Welcome to the S.P.I.E.S. website! S.P.I.E.S. stands for Succeed, Progress, Improve, and Enjoy your Summer. The staff works very hard to plan a program that does exactly this. Since 1993 S.P.I.E.S. has been providing exceptional summer educational services to students who had experienced difficulty in reading and writing at the elementary level. The program started with 60 students and 4 dedicated teachers. Since then, the program has not only grown in size, but has grown to provide additional services to meet the needs of our students. We now have over 200 students enrolled in our program, 19 teachers, 1 librarian aide, and numerous student teachers and volunteers. Although not officially S.P.I.E.S. students, we do welcome students in the Extended School Year (ESY) program to Belmont Hills during the summer.