SPECIAL AREA Classes:
KHS READING PROGRAM
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KH Reading Specialists, Mrs. Pacana and Mrs. Schwab, enjoy working with the students and strongly believes that every child can learn to read! The KH Reading Program is dedicated to helping our students be the very best that they can be. KHS balanced reading program is designed to provide extra help and instruction to students so they may experience success in literacy achievement.
& Improve each child’s reading ability. & Stimulate interest and enthusiasm in reading. & Improve the self-concept of each student. & Encourage all students to develop at their own pace.Reading Instruction Highlights:
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RTI: Response to Intervention
Response To
Intervention is a method of academic
intervention used to provide early assistance to children using testing data to
implement effective teaching and learning strategies. At King's Highway it
is currently in Kindergarten and Grade 1.
Elementary Gifted Support Program
Mentally gifted students in the elementary grades are served by an itinerant gifted support teacher through a pull-out program within the child’s home school. The academic program is built around themes with a focus on thinking skills using themes. The program’s goal is to develop higher order thinking capabilities including analysis, synthesis and evaluation skills. In addition to the pull–out program, mentally gifted students are served by regular education teachers who, through collaboration with the gifted support teachers, provide differentiation of instruction as needed.
Purpose
It is the fundamental purpose of the Coatesville Area School District to provide mentally gifted students with the opportunity to move beyond the routine acquisition of knowledge; to examine the relationships among different areas; or to delve deeply into a few areas. The intent of our program is to challenge students to explore new areas of thinking and responding and to provide a sequence of experiences designed to promote continuous fulfillment of the potential of the gifted student.
Definition
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has defined the term mentally gifted to include “a person who has an IQ of 130 or higher and when multiple criteria as set forth in Department Guidelines indicate gifted ability. Determination of gifted ability will not be based on IQ score alone. A person with an IQ score lower than 130 may be admitted to gifted programs when other educational criteria in the profile of the person strongly indicate gifted ability. Determination of mentally gifted shall include an assessment by a certified school psychologist.”
Identification Process
The Coatesville Area
School District employs a comprehensive assessment process in our continuing
effort to identify mentally gifted students. The multiple criteria that the
Coatesville Area School district uses to identify mentally gifted students
consists of the following: :
· Parent and teacher ratings of student behaviors
· Review of student academic records
· Ability and achievement assessments
. IQ Score
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Core ExtensionCore extension is a block of time that each grade level devotes to increase instruction in the areas of Language Arts and Mathematics. This time focuses on skills that students are weak in as determined by the district testing. Core Extension lasts for approximately 30 minutes each day and involves every one of our students. The purpose of Core Extension is to raise the achievement thresholds that schools need to obtain the Adequate Yearly Progress ( AYP ) required by the state and measured through yearly tests such as the Pennsylvania System of Schools Assessment) (PSSA).
If you have any question about your child's involvement with Core Extension, please contact MR. Lefever, by calling the school office at 610-383-3775, or email, lefevers@coatesville.k12.pa.us
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