Summer Academy
Information has been updated for summer 2026!
Check back for updates to this website.
Questions?
Prior to the start of summer academy, please contact your home school building secretary, teacher, or principal.
Once summer academy has started, please contact the summer academy site secretary or principal with any questions or concerns.
If you have any additional summer academy questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the District Summer School Office at 307-771-2254
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- Principal: Keri Peacock
- Phone: 307-771-2320
- Feeder Schools: Dildine, Saddle Ridge, Baggs, Buffalo Ridge, Anderson, Alta Vista, Meadowlark
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- Principal: Dr. Cheryl Fogg
- Phone: 307-771-2305
- Feeder Schools: Freedom, Davis, Clawson, Coyote Ridge, Deming/Miller, Gilchrest, Hobbs, Jessup, Freedom, Pioneer Park, Prairie Wind, Willadsen
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- Principal: Matt Clay
- Phone: 307-771-2620
- Feeder Schools: Goins, Cole, Hebard, Arp, Sunrise
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- Principal: Craig Williams
- Phone: 307-771-2544
- Feeder Schools: Rossman, Afflerbach, Fairview, Lebhart, Bain, Henderson
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- South High School – 307-771-2446
- All LCSD1 7th -12th Graders
- South High School – 307-771-2446
Elementary Summer Academy Parent/Guardian Guidelines
Elementary Jumpstart-6th Grade Programming
Printable version of this information
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- LCSD1 summer programming offers students opportunities for continued learning, intervention, and enrichment through engaging lessons and activities.
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- Dates: June 15th-July 16th (No School on Fridays
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- 7:30-8:00 Breakfast provided
- 8:00-12:00 Instructional time
- 12:00-12:30 Lunch provided/Busses pick up students to go home
- 7:30-8:00 Breakfast provided
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- Focus is to strengthen specific standards within grade level reading, writing, and math
- Project based learning in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
- Access to additional opportunities such as field trips, team building activities, collaboration, and more
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- Each student will receive pre, mid, and post data regarding progress toward meeting goals. These reports will be provided to the students and the parents/guardians.
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- Bussing will be available to and from the home elementary school of your neighborhood school.
- Parents must make arrangements for student pick up and drop off at the home school bus stop at the appropriate times.
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Attendance: Students that miss more than 3 days may be dropped from the program. Tardies also count toward attendance. Please work with the Summer School Principal if circumstances arise that require an absence.
Behavior: The district discipline matrix will be followed.
Secondary Summer School - RISE - 7th to 12th Graders
Secondary Parent Information
Printable version of this information
Who: Students in grades 7-12 who failed a core course (Math, English, Social Studies, or Science) and need to recover credit.
What: In-person instruction to remediate & build skills in essential curricular standards; free breakfast & lunch will be provided daily, and transportation from neighborhood elementary schools is available.
When: Monday – Thursday each week; classes run from 8:45 AM–1:15 PM
- Session 1 – June 15-30, 2026
- Session 2 – July 1 -July 16, 2025
Where: South High School, 1213 W. Allison Rd, Cheyenne, WY 82007
How: Students will register with their counselors at their home schools before the end of the school year. Students can recover 0.5 credits each session.
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Monday – Thursday June 15-30
High School Semester 1 Course Recovery
- High School Semester 1 Core Courses
- World Geography
Junior High Full Year Course Standatd Recovery
- 8th – Earth and Space
- 7th & 8th Grade Math and English
*Some junior high courses will only be available during one session, please reach out to your counselors for more details
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Monday – Thursday July 1-16
High School Semester 2 Course Recovery
- High School Semester 2 Core Courses
Junior High Full Year Course Standatd Recovery
- 8th – US History
- 7th – Intro to Life Science
- 7th & 8th Grade Math and English
*Some junior high courses will only be available during one session, please reach out to your counselors for more details
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Breakfast daily 8:15-8:45 AM
Lunch daily 1:15–1:30 PM
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Bus schedules will be released the first week of June; busses will pick up and drop off at neighborhood elementary schools. Please check the district website for schedules.
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If you have further questions, please feel free to contact:
- Wendy Gains, Secondary Summer School Secretary at wendy.gains@laramie1.org
- Nicholas Lamp Secondary Summer School Principal at nicholas.lamp@laramie1.org
- Dr. Kerri Gentry, Secondary Summer School Principal at kerri.gentry@laramie1.org
*We will be available for contact at South HS beginning June 10, 2026, at 307-771-2446
**The District Summer School Office at 771-2335 or 771-2187
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- Students will be allowed 2 absences for each session (grades 7-12). Parents/guardians will be contacted daily if their student is absent. Reminder: 3 tardies (10 minutes late) equals one absence.
- Inappropriate behavior, as determined by the administration, will not be tolerated. A student displaying inappropriate behavior can be immediately dismissed from the summer school program. All students attending any District Summer School Program need intensive instruction; time cannot be spent continually correcting inappropriate behavior.
- Students need to come to summer school prepared to work diligently for the entire session.
- A School Resource Officer (SRO) from the Cheyenne Police Department will be available each day during the summer school sessions. The SRO may bring a drug dog on random days during the summer school sessions. Please contact the summer school office at South HS if you have any questions or need support from the SRO.
