ASP Clerk

An auxiliary service clerk assists administration in the management of state funds and employees.

Clinic

A school nurse is available five days a week. The school nurse reviews and maintains health records for students, checks immunization records, provides screening for hearing, vision and scoliosis, identifies communicable diseases, and cares for students when they become ill or emergencies arise. The school nurse also dispenses all prescribed medications.

Intervention Specialist

A certified L.D. teacher/tutor is employed to assist those students who have diagnosed handicaps and meet eligibility requirements. Resources for special services are limited and we may not be able to meet the special needs of some students.

Math Intervention

Specialized help is available to those students who experience difficulty mastering the grade level math objectives in the course of study.

Reading Recovery

The Reading Recovery program targets first grade students found to be “at risk” by providing intensive one-to-one lessons including opportunities for children to make their own links between reading and writing and discover meaning.

Speech/Hearing

A part-time speech therapist employed with the use of Auxiliary Services funds works with those students who need to develop articulation and language skills.

Other Services / Programs

Crisis Management

The people of St. Joan of Arc Community view each human life as precious and significant. Therefore, when human life is affected negatively, even fatally, it is important to have a plan in place to address the crisis. Since the whole community is touched in some way by the crisis, it is difficult to expect its members to respond in a healthful fashion when individual needs are so great. As a result, a standard crisis management plan is in the best interest of the community, in that it provides decisive action, accurate information, and coping strategies.

CRISIS DEFINITION:

Crisis is a broad term. It will have a four-fold general meaning in the St. Joan of Arc community. Crisis is defined as follows:

1. When a student at SJA is nearing expulsion because of academic and/or behavioral issues. This situation indicates that other measures were taken before the student reached this point (e.g. IAT’s, parent meetings, conferences, and probationary periods).
2. When a situation of suspension of a student at SJA is especially sensitive and/or requires special attention.
3. When there is a death, fire, flood, violence, etc. in the SJA community. The model will address the issue of death in the community.
4. When the administration decides it is necessary to call the Crisis Intervention Team together to review the progress of students who may not be meeting the academic standards at SJA.

This plan was formed with the intention to provide some flexibility in how it is implemented. For example, on student’s reasons for academic and/or behavioral problems may not be the same as another students. Also, a community would not handle a death due to natural causes the same way it would handle a tragic death due to an accident or suicide. Variations within this policy will be determined by the pastor and administration in cooperation with the Crisis Intervention Team.

Library/Media Center

Classes have scheduled weekly library periods for selection of reading materials or reference work. Volunteers assist the librarian with library duties.

Technology Mission Statement

St. Joan of Arc School will utilize and integrate a variety of technologies across the curriculum enabling all students to:

• Develop the lifelong skills necessary to continue learning
• Communicate clearly
• Solve problems
• Work in collaboration with others
• Access, evaluate and use information and technology as responsible citizens in an ever-changing society.

In fulfillment of this mission, the St. Joan of Arc community is committed to sound financial management, to the continued advancement of technology, and to providing training to ensure the technological competency of the administrators, teachers, staff and students.

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