St. Agatha Catholic School - Padre Pio Program

"He who lives in love lives in God because God is love."
Padre Pio

Philosophy and Objectives
Mission Statement
Plan of Studies
Eligibility Criteria
Credentials
Registration Information

Philosophy and Objectives

The professional community offers many options to educate students with learning variances. Our program focuses on students who experience low achievement in spite of regular classroom accommodation, inclusion, or resource classroom participation. Placement at the Padre Pio Program allows these students to receive an appropriate education in which they function according to their ability. Certain factors, such as a low teacher to student ratio, individualization of instruction, trained professionals, allow the educator in our program to meet the students' specific learning needs by addressing information processing problems, and focusing on learning modalities.

Mission Statement

The Padre Pio Program strives to serve students who demonstrate average or above average intellectual ability, who have no severe physical handicaps, who are not classified as mentally retarded or emotionally disturbed, but who may have academic deficits in one or more of the following areas: reading, mathematics, language arts and/or writing.

Plan of Studies

The Padre Pio Program plan of studies is based on the Sunshine State Standards and any appropriate modifications needed by the individual student. The content of the curriculum includes, but is not limited, to the following:

Religious formation

Reading