The year-round calendar
Summer is the flagship — pick a track, ship a capstone. But what makes Graidschool a real school is the rhythm in between. Each season has a module designed to fit the window: short enough to finish, sticky enough to remember, useful enough to share at the family table.
Summer Term
June -- August
The flagship six-week program. Pick a track, meet your mentor, ship a real project. Designed for kids who finally have time and energy to build something they're proud of.
What kids take home
Back-to-School
Late August -- September
A short module on using AI the right way for school: how to ask better questions, how to check what it gave you, how to never let it write your work for you. Built for the moment every parent dreads.
What kids take home
Halloween
October
Two-week creative sprint. Kids design an original monster, write its backstory, generate concept art with AI, then turn it into a short interactive scare or a printable trick-or-treat handout.
What kids take home
Thanksgiving
November
A one-week family module. Kids interview a grandparent or relative, turn the answers into a short illustrated book about that person, and print it for the holiday table. Sage hosts.
What kids take home
Holiday Term
December
Three holiday mini-projects, one per track. Build a personalized holiday game for a sibling, a real planner app for a parent, or write a custom storybook for a younger cousin. Real gifts. Made by them.
What kids take home
New Year
January
A two-week module on using AI to design a real plan for the year. Kids pick one goal, break it down with their mentor, build a tracker for it, and check in with Principal Quill every two weeks.
What kids take home
Valentine's
February
A one-week module focused on writing for someone else. Kids design a custom card or letter for someone they care about, using AI to brainstorm -- never to fake the voice. Sage hosts.
What kids take home
Spring Term
March -- May
A second flagship build cycle, lighter than summer. Designed for kids who finish summer wanting more, and for new families joining mid-year. Capstones presented at the end-of-spring Showcase.
What kids take home
Why we built it this way
Right-sized to the window
A one-week Thanksgiving module doesn’t pretend to be a summer course. Each season gets a module shaped for its real attention budget.
Always shippable
Every season ends with something the kid can hand to someone they love — a gift, a card, a story, a tracker, a tiny game.
Same mentors, evolving relationship
The kid’s mentor doesn’t reset between terms. Pixel remembers what they built last summer. Quill writes the report that proves it.
The same calendar that works for a single family scales into an after-school program, a summer camp, or an elective.