Private for kid with math issues

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Anonymous wrote:We’ve had great luck with SSFS.

For dyscalculia specifically? Can you tell me more? We are looking there for our DD

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Anonymous wrote:Look at AHC, and at the Montessori high schools — Oneness and Barrie.

Can you share more about AHC for dyscalculia? Its one of the places we are considering

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I would try Holy Child. They have a great support system in place.

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Target schools that offer multi-sensory math instruction. Siena and Good Counsel do, I’m not sure about any others in the area.

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Anonymous wrote:I would suggest signing up for after school tutoring from Kumon. And work at it for 10-20 minutes at home every day, all 12 months of the year, until caught up. So sorry.

Not OP but clearly you don't get it, nor does saying "so sorry " help. So sorry.

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Bullis?

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Don’t look to Lab for math help. The website may say dyscalculia, but that just means smaller class sizes. Lab teaches math facts like every other school out there. I have a current Lab student and we are looking to move because the math instruction has been dismal in middle school.

Lab is great for dyslexia, especially the lower school.

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Holy Child Al would be a great option. Stone Ridge is also worth investigating.

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I don’t have personal experience with any schools but my DD is similar. Math felt like playing catch up. She’s in 8th in her 2nd year of pre algebra. It all finally started clicking in January. She’s doing better and it feels like all the hardwork has paid off. She will never be a top math student but she’s not just squeaking by anymore either. I wonder if similar could happen with your DD.

AHC is my top choice for my daughter because of the different levels of math they have each year. After talking with HoS and others during my tours & coffee with the principal I was very happy to learn that a student who shined in the humanities would be able to nurture that while still taking math slow. At other schools it seemed like you were in honors classes or you weren’t. I don’t want a weak spot to hold my child back when she excels in so many areas. Best of luck to you!

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SJC (Benilde) and Good Counsel (Ryken) have special programs for kids with documented learning disabilities. One of those might be a fit, depending on the specifics of her needs. Pallotti also has their Learning Center program as an adjunct to their regular curriculum.

Depending on where you live, and whether you are open to a catholic high school (which are full of non-Catholics, if that matters!), I'd look into those programs. This is a busy time of year (admissions decisions are due any minute!), but you might try reaching out in April or May to speak with the program directors about your specific situation.

Good luck!!

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PP again--

While some may be quick to dismiss Pallotti as it doesn't have the cachet of some of the better known Catholic high schools, it is smaller and has more of a family feel, which may resonate more with your daughter than SJC or GC coming from a smaller middle school. We've heard really good things about it from everyone we know who has gone there – it's like a big family. There are definitely limitations given its size, but I wouldn't ever write it off because of that.

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Anonymous wrote:SJC (Benilde) and Good Counsel (Ryken) have special programs for kids with documented learning disabilities. One of those might be a fit, depending on the specifics of her needs. Pallotti also has their Learning Center program as an adjunct to their regular curriculum.

Depending on where you live, and whether you are open to a catholic high school (which are full of non-Catholics, if that matters!), I'd look into those programs. This is a busy time of year (admissions decisions are due any minute!), but you might try reaching out in April or May to speak with the program directors about your specific situation.

Good luck!!

The thing with programs like Ryken is that they only accept a small number of applicants(maybe around 30) into their program each year and if a student needs those services but isn’t accepted into the program because there aren’t any more spots, they could be denied admission to the school. Bishop McNamara also has a similar program that only accepts a small number of students and if you don’t get accepted, you’re denied admission to the school. They want the absolute best candidates on paper even though it’s a “special needs” or “learning differences “ program.

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This was my kid- her two years of pre-algebra and one year of algebra were very hard. It didn't help that she attended a small private school with a heavy courseload and rampant grade deflation. She got a 79.4 in Algebra 1 last year. She is now taking geometry at a charter school with less math homework and it finally clicked for her (she has an A-). She never got a formal diagnosis, but I read that it takes dyscalculic kids three years to fully learn the math facts that took their peers a year to learn so it makes sense she needed three years of algebra. I would recommend having a tutor help your child with each assignment-last year my DD met with her tutor twice a week and this year she meets with her about once a month. DD has difficulties with basic math (fractions are tricky and she still needs to Google the formulas for volume/area), but her algebra skills are finally up to par. Problems that involved a graph were super difficult for her two years ago, but she now understands them.

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Anonymous wrote: This was my kid- her two years of pre-algebra and one year of algebra were very hard. It didn't help that she attended a small private school with a heavy courseload and rampant grade deflation. She got a 79.4 in Algebra 1 last year. She is now taking geometry at a charter school with less math homework and it finally clicked for her (she has an A-). She never got a formal diagnosis, but I read that it takes dyscalculic kids three years to fully learn the math facts that took their peers a year to learn so it makes sense she needed three years of algebra. I would recommend having a tutor help your child with each assignment-last year my DD met with her tutor twice a week and this year she meets with her about once a month. DD has difficulties with basic math (fractions are tricky and she still needs to Google the formulas for volume/area), but her algebra skills are finally up to par. Problems that involved a graph were super difficult for her two years ago, but she now understands them.

This is my daughter too, although she was never officially diagnosed with dyscalculia, she had a full evaluation that stated she has trouble with numbers and concepts. She’s never scored higher than low 80’s in her math classes and the pandemic hit her hard because she missed some keg foundational concepts like fractions, number lines, geometry, etc. that we’re still trying to catch up on now. She has to spend wayyyyy more time than her classmates on absorbing the concepts. Now she’s getting tutored 4-5 days a week. It’s rough but necessary and I think it will click for her too.

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