READING LAB (K-5th Grades)

The Reading Lab offers a reinforcement program for those students who would benefit from some additional support in a small group setting with more individual attention.  In these groups the students preview and/or review the specific vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension skills that are being taught as part of the regular grade level curriculum in their classrooms.  At times, when needed, they may work on skills from a prior level.  In addition, some students may be doing specific activities to help increase fluency.  Students are placed in these groups by teacher recommendation after considering their classroom performance and test scores such as the Terra Nova, MAP, Benchmark, and fluency.

ENCORE (K-5th Grades)

Encore is a program designed to provide hands-on enrichment in mathematics. Students are grouped into classes by RIT range as determined on the MAP test and meet once a week for 45 minutes in these groups. Currently, students in grades Kindergarten through 5th participate in this program.

RAISING THE BAR (1st - 5th Grades)

Raising the Bar is a supplemental reading program which uses the national recognized Barton Reading and Spelling System. This program is designed for students who would benefit from more intensive phonics based instruction. The program is implemented in small groups (2-3 students) in two, one hour sessions per week. The sessions are lead by the reading specialist or instructional specialist.

ACE (3rd - 5th Grades)

Academic Curricular Enrichment is a program designed to meet the needs of gifted students at CKS. The program strives todifferentiate academic learning, enrich academic curriculum with various student-centered methods, deliver appropriate educational opportunities for our gifted students, provide ongoing professional development for all teachers regarding gifted education, share information about Kentucky regulations for gifted education and to identify, asses and distribute information about other programs and opportunties for our gifted students.

MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING STRATEGIES (6th - 8th Grades)

This course is designed to assist students with specific skills and provide academic support to the regular class curriculum.  Students will be given instruction in specific learning strategies for information acquisition and retention, test taking and theme completion. These strategies will then be applied to assignments and assessments within the general curriculum to enhance student learning and success. This course also provides students with additional time and instruction for completion of class work.

GUIDANCE (PreK - 8th Grades)

The guidance counselor meets weekly with each grade level and provides instruction in topics in social and emotional well being appropriate to the age of the student. The counselor is also available to meet with students and small groups as needed.

SPEECH & LANGUAGE CONSULTATION

This consultation is used to assess, diagnose, and provide speech/language intervention to children who have difficulty with any aspect of communication.  This may include difficulty with articulating speech sounds, following auditory or written directions, reading comprehension, phonics, reading fluency, processing or thought organization, or expressing oneself through speech or writing.  Services are rendered on a private pay basis for students as needed.