ClubDrive Systems Offers Software and Licenses to The Schenck School |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Schenck School has raised $100,000 toward technology enhancements. A challenge grant to match dollar for dollar up to $50,000 was issued by the John N. Goddard Foundation, Inc. in November of 2008. As a result of the challenge, several of The Scheck School Trustees as well as generous individual and foundation donors made gifts totaling $62,000 in order to meet and exceed the challenge. The School is proud to have met this challenge in a short time period. "It is amazing that the Goddard Foundation gave the School such a wonderful spring board to use to motivate additional donors to give to technology. We are thrilled to see the School community and Board of Trustees embrace this project" states Shelly Manuel, Director of Development. In addition to the challenge grant, John G. Alston Jr., a Goddard Trustee for the past ten years, contributed free network design and architecture for the technology enhancements. ClubDrive Systems Inc., the office-technology applications provider founded by Alston, has also offered software and licenses at his company’s cost for this project.
Students with dyslexia benefit greatly from the use of technology. The physical act of handwriting is often difficult and this coupled with problems with spelling can hamper the writing process. Using computers for writing and editing frees up the creative process for our students. Also these bright, highly verbal children learn best when teaching uses a variety of multisensory, individualized techniques. Increased access to a variety of forms of technology from Smartboards to classroom laptops to assistive technology using voice recognition and reading software will greatly enhance programming at The Schenck School. Our mission is to build a strong educational foundation for our students and to prepare each one to be successful.
School History
For additional information please contact:
Charlotte Mullen
Director of Communication and Public Relations
In 1959, The Schenck School was founded as the first school in the Southeast to teach children with learning and dyslexia-related disabilities that cause difficulty with reading and related language skills. From a humble beginning of seven students to today’s present enrollment of 250 full-time students, The Schenck School reaffirms its purpose to train students to overcome individual learning difficulties and achieve their own potential. The School’s goal is to return the student to regular academic programs as quickly as possible.
The School is recognized nationally as a leader in academic programs for dyslexic students providing them with a one-to-five teacher/student ratio. The children in grades kindergarten through six are taught by a teaching staff of fifty-six teachers specially trained in the Orton-Gillingham Approach.
An important additional piece of the services that the School provides lies in its community outreach efforts. The adult dyslexic program, after-school tutoring and special summer programs allow The Schenck School to reach students beyond those who are enrolled in the school year.
In fall 2007, The Schenck School opened its new and renovated facilities increasing the square footage of the School from 32,000 to 54,000. Two new two-story wings were added and the existing facility was completely renovated. The growth of the campus allowed The Schenck School to reach an enrollment of 250 students as well as expand its teacher training, tutoring program and other community outreach efforts.
In addition to addressing the space constraints that affect currently enrolled students, The Schenck School also sees an opportunity to reach a new group of students. Advances in the field have enabled experts to diagnose dyslexia at a younger age. In order to reach these students as early as possible, the School has added a kindergarten program to ensure successful intervention for children who present early signs of dyslexia. A kindergarten will also help meet the needs of parents who are struggling to find an appropriate option for their kindergarten-aged child.
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