What’s Happening in the Optimal Learning Center? Najela Blain-Hammond     Look below at what we’ve got To help with Reading on the Spot!       It’s a Fact:        Kids Lose Learning Skills over the Summer Months.        How can you Help your Child this Summer? The Optimal Learning Center has recently acquired the Lexia Software Licenses for all resource and ESL students. As part of our philosophy of service, we would like to offer all students the opportunity to make use of this software over the summer holiday. You will receive ...

     What’s Happening in the Optimal Learning Center? Najela Blain-Hammond   Literacy Skills in the Middle School Before beginning the novel, Bud, Not Buddy, many of my students thought a novel study was just another task to complete, assigned by the teacher. By the last page of the novel, the students were questioning, reflecting and exclaiming “I was right!” about their predictions of the book’s ending. Through a program called Thinking Reader, the students in Literacy Skills improved their comprehension skills by focusing on seven rea...

What’s Happening in the Optimal Learning Center?   A few reminders….   About OLC Services for the Academic Year 2012-2013… If you wish to register your child for services for the next academic school year 2012-2013. Please remember to sign and return the consent form you’ve received at the last Parent Teacher Conference or in the Thursday folder. If you are in need of a new copy, please contact the OLC secretary, Ms. Mary Marti at (809) 947-1071. We would be more than happy to send a copy home with your child. About Psycho-Educational Ass...