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[quote=Anonymous]In-School Student Support

The Student Support program at BASIS is meaningful, comprehensive and timely, and designed to proactively identify and assist all student educational, emotional, and motivational needs. The program begins before students are enrolled in the school and continues throughout their time at BASIS.

The Student Services Coordinator monitors individual student progress, monitors and assesses individual student discipline issues, and manages the Student Support program, which provides support to struggling students or students who may benefit from early intervention techniques. The BASIS Student Support program consists of Peer Tutoring, Teacher Student hours, Homework Buddies, Teacher Parent hours, an Academic Support program, Communication Journals, and frequent feedback home.
Peer Tutoring

The Peer Tutoring program gives students additional opportunities to review or catch up on school assignments. Because we are a 5th grade through 12th grade program, our Upper School students act as mentors for Lower School students. Students who excel in certain subjects are selected as Peer Tutors and make themselves available before or after school to help struggling students.
Teacher Student hours

Each teacher is available at least one hour per week for students to come to class for extra help. This hour is on the same day and at the same time every week; students can stop in at any time within that hour.
Homework Buddies

When a student is absent, he/she is given a Homework Buddy packet, which outlines all of the material covered in class and any homework due next class. This prevents work from piling up over the course of absences.
Teacher Parent hours

Each teacher is available one hour per week for teacher-parent meetings. The meetings occur on the same day and at the same time every week. Parents who cannot attend a teacher’s appointment hours are encouraged to make a private appointment through the school’s office. Teachers will make every reasonable effort to accommodate parents’ busy schedules.
Academic Support program

Students who are identified as needing extra support or remediation are placed in the formal Academic Support program. Details of this program differ depending on the student’s individual needs, but all students in the program meet with the Student Support Coordinator weekly in order to get extra help in certain academic, organizational, or social areas.
Communication Journals

All Lower School students are required to carry an assignment notebook called the Communication Journal (CJ). Students use the CJ to write down homework assignments, and teachers and parents use the CJ to communicate with each other about the student’s performance. CJs are also available for Upper School students.
Frequent feedback home

Lower School students receive 5 Progress Grade Reports per year. Upper School students receive 3 Progress Grade Reports and 3 Mid-Trimester Grade Reports per year. All students also receive an end-of-year Final Grade Report, reflecting the final grades they earned that year. Along with the CJ and Teacher Parent hours, these grade reports help BASIS keep in close contact with parents.

In addition to working with students to develop study skills and organizational skills, the Student Services Coordinator also organizes Peer Tutoring, schedules times for the student to attend Teacher Student hours, and regularly communicates with the student’s family regarding academic progress.[/quote]

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