Student Services

Meeting the social, emotional, and academic needs of all of our students is critically important to their overall success. At DKJA focusing on the whole child to make sure they are ready for optimal learning is key. We believe that the school and parents are in a partnership to educate children. It is vitally important that as a school we work collaboratively toward this end. 

 

Our Student Services Department includes learning specialists and guidance counselors who are available to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of our students. All children learn differently, and under that premise, our learning specialists and teachers work proactively to identify each child’s specific learning needs. Support is provided for students, families, and teachers to address the wide range of social-emotional and academic concerns.

 

ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ENRICHMENT K-8

Our proactive prevention model utilizes a system of high quality data collection. This includes screenings, diagnostics, and ongoing progress monitoring to determine the success of students. Students identified as needing (further) intervention receive support from their teachers as well as from learning specialists during scheduled classroom inclusion.  The learning specialists work collaboratively with classroom teachers to create goals and provide specific strategies to strengthen any relative weaknesses. Students are then closely monitored to determine achievement and growth.  In addition, for students with documented learning needs, we create customized Accommodation Plans or Individual Student Plans (ISPs) that allow for accommodations in learning and assessment to support student growth. More intensive support is also available with our experienced learning specialists who provide individual remediation and curricular support (at an additional cost) to Lower and Middle School students.

 

ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

The Enrichment Program is available to those Middle School students performing above grade level based on specific data assessments, as well as teacher recommendation. Enrichment services are offered both as push-in and pullout support.

 

Guidance

Our guidance counselors are available to provide support to students, teachers and families. In K-4 guidance counselors offer weekly classes  on a variety of developmentally appropriate topics to provide students with skills and strategies. In Grades 5-8 our guidance counselors work closely with our teachers to create developmentally appropriate weekly advisory lessons on various topics that are pertinent to navigating the Middle School years.  

ACADEMIC SUPPORT 9-12 - Academic Coaching Program

Our learning specialists in the High School work directly with students and teachers in various capacities to meet the academic learning needs of our students. This program is available on both a part-time and full-time basis (at an additional cost) depending on student needs.

 

GUIDANCE SERVICES 9-12

Our Guidance Counselor is available to meet with students for emotional and academic support, and acts as a liaison with our families, faculty and staff.