EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM

Established in 1982, Saint Ursula Academy’s Educational Services Program for girls with learning disabilities and AD/HD exemplifies the school’s commitment to caring for the whole person and devising learning conditions for maximum achievement by each individual student in the program. Saint Ursula Academy offers each young woman the opportunity to develop her academic potential, regardless of race, socio-economic status, and physical or learning impairment. The emphasis of the Educational Services Program is to provide for the individual learning differences and learning styles of the student by teaching to her strengths while working with her weaknesses or limitations. The student develops an understanding of her strengths, limitations, and learning styles, as well as her individual rights and responsibilities. Students in St. Ursula Academy's Educational Services Program are mainstreamed into the college preparatory, honors, and Advanced Placement classes. The educational requirements of students in the Educational Services Program are identical to the educational requirements of their classmates. Program participants benefit from a number of special modifications and services that demonstrate St. Ursula's commitment to providing a successful college preparatory experience for girls with learning disabilities and AD/HD. The special modifications and services include tutoring, coursework support, textbooks on CD, Kurzweil reader, extended examination, testing, and quiz periods, oral examinations and tests, tests read by tutor, and the use of a digital recorder to record class notes.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Educational Services Program are:

  1. to provide a college preparatory education for girls with learning disabilities and ADD;
  2. to provide for the individual learning differences and learning styles of the student by teaching to her strengths while working with her weaknesses;
  3. to inform teachers of each student's disability and learning style and of classroom accommodations that will be made for the Educational Services Program student;
  4. to provide the opportunity for each Educational Services Program student to achieve her academic potential through

a. daily coursework support
b. testing accommodations
c. oral testing
d. recorded tests
e. extended quiz, test and exam periods
f. extended time Ohio Graduation Tests, PSAT*, SAT Reasoning* and Subject*, ACT*, and AP* tests

  1. to provide academic and college advising to the Educational Services Program student;
  2. to monitor and to consult with the faculty regarding the progress of the Educational Services Program student.

For 2011-12, students in the Educational Services Program are billed an additional $3,200 above the school tuition.

*Eligibility for accommodations is determined by the College Board and ACT.

FRESHMAN YEAR SCHEDULE FOR A STUDENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM

Students in Saint Ursula Academy's Educational Services Program are mainstreamed into and have successfully completed the college preparatory, honors, and Advanced Placement classes. Four and one-half units of science; four units of English, math and religion; three units of social studies, and foreign language; and one unit of fine arts and health/physical education must be completed by the students in order to receive a college preparatory diploma from the Academy. The educational requirements of students in the Educational Services Program are identical to the educational requirements of their classmates.

A typical freshman schedule might include the following classes:

Religion 1: Old & New Testaments
Literary Genres or Honors Literary Genres
Algebra 1 or Algebra 1 H1
Geophysics or Biology H
Fine Arts: (Freshman Acting, Freshman Chorus, Orchestra, Freshman Guitar, Art & Design Foundations or Music and Theatre Appreciation)
Europe and the Middle East
Information Technology/Public Speaking
Physical Education or Health
Educational Services Tutoring (daily)

1 Students who test out of Algebra 1 enroll in Geometry/Geometry H their freshman year and are on the accelerated track for Calculus H/AP.

(Link to authorization form.)
(Link to Education Services Program Admission Checklist)

Please send the two items listed above to the attention of 

Ms. Geri Walsh

Educational Services Program Coordinator

Saint Ursula Academy

1339 E. McMillan Street

Cincinnati, OH 45206.

REMINDER
Students applying to Saint Ursula Academy’s Educational Services Program for Students with Learning Disabilities or ADD must forward all pertinent application materials to

Ms. Geri Walsh

Educational Services Program Coordinator

Saint Ursula Academy

1339 E. McMillan Street

Cincinnati, OH 45206.

 

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