Blackbaud

students in the Academic Support Program enroll in our base class. While this class is dependent on the learning needs of individual students, it generally focuses on helping each student understand his or her learning differences. The class is taught by a teacher who has experience working with students who have language-based learning differences, executive functioning needs, or other similar challenges that sometimes stand in the way of a bright student’s preparation for college.

The goals of the Academic Support Program include:

„ Practicing strategies for critical reading and reasoning „ Enabling students to strengthen self-esteem and self-monitoring in the academic arena

„ Guiding students to develop and maintain systems for managing schoolwork, extracurricular responsibilities and free time „ Providing them with organizational techniques to fit their needs and styles „ Providing support so that their natural talents may be demonstrated „ Teaching students to be constructive self-advocates in and out of the classroom

„ Working together with the Academic Dean’s Office to secure testing accommodations for College Board tests, including the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and AP exams and the ACT, in cases where students have documented learning differences „ College planning and transition support for students with documented learning differences „ Involvement in the Academic Support Program is by recommendation only.

The Storm King School uses Blackbaud as its online educational platform. Students and parents can access various elements of this robust system, thereby monitoring homework, academic development, and achievement. Parents will receive detailed instructions during registration regarding how to access this system, and students will learn how to navigate this system during student orientation.