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Purpose
The KMLHS Learning Assistance Program (LAP) exists to encourage and to
work with students who need additional help to develop essential skills,
positive attitudes, self-confidence, and personal responsibility. Through
the LAP the students are equipped to be successful learners with the gifts
God has given them.
The LAP strives to achieve the mission of
KML-“Empowered by God’s Word, Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School
educates, encourages, and equips God’s people for life and for eternity.”
Teacher
The KMLHS Learning Assistance Program (LAP) is headed by a teacher with a
degree in special education and who has years of teaching experience with
students with a variety of learning problems.
Students Served
The
following types of students attend or have graduated from KMLHS and have
succeeded with the help of the LAP: students with cognitive disabilities,
lower IQ, learning disabilities, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, behavioral
disabilities, low motivation and low achievers.
Services Provided
The
students at KML have access to the Learning Center, a large study room
that is manned all eight hours of the day. Students receive the following
services in the Learning Center:
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review or re-teaching of material
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one-on-one tutoring
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structured study hall
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modified assignments
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weekly reports home
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modified curriculum (with
help from the classroom teacher)
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training in study skills
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help
with test-taking
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organization methods
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modified assessments
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goal
setting
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Contact
the Learning Assistance Program Coordinator, Deb Boeldt for details at
dboeldt@kmlhs.org
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