Hilton Head Christian Academy

Academic Resource Center

arc pic3Hilton Head Christian Academy’s Academic Resource Center provides a unique opportunity for K-12 students who have diagnosed learning disabilities to receive a high quality education within a college preparatory environment. The design of the program consists of three tiers of service, each with ascending levels of support and intervention. The goal of the program is to provide the remedial attention and personalized support necessary so that students of average and above average intelligence who have clinically diagnosed disabilities will be adequately prepared for college.

Teachers in the program provide a highly structured environment, using an educational approach suited to the individual student. The commitment of the faculty and staff to these students is to help them progress as whole persons, to teach them to understand themselves in an academic setting, and to guide them in celebrating their strengths and managing their weaknesses.
 TIER STRUCTURE  COST  REQUIREMENTS

Tier 3:  

This is our highest level of support and intervention.  Students in this tier receive individualized educational therapy from our NILD certified instructors.  They also receive support in the form of study strategies, organizational strategies, and targeted tutoring as needed in specific content areas.  Students in this tier attend the ARC for support five days per week in lieu of an elective period.  Students in this tier receive classroom and testing accommodations as indicated in their psychological report.

$3,600 per year (**25% discount applied for 1st year special = $2,700 for the 2013-14 school year)

A current (within two years) Psychological Evaluation

Tier 2:

This is our most common level of support and intervention.  Students in this tier do not receive educational therapy.  Rather, they receive support in the form of study strategies, organizational strategies, and targeted tutoring as needed in specific content areas.  It is not uncommon for students in this tier to be able to work within small groups of similar students led by our ARC instructors.  Students in this tier attend the ARC for support five days per week in lieu of an elective period.  Students in this tier receive classroom and testing accommodations as indicated in their psychological report.

$2,700 per year (**25% discount applied for 1st year special = $2,025 for the 2013-14 school year)

A current (within two years) Psychological Evaluation

Tier 1: 

This tier is for students who could benefit from additional academic support structures.  Unlike the other tiers, there is no psychological report required for this tier.  However, sessions are scheduled and billed on an individual basis and are subject to scheduling and space limitations.  Students in this tier can take advantage of additional coaching in study and organizational strategies.  They can also receive subject area tutoring as available from our ARC instructors.  Sessions are scheduled during the student’s elective period as a pullout activity.  In cases where a student does not have a psychological report indicating the appropriateness of classroom and testing accommodations, accommodations cannot be given.  

$40 per session

An interview between the student’s parents and ARC staff is required.  Tier 1 services are subject to availability once the needs of all Tier 2 and Tier 3 students have been met.

Lower School Track:

Students in the lower school are able to receive the individualized educational therapy of the Tier 3 program in a more flexible 3 day per week format.  Students in this track will work with our ARC instructors during times scheduled as pullout sessions from their specials periods.  ARC staff will work with parents and the student’s teachers to schedule the sessions in a manner most beneficial to the student. 

$2,700 per year (**25% discount applied for 1st year special = $2,025 for the 2013-14 school year).


Students may be admitted to the Lower School Track if a Psychological Evaluation is being sought, but not yet completed.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Accommodations that HHCA can reasonably offer students include:

1.  Permission for the use of laptop computers in the classroom.

2.  With permission from the instructor, the use of a recording device in the classroom.

3.  Assistance with note taking.

4.  Extended time for students to complete tests and classroom assignments.

5.  The use of a word processing program for spelling and composition.

6.  In cases of extreme disability in a given area, alterations in course requirements may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

7.  Oral reading and/or interpretation of directions and test questions.

8.  Testing in a separate location.


CLICK HERE for Academic Accomodations Guidelines