Cusp keeps HISD K–5 brains academically wired all summer — 15–45 min/day, narrated by Mrs. Jessica, genuinely fun. Eight tracks: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, plus GT/Vanguard prep and Helms dual-language. Sprints come in 3-day, 5-day, or 1-week shapes — pick the pacing that fits your kid.
Eight tracks: every grade from K through 5, plus GT/Vanguard prep and Helms dual-language. Same platform, same teacher voice, same adaptive sprint engine — different front door depending on your family's path.
Most "summer programs" are worksheets plus a teacher reviewing last year. Cusp is software designed like a flagship app — children open it the way they open a game — paired with a weekly human check-in.
Short, focused sessions a child can actually finish — about 15 minutes on a tired day, 45 on a great one. Designed for the attention span of a real child after lunch, not an ideal one in a brochure.
If a child masters a sprint in two days, the platform moves to the next one. If they stall, it loops the concept with new examples instead of pushing forward. Mastery, not seat time.
Every Friday, a 20-minute video call with a credentialed teacher. They review the week, set the next week's stretch goal, and answer parent questions.
Friday digest: what was mastered, what's still shaky, exactly which standards. No guessing. No grade-school jargon. See a sample →
This is the Quest Explorer 🧠 track (entering 3rd) shown below. Every world has the same structure with grade-appropriate units. Click a sprint on the platform to see the daily lesson plan.
Each child opens the platform on their tablet or laptop and gets a daily plate: one math, one ELA, one typing, one mini-game. The whole thing is designed.
Adaptive arithmetic with visual models. K: ten-frames. 3rd: arrays for multiplication. 5th: bar models for fractions & ratios.
K: letter sounds & blending. 3rd: vocabulary in context. 5th: word roots, prefixes/suffixes. Always tied to that day's reading.
A real typing tutor. K: find-the-letter. 3rd: home row → 25 WPM. 5th: 30+ WPM & numbers. Tracked across the whole summer.
End-of-week challenge that mixes the week's math, reading, and typing into one timed run. Earns a badge. Beats the streak.
This is the high-level map. Each item below corresponds to specific TEKS standards your child will leave the summer fluent in — not just exposed to.
Cusp started at Oak Forest Elementary and expanded across HISD. The pacing, the standards, the bilingual engine — all calibrated to what HISD will actually do in August 2026, from Vanguard GT identification to Helms dual-language 4th grade.
Short sprints with mastery checks replace the slog. A Foundation Check catches gaps before they become anxiety. Mrs. Jessica narrates every walkthrough in a warm teacher voice. Kids want to come back.
Every track — Adventure World ⭐, Rocket Academy 🚀, Discovery Lab 🔢, Quest Explorer 🧠, Mission Control 🔬, Launch Pad 🚀, The Lab ✨, El Puente 🌉 — is live in the platform right now.
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