Learner Services

Elementary Learner Services and Fees:

Elementary Learner Services is primarily a service to provide intervention in the early years. Our goal is to help students get up to speed, or at least close the gap, in areas of deficit. We do not diagnose students with any disability or learning difference but may recommend testing based on observations in the classroom or in small group work. Intervention may or may not include the work being completed in the regular classroom. Students are pulled out from the regular classroom to receive services. Fees range from $230 to $310 depending on the services requested. More detailed information is available from Andrea Ragsdale, our  Director of Learner Services.

Language Therapy is also available for those students who require more in depth intervention. Rates are $360 a month.

Grade 1

Learner Services focuses on intervention for reading skills through a small group, utilizing a combination of several Orton Gillingham based approaches. Students are pulled out of the classroom for support.

Grade 2

Learner Services provides intervention for both reading and math. Students are pulled out of the classroom for reading or math support. 

Grades 3-4

Learner Services works with the classroom teacher to provide support as a pull out service. Emphasis is on supporting students with classroom assignments, not intervention. If a student continues to show deficits, testing may be recommended.

Middle School and Junior High Learner Services and Fees:

Fees vary from $90 to $310 a month depending on the services requested for an individual student.

Grade 5

Learner Services students may be supported during language arts times. These students are eligible to be pulled out for testing accommodations in language arts, history, math, and science as needed.

A morning math class is available for those students who need support in math. Morning math meets Monday through Thursday at 7:35 am. During that time, deficit skills are reviewed and new material is pre-taught to prepare students for upcoming math concepts.

Fees range from $53-$310 a month depending on services.

Grades 6-8

Beginning in sixth grade, students must have current documentation of a diagnosed learning disability to participate in Academic Guidance, our Learner Services study hall. Those students whose only diagnosis is ADHD or Anxiety are still eligible to receive accommodations in the regular classroom as well as take tests and quizzes in our testing center. Fees range from $53 to $310 depending on the services requested for a student.

There are three levels of service provided in these grades:

1. Accommodation Only (AO): These students receive accommodations in the regular classroom.

2. Tests, Quizzes, and Accommodations (TQ&A): These students may elect to take tests and quizzes in the testing center with extended time as well as receive accommodations in the regular classroom.

3. Academic Guidance: These students have a guided study hall in place of one of their electives. During this time, students focus on test preparation and organization. Typical class size is 4:1 and is 80 minutes in length. Additionally, students may elect to take tests and quizzes in the testing center with extended time as well have accommodations in the regular classroom.

Morning Math is available for an additional fee. It meets Monday through Thursday from 7:35-8:05. Emphasis is on pre-teaching upcoming concepts to allow students additional time to process new information as well as providing small group opportunities to have material presented another way when needed.

High School 9-12th Grade Learner Services:

Beginning in sixth grade, students must have current documentation of a diagnosed learning disability to participate in Academic Guidance, our Learner Services study hall. Those students whose only diagnosis is ADHD or anxiety are still eligible to receive accommodations in the regular classroom as well as take tests and quizzes in our testing center. Fees range from $53 to $230 a month depending on the services requested for a student.

All students who have a diagnosed Learning Disability are encouraged to participate in Learner Services by maintaining an accommodation plan each year, even if they do not utilize additional services, in order to keep their paper trail active in case they elect to apply for standardized testing accommodations. Typically testing must be within three years to be considered current but there are occasional exceptions. If a student has questions concerning their testing dates, please contact Andrea Ragsdale for guidance on when they should update testing.

There are three levels of service provided in these grades:

1. Accommodation Only (AO): These students receive accommodations in the regular classroom.

2. Tests, Quizzes, and Accommodations (TQ&A): These students may elect to take tests and quizzes in the testing center with extended time as well as receive accommodations in the regular classroom.

3. Academic Guidance: These students have a guided study hall in place of one of their electives. During this time, students focus on test preparation and organization. Typical class size is 4:1 and is 80 minutes in length. Additionally, students may elect to take tests and quizzes in the testing center with extended time and have accommodations in the regular classroom.

Grades 11-12

Students in 11th-12th grades who elect to be in Academic Guidance are assigned to a regular study hall and may elect to come to the Learner Services room during this time as needed. By allowing for this autonomy, this is one way we encourage students to become self-advocates and to move towards more independence in preparation for college.

Seniors who enroll in accommodation only pay a one time fee of $175 for the year since they tend to require less support.

Spacing is often limited. Returning students are given the opportunity to pre-enroll in the winter for the upcoming school year. New families should contact Admissions and the Director of Learner Services as soon as they can in the spring to have a better opportunity for an opening.

If a student is enrolled in Learner Services we will guide you through the process of applying for accommodations if you elect to pursue them for high stakes testing.

If a student is not enrolled in Learner Services but has a diagnosed learning disability or a diagnosis of ADHD or anxiety, we strongly recommend you contact the Director of Learner Services before the start of the student's 9th grade year. This will determine if the student has the appropriate documentation to apply for accommodations with ACT or College Board.

Learner Services Staff