- Transportation will be provided from neighborhood elementary schools to and from South HS for 7th-12th-grade students. Limited transportation services will be provided to students living outside the walking area to the summer school. A transportation schedule will be available on the district’s web page by the first week of June. If you have any questions about transportation, don't hesitate to contact the District Transportation Department at 307-771-2628.
All parents must understand and support the District’s Summer School Program guidelines. Please review the above expectations with your student before the start of summer school.
If, for some reason, your student registers and is unable to attend the summer session, please call one of the contacts listed above.
We look forward to working with you and your student.
- Eric Jackson, Director of Leadership – LCSD#1 Summer School Office
- Dr. Kerri Gentry, Secondary Summer School Principal
- Nicholas Lamp, Secondary Summer School Principal
Summer 2026 Extended School Year Services (ESY)
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- LCSD1 Extended School Year Services are available to students with IEPs who have qualified for ESY services as determined by their IEP teams.
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Sessions will be provided based on the frequency and duration outlined in the student's IEP for ESY services.
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Sessions will be scheduled by the district and will be clustered during the weeks of June 15th—25th, July 6th—16th, and July 27—Aug 6th.
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- Frequency and duration of services will be determined at the student's annual IEP meetings and scheduled by the district.
- For example, if a student has qualified for 30 minutes of services for 8 sessions throughout the summer, the ESY schedule could be 9:00-9:30 Mondays and Wednesdays during the ESY dates.
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ESY will only address the IEP goals that qualify for ESY services as indicated by the IEP teams.
Progress Monitoring & Reporting
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Service logs will be maintained and progress on IEP goals that qualify for ESY services will be reported at the end of the student's sessions.
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Parents are strongly encouraged to provide transportation to ESY if they are able to do so. (This is due to the students only accessing the specific frequency and duration of time outlined in their IEPs.)
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If a student needs transportation in order to access the service, it will be provided. However, this year transportation will be provided for 2-hour blocks.
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If a student access Special Transportation during the school year and has qualified to receive ESY services, transportation will be provided.
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Saddle Ridge Elementary for elementary students who have qualified for ESY services.
South High School for secondary students who have qualified for ESY services.
ESY Administrator for both sites: Tiffany Hearne 307-428-4382
LCSD1 ESY vs. Summer School 2026
Services for students during the summer will present differently than in past years. Staff, students, and family can reference this document for potential impacts for summer planning.
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ESY is a service specific to special education for students who require services over extended breaks based on documented significant regression and recoupment challenges to the point that this impacts their ability to make progress in their education.
- ESY is determined annually, based on an IEP team decision and based on data
- Data should be collected before and after breaks indicating significant regression and recoupment challenges
- At times, ESY is determined by the team reviewing Predictive Factors after analyzing regression and recoupment data
- ESY is for the maintenance of goals not progression on goals
- ESY is not provided to all students with an IEP and is not Summer School
- ESY should continue the services and Specially Designed Instruction that the student has qualified for through the IEP process (determination of ESY services is on a goal by goal, individualized bases)
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- EDT/ADT will occur at EDT/ADT
- Summer School and/or ESY for Annex students will occur at Annex
- Saddle Ridge will be the host site for elementary students that qualify for ESY services
- South High School will be the host site for secondary students that qualify for ESY services.
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Summer School is a General Education offer. Any student meeting the criteria outlined for Summer School can attend even if they happen to have an IEP. IEP services are not provided during summer school, such as Specially Designed Instruction and Related Services. However, students with an IEP attending Summer School must have access to their accommodations and supports to access Summer School. Accommodations and supports can be provided to the student by ANY staff member (general education teachers, special education teachers, paraprofessionals).
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Related services, such as Speech, OT, PT, etc. are only provided to students during the summer who have qualified for ESY for those services through the IEP process. Students attending Summer School are not provided with related services unless they qualify for those services through ESY. Typically, Related Services are only provided in conjunction with academic based ESY goals.
Summer Academy Busing Information
- Transportation is provided to/from your nearest neighborhood school to the school hosting summer academy.
- Secondary students who live in the Round Top Rd. area west of the Base may catch the bus for summer academy at Freedom Elementary.
- There is one stop on base, Stop #8 Youth Center, for secondary students to get to South High and elementary students to get to Freedom Elementary, if necessary.
- Schedules are subject to change, so please make sure to check them often.
Bus Route Information - updated 5/28/2026
Linked on this web page are the bus schedules for summer academy busing (not special needs). The schools highlighted in yellow are the schools that are hosting summer academy, so they are the drop off and/or pick up points.
Summer Academy Busing Schedules Available - Please Read Carefully!
Parents and Students,
The busing schedules for both the Secondary and Elementary Gen Ed Summer Academy programs are now available.
Important Information Regarding Schedules:
Please be aware that these schedules are subject to change. Adjustments may be necessary based on student ridership numbers, and it is possible that times could change even after the summer academy session has begun.
We are committed to making every effort to update this information promptly on this website and to communicate changes to the respective schools.
We strongly encourage parents and students to check back on this webpage frequently for any potential updates to the busing schedules.
If you have any questions regarding summer academy transportation, please do not hesitate to contact the LCSD1 Transportation department at (307) 771-2628.
Thank you, LCSD1 Transportation