Student
Services
Services available to students in need include the Title
1 program, speech,
English as a Second Language (ESL), special education, and a school counselor.
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Title 1 provides remediation for students who are educationally
deprived in the areas of Reading and Mathematics. Students are served in
a small group setting with special emphasis on developing a positive self
concept, as well as competence in the areas of reading and mathematics.
- The speech pathologist serves children having problems
with vocabulary, sentence structure, word-endings, sound structure, and
pragmatics which are social skills. Focus is on helping each child reach
his/her full potential as a communicator.
- ESL provides services to those students who are having difficulty
in speaking another language in the home, or a parent speaking a language
besides English in the home. The ESL program instructs students in the
English language and provides and an instructional program to further develop
language for the individual child and his/her needs.
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The special education teachers work with students whose potential
or achievement fall well below average; or those whose behavior interferes
with learning. Instruction is given in a small group setting with emphasis
on hands-on instruction to support classroom learning. Focus is on promoting
positive self-concepts, self-monitoring, good behavioral choices, and achieving
success at a student-dictated pace.
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The school counselor cares about the emotional and social
development of the children. The counselor assists in meeting special needs
of students, promoting a positive school atmosphere, counseling individual
children, meeting with small groups, teaching life coping skills/lessons
in the classrooms, and helping in a crisis. Counseling at school becomes
an aid in helping children develop healthy behaviors and attitudes.
