the Parent Portal.