Lake Forest Academy Summer Academy
Lake Forest Academy, 1500 West Kennedy Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045-2338
About
Lake Forest Academy Summer Academy offers a high school program with a rigorous curriculum taught by Lake Forest Academy teachers and a middle school program where students explore a variety of topics and develop and sharpen their critical thinking skills while learning on campus. The Summer Academy includes high school courses that can provide transcript credit for current Lake Forest Academy students, and non-Lake Forest Academy high school students can have a transcript sent to their high school, with acceptance of credit determined by their school or district policies. Summer programming includes a Code of Conduct, Liability Waiver, Refund & Credit Policy, and High School Attendance Policy, which states that to be eligible for full credit a student can miss no more than two days of a full-credit class and no more than one day of a half-credit class, and the last day of class cannot be missed.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: High school program runs June 8–July 2 with classes between 8:30/9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; middle school program runs June 8–26 with week-long morning sessions from 8:30–11:30 a.m. and week-long afternoon sessions from 12–3 p.m., with no classes on June 19
• Price: For high school courses, $3000 for a full credit (two semesters) course and $1500 for a semester-long course; for middle school STEAM+ Camps, $500 per camp during session one and three, $400 per camp during session two, and $1,600 total for four sessions over the three weeks with a discount code
Lake Forest Academy’s mission for all of its programs is to embody in its practices and to cultivate in its students excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility. The Academy is ranked among the top boarding schools in the United States and as the No. 1 private school in Illinois. Lake Forest Academy is described as a diverse and inclusive community that acknowledges, respects, values, and celebrates differences in cultures, identities, and perspectives, and its service-learning program challenges students to reflect on who they are, their role in the greater community, and to engage with community partners to support causes they are passionate about. The school promotes its programs, including Summer Academy and other camps, and students’ accomplishments through its websites, social media, publications, brochures, and other materials, and requests permission to use children’s photos, videos, quotes, and student work in these official materials.
The leadership team connected to Lake Forest Academy includes J. Thomas Johnson, Head of School and History & Social Science Teacher, and Jacqueline Leib, Executive Assistant to the Head of School & Board of Trustees. Meredith Norman is the contact for questions regarding registration and course selection and for receiving the four-session discount code for middle school STEAM+ Camps. Early registration pricing is available for Summer Academy.
Last updated May 26, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: High school program runs June 8–July 2 with classes between 8:30/9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.; middle school program runs June 8–26 with week-long morning sessions from 8:30–11:30 a.m. and week-long afternoon sessions from 12–3 p.m., with no classes on June 19
• Price: For high school courses, $3000 for a full credit (two semesters) course and $1500 for a semester-long course; for middle school STEAM+ Camps, $500 per camp during session one and three, $400 per camp during session two, and $1,600 total for four sessions over the three weeks with a discount code
Lake Forest Academy’s mission for all of its programs is to embody in its practices and to cultivate in its students excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility. The Academy is ranked among the top boarding schools in the United States and as the No. 1 private school in Illinois. Lake Forest Academy is described as a diverse and inclusive community that acknowledges, respects, values, and celebrates differences in cultures, identities, and perspectives, and its service-learning program challenges students to reflect on who they are, their role in the greater community, and to engage with community partners to support causes they are passionate about. The school promotes its programs, including Summer Academy and other camps, and students’ accomplishments through its websites, social media, publications, brochures, and other materials, and requests permission to use children’s photos, videos, quotes, and student work in these official materials.
The leadership team connected to Lake Forest Academy includes J. Thomas Johnson, Head of School and History & Social Science Teacher, and Jacqueline Leib, Executive Assistant to the Head of School & Board of Trustees. Meredith Norman is the contact for questions regarding registration and course selection and for receiving the four-session discount code for middle school STEAM+ Camps. Early registration pricing is available for Summer Academy.
Last updated May 26, 2026.
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