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STUDENT SERVICES
998 Platte Falls Road, Platte City, MO 64079
(816) 858-7103 - Phone; (816) 858-7109 - Fax
Dr. Donna Bisel Hughes, Director
Vicki L. Diggs, Administrative Assistant
Student Services programs include:
Title 1
English Language Learners
Homeless Students
YouthFriends
SOS (Students Opting for Success)
Title 1 Reading
The Title 1 Reading Program is a federally funded supplemental reading program designed to help children improve their reading skills. The program is designed to provide targeted kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade struggling readers with supplemental reading instruction. Our goal in Reading is to help students become fluent readers in a small- group, safe, and flexible environment in order to promote lifelong readers. Title 1 Reading is "in addition to" the everyday Language Arts program instruction in the classroom, a "double-dose" of reading each day. The Title I reading teacher and the classroom teachers frequently communicate as they constantly monitor and evaluate the student's progress in order to individualize instruction. Students receive title 1 services for thirty minutes daily.
English Language Learner Program
The Platte County R- 3 School District provides English Language Learner services designed to increase English language proficiency and to promote access to and increased academic progress toward state and district curriculum standards. The goal for every ELL student is that they will read at grade-level in English.
Due to the large number of diverse languages, and growing number of students in the
Platte County R-3 School District, English Immersion has been adopted as the most appropriate educational approach for the district’s English language learners. English Immersion is an approach to teaching a new language where learners receive all or most of their instruction in the new language. Depending on the age and language proficiency level of the individual English language learner, the student may receive instruction through one or more of the following methods that fall under the broad heading of English Immersion. In each method, instruction includes skill development in the four modes of English literacy: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
- ELL Pullout: is used generally in elementary school settings. Students spend part of the day in a mainstream classroom, and are “Pulled out” for a portion of the day to receive literacy instruction in English provided by a certified ELL teacher.
- ELL Class Period: is generally used in middle schools and high schools where students receive literacy instruction during a regular class period. Platte County R-3 High School currently offers English Language 1 and 2 as an option for ELL students to receive necessary English credits. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education states that there is no limit on the number of ELL classes a school may accept for credit toward graduation.
- Differentiated Instruction for ELL students: An instructional approach used to make academic instruction in English understandable to ELL students. In the DI classroom, teachers use physical activities, visual aids, and the environment to teach for appropriate concept development in mathematics, science, social studies, and other subjects.
Decisions as to which educational approach(es) are used, and what portion of time is allocated to each is made with input from the Department of Student Services, ELL Teachers, building Principals, and mainstream teachers. Counselors, ELL and mainstream teachers, parents, building administrators may be involved in making decisions regarding the academic program of particular students.
YouthFriends
Connecting Adult Volunteers with Kids in Schools
YouthFriends is a school-based mentoring program that matches caring adults with young people ages 5-18 who need the benefit of positive adult interaction.
All YouthFriends activities occur during school hours on school property during the school year. Volunteers can be a Mentor, Lunch Buddy, Storyteller, One-to-one Tutor, Book Buddy, or Reading Pal.
YouthFriends work with the age group of their choice, in the school of their choice for a minimum of an hour a week during the school year.
It's Fun. It's Flexible. And, it’s Making A Difference.
School Building YouthFriends Liasons:
Barry School - Jamie Hamilton-Ansley, (816) 436-9623
Paxton - Dawn Vanderlin, (816) 858-5808
Platte County High School - Rachel Gabriel, (816) 858-2822
Platte County Middle School - Katie Sabo, (816) 858-2036
Rising Star - Carla Shanks, (816) 858-2167
Siegrist Elementary - Tracy Itao, Lori Adams, (816) 858-5977
2008-2009 YouthFriends Forms:
Click Here for 2008 2009 YouthFriends Frequently Asked Questions.
Homeless
If your child, or a child you know, fits the following category and lives in the Platte County R-3 School District, please contact the Department of Student Services at 858-7001.
Homeless Student Education
The Platte County R-3 School District Board of Education recognizes that homelessness alone should not be sufficient reason to separate students from the mainstream school environment. Therefore, the district, in accordance with state and federal law and the Missouri state plan for education of the homeless, will give special attention to ensure that homeless students in the school district have access to a free and appropriate public education.
Definition of Homelessness:
Homeless students are individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence and include the following:
- Children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement.
- Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designated for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
- Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations or similar settings.
- Migratory children who meet one (1) of the above-described circumstances.
S.O.S. Students Opting for Success
All children are unique, having different experiential backgrounds and needs, different skills, talents, abilities, interests, and different learning styles and rates. It is the purpose of this after-school program to provide a safe, caring, creative and challenging learning environment that will support and encourage each student to develop to their fullest potential intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically. Education is a partnership of school, home and community. All players have both rights and responsibilities within that partnership to support our students in order for them to become independent and contributing members of their community and of the global society.
In 2006, the Platte County R-3 School District received a grant to run an after-school, academic support program from The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The program’s primary objectives are to assist students with their homework as well as to enrich students’ lives with an assortment of problem-solving and teamwork activities. During program hours, students will have time allotted for snack, homework assistance, and academic enrichment -- all provided by dedicated staff members. Although there is time designated for homework assistance Monday through Thursday, family members are asked to check their child’s homework assignments daily to assure completion.
S.O.S. currently operates at the following schools: Siegrist Elementary, Paxton Elementary, and Barry School. For more information about S.O.S. , please contact your child’s classroom teacher or building principal.
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