A GUIDE TO
TRIAD ACADEMY
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FROM THE DESK OF THE DIVISION DIRECTOR
Thank you for your interest in Triad Academy. As an immersive dyslexia program within a progressive school, we offer our children the best of both worlds. We provide the academic skills and expertise they need in small classes on a campus where they can shine in the arts and athletics. At Triad our highly trained faculty give students the deep expertise they need to close the gap between their achievement and cognitive potential. Meeting students where they are academically, our teachers offer instruction that is individualized, diagnostic, and prescriptive for each child. As Summit students, these children discover their voices, passions and strengths beyond the classroom. We are proud to be one of fewer than 20 schools in the country accredited as an instructional and training program by The Orton-Gillingham Academy, and one of only two accredited schools in the region. I invite you to come visit to see first-hand how we can help your children meet their potential Sincerely,
CARRIE MALLOY Fellow, Orton-Gillingham Academy | Director, Triad Academy Division
” TRIAD GIVES
CHILDREN
THE TOOLS THEY NEED
OVERCOME
TO THE CHALLENGES OF
DYSLEXIA”.
” TRIAD IS
HOPE
”
WE ARE
EMPATHIZERS We meet each child where he or she is today and group students with similar learning profiles. Some of our students are twice-exceptional; they are often gifted in math and higher level thinking, but challenged in reading and/or writing. With small class sizes, our teachers differentiate within each subject to challenge, but not frustrate their students. Our goal is to close the gap between a child's strong cognitive ability and achievement so that each child can work to his or her potential.
” OUR SON WAS DEALING WITH INCREDIBLY LOW SELF-ESTEEM. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING
WITNESS HIM
TO TALKING SO NEGATIVELY ABOUT HIMSELF. SINCE STARTING TRIAD, HE HAS
BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH HIMSELF AND RECOGNIZES HIS CAPABILITIES. TRIAD HAS BEEN AN IMMEASURABLE
GIFT.”
WE ARE
MISSION FOCUSED Triad accepts students in grades one through eight with a primary diagnosis of a language-based learning difference such as dyslexia.
Students who apply to the Triad division must have: a full psycho-educational evaluation which includes a test of intelligence, preferably the WISC V the Woodcock Johnson IV, a test of academic achievement.
The efficacy of the programming requires that applicants have a cognitive ability in the average to superior range. Triad is not able to appropriately serve students with a primary diagnosis of autism, emotional disabilities, or conduct disorders. While some of our students also may have ADD or ADHD as a secondary diagnosis to dyslexia, no one is admitted with only a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD.
” WE HAVE WITNESSED HOW
THE JOY OF LEARNING THRIVES IN CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE IN A SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED ENVIRONMENT AROUND HOW THEIR BRAIN IS WIRED.”
WE ARE
ACHIEVERS Often gifted in art, music, and athletics, Triad students are given the opportunity to lead and shine on the Summit campus. They, along with their peers in other divisions, participate in music, robotics, studio art, physical education, digital media, drama, guidance, design, and technology and all other grade-level signature events.
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CHILDREN
HAVE A ” MY CONFIDENCE THAT HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. THEY ALSO
SHOW SO MUCH EXCITEMENT
FOR WHAT THEY ARE
LEARNING IN SCHOOL.”
WE ARE
EVIDENCE BASED Our program is grounded in the principles of Orton-Gillingham (O-G) instruction, the gold standard for teaching students with dyslexia. All members of our faculty are credentialed in the O-G approach or are actively working toward certification. We are one of fewer than 20 schools in the US and one of two in the region accredited by The Orton-Gillingham Academy.Â
In all areas of our curriculum, we teach the underlying structure of the English language using an approach that is: • Language-based to improve reading and writing skills • Multi-sensory to increase each child’s opportunity for learning • Individualized to work with each child’s strengths and learning needs • Structured to provide each child with clear academic expectations • Comprehensive to prepare students to return to a traditional classroom • Intensive with a minimum of two hours daily of language development
We use multisensory techniques because students with learning differences tend to struggle with traditional teaching methods that emphasize pencil and paper learning. For these students to successfully master new material, the auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning channels must be stimulated simultaneously. Our students “see it, say it, and do it� as they learn. New material is broken into its smallest meaningful units, or sub-steps, and is repeatedly reviewed and taught to a level of mastery. Learning happens incrementally on a firm foundation of prior knowledge.
According to their skill level, students are placed in groups of no more than three for language tutorial, a one-hour daily class that focuses on word attack, spelling, and more advanced language structure concepts, as appropriate for each child’s reading and written language level. With this three-to-one ratio, teachers are able to provide individual instruction while students gain the additional benefit of learning from each other.
” I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I REALIZED THAT
MY CHILD WAS READING
ROAD SIGNS FOR THE .”
FIRST TIME
WE ARE
TEACHERS Our faculty is the heart and soul of all we do in Triad. Their compassion, expertise, creativity, and unwavering commitment to each and every student result in the success of our program. With the most highly trained faculty of Orton-Gillingham practitioners in the state, as of 2020, Triad has two Fellows and four Fellows-In-Training. As an accredited instructional program, our faculty can provide training for educators who wish to teach in our division.
”
TRIAD
TRANSFORMED OUR CHILD IN A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE SHARED
TEACHERS WHO UNDERSTOOD HOW SHE HER STRUGGLE. SHE HAD
LEARNED AND WERE DEDICATED TO MAKING
HER
FEEL SUCCESSFUL.”
WE ARE
SUCCESSFUL When students learn to work independently and have acquired the academic skills to perform at or above grade level, they transition out of Triad and into a traditional classroom for English, math, science, and social studies. Because writing is the last and most difficult skill to acquire, some Triad students may need a writing tutor after they leave the division. Once leaving the division, students may opt to add a foreign language to their schedules.
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ONCE A STUDENT IS RECOMMENDED TO TRANSITION OUT OF THE TRIAD DIVISION, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A STUDENT NEED TO RETURN.
” TRIAD TAUGHT ME TO
ADVOCATE
FOR MYSELF. I HAVE NO PROBLEM
TO
GOING TEACHERS AND ASKING FOR HELP. I LEARNED THAT TEACHERS ARE IN OUR CORNER AND WANT US .” TO
SUCCEED
WE ARE
COMMUNITY Since 2014, Triad has offered an Orton-Gillingham summer tutoring program for children who are struggling with reading and writing in rising grades first through fourth in the Winston-Salem community and beyond. As part of our mission to help as many children with dyslexia, Triad has provided public school teachers with Orton-Gillingham training and an opportunity to fulfill a practicum towards accreditation by working as a tutor at camp. Parent learning opportunities are offered throughout the year and may be found on the Summit School website and our social media channels.Â
”
IMAGINE
KNOWING YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING BUT ARE NOT ABLE. TRIAD CHANGED THAT FOR ME.
MY TEACHERS TAUGHT ME
THAT LEARNING DIFFERENTLY DOESN'T MEAN CAN'T. I CAN
POTENTIAL
REACH MY . TRIAD WAS LIFE CHANGING.”
SUMMIT SCHOOL PROVIDES A CHALLENGING CURRICULUM WITHIN A CARING ENVIRONMENT TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
SUMMIT SCHOOL
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11/2020
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