We provide our students with a wide range of topics and genres to read, so that they can develop their reading skills. Students will read fiction and non-fiction texts ranging from short stories and children’s books to novels, newspaper articles and graphic texts. One main concept of our reading program is to focus on before, during and after reading strategies. As classroom teachers, we know the importance of engaging our students in the reading process all throughout the text rather than simply reading to complete questions or re-telling a story. This is why we ensure that our students are making predictions, inferences, connections and conducting research even before they start reading. This way, they are engaged with the text and the various features it has as they read Read more..

Our high school program is strategically organized to support our students with work they are completing at school. In a semestered high school, there are five months to complete a course, and this is usually four courses at a time. As high school teachers ourselves, we recognize that we need to provide our high school students with targeted support so that they can carry forward what they learn with us into the classroom the next day, as well as come to us with questions and concerns they may have so that we can address these needs on a timely basis Read more..

 

 

Our support for our University and College students are specialized on the courses they are taking. After an introductory meeting where we discuss needs and expectations, we will pair one of our Senior teachers up with the University or College student in need, and move accordingly. These individual sessions are meant to be collaborative, where the student will have time to ask the teacher for clarification, as well as support on topics being covered in class. Since these classes are one on one, there is a lot of flexibility in terms of timing and structure Read more..