100 Book Challenge

The 100 Book Challenge is a framework for inspiring, monitoring and rewarding student empowerment in reading achievement. It was designed to provide the systematic social and instructional supports children require to develop successful reading (learning) lifestyles.

In order to ensure that every student develops an academically successful literacy lifestyle, we must fundamentally re-think existing systems for book access, student engagement, parent involvement and teacher learning.

The 100 Book Challenge is a system designed to help schools and districts re-organize for learning in four areas:

~ Student ownership and buy-in	~ Parent partnership
~ Classrooms as teacher learning labs	~ Standards-based embedded assessment

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Janice Wilcox is in charge of 100 Book Challenge at Leidy School. You can contact her by email or by calling the school.

 

For more information, please visit this website: 100 Book Challenge

 

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Corporate Alliance for Drug Education (CADE)

CADE differs from other drug-prevention programs in that it places trained prevention and education specialists who work five days a week in schools and community centers. A specialist may work in the same place for three to five years. CADE also starts teaching skills and self-esteem in kindergarten and reinforces its message with consistency throughout the school years.

During school, after school, and in summer programs, CADE offers children a place to turn for honest answers to difficult questions. Kids learn they can count on the guidance of a trusted adult, the CADE Prevention Specialist, to help them make better choices. Teachers, parents and community leaders count on CADE for reliable information, ideas for solving problems and guidance. CADE helps concerned adults work together with children to address the devastating impact of substance abuse and violence in their lives.

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The CADE representative at Leidy School is Marco Ramos. You can contact him by calling the school on Tuesdays.

 

For more information, please visit this website: CADE Kids

 

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Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)

D.A.R.E. teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.

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The D.A.R.E. program at Leidy School is for 4th and 5th grade students. A specially trained officer comes into the school one day a week for seventeen weeks and teaches the children.

 

The DARE Officer at Leidy School is Officer W. Keitt. You can contact her by calling the school on Wednesdays.

 

For more information, please visit this website: DARE

 

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Extended Day

Extended Day program runs from Monday through Thursday for one hour and fifteen minutes after school. Each child receives additional instruction in reading and/or mathematics using the Princeton Review Math Program and the Voyager Reading Program, that are research-based programs and state approved providers. Also, the Princeton Review Math Program will include elements involving the Philadelphia 76'ers and the Philadelphia Phillies. The curriculum is aligned to the skills being taught during the regular day at the school. The Reading and Mathematics programs will provide accommodations for English Language Learners and Students with Special Needs. We are proud to announce that the students who participated in the Extended Day Program last year made positive gains in achievement.

Placement in Extended Day is an administrative descision.

 

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Fast ForWord

The Fast ForWord® family of products develops the critical thinking, listening, and reading skills that are necessary for success in the classroom, the workplace and in everyday life.

Based on over twenty-five years of brain research, Scientific Learning's interactive, adaptive products use patented technology to target the language and reading skills widely recognized as the keys to all learning.

The Fast ForWord family of products use neuroscience principles to create an optimal learning environment that enables you to:

• Simultaneously develop multiple skill sets to maximize learning
• Identify reading and language difficulties
• Attack the underlying causes of these difficulties

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Maggie Ray runs Fast ForWord at Leidy School. To have your child become a part of this program, please email her or call the school.

 

For more information, please visit this website: Scientific Learning

 

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First in Math

Always at the forefront of mathematics education, Suntex introduced the First In Math® Online Team concept in 2002. The “team” approach gets young people excited like no workbook ever could. Much more than just a fun activity, First In Math® offers substantive content that supports any core curriculum. Eight Skill Set® groups offer a full range of challenge and tie into national standards.

Students will advance at different rates, according to their individual skill levels, but ALL players should experience improvement in numerical fluency and increased speed. Repeated play helps students succeed in timed test-taking and boosts confidence, and studies show that students who play the 24® game on a regular basis see measurable improvement in math skills. Students can use any computer with internet access—many play at home before or after school hours!

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Janice Wilcox is in charge of First in Math at Leidy School. You can contact her by email or by calling the school.

 

For more information, please visit this website: First in Math

 

 

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HeadSprout

Headsprout Reading Basics is an on-line early reading program designed to teach a typical 4- to 7-year old the critical skills and strategies essential for reading success. Headsprout's patented technology adapts to the particular strengths and weaknesses of each child. Just an hour a week - 20 minutes per lesson - and after only 40 lessons your child will be reading over 25 printed stories and sounding out new words and sentences with confidence and mastery.

Headsprout lessons are available right now from any Internet-connected computer. No special training is required for parent or teacher, and children can generally complete lessons without assistance. Interactive cartoon lessons make learning fun. Breaking down complex skills and strategies into small achievable steps makes learning easy. Thousands of kids have used the program, and years have gone into the program's development. The program is easy to use, and you'll start seeing results in days.

Children learn through direct positive experience that letters and sounds go together to make words, words go together to make sentences, and sentences make stories. The basic component skills and strategies necessary for reading, such as phonemic awareness (the sounds within words), print awareness, phonics, sounding out, segmenting and blending, etc., are explicitly mastered in a fun, "learn-by-doing" manner.

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Bonnie Voice is in charge of First in Math at Leidy School. You can contact her by email or by calling the school.

 

For more information, please visit this website: HeadSprout

 

 

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Methodist Home After School Program

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Read 180

READ 180 is a comprehensive reading intervention program designed to meet the needs of students in elementary through high school whose reading achievement is below the proficient level. These struggling readers have deficits in their understanding of the reading process and gaps in their foundational skills. READ 180 is built to address these gaps by directly addressing individual needs through instructional software, high-interest literature, and direct instruction in reading skills.

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Ann Lingham runs Read 180 at Leidy School. You can contact her by email or by calling the school.

 

For more information, please see this website: Read 180

 

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