Discovery Center

 

Discovery Room Staff:  

Mrs. Anna Watson (1st-3rd grade)

Mrs. Megan Rietema (4th-6th grade)
 Mrs. Cheryl Voss (Middle School)

 

The Discovery Center is an integral part of our school’s mission to serve as many covenant children as we can.  The Discovery center program provides assistance to K-8 students who have learning disabilities or other learning difficulties.  This does not include children with behavior disorders or those whose disability requires self-contained instruction for more than 3 hours of the instructional day.

 

The process for admission into the Discovery Center program typically involves:

  1. Consultations among the Discovery Center teacher, classroom teachers, principal and parents
  2. A written teacher referral
  3. Completion of parental consent and health history forms
  4. Educational testing which may evaluate such areas as intelligence, auditory and visual function and processing, receptive and expressive language, and academic achievement
  5. A parent conference to explain test results, determine services, and when appropriate, explain the individualized education program for the student.

When the Discovery Center goals are met or the student is functioning at grade level in the remediated areas, Discovery Center time will be discontinued following consultations between the Discovery Center teacher and the classroom teachers, principal and parents.