Oak Park Prep’s school day expands the traditional definition of a middle school day to include extended hours that allow for more individualization for our scholars and provides them with the time to catch-up if they are below grade level. Our program is purposefully and strategically designed to combat the fourth-grade slump that exponentially impacts student learning in every subsequent grade. By addressing this issue by the seventh grade, we are providing scholarss with the time to combat this slump before they enter high school, where studies show it is increasingly difficult to overcome with the current resources available to us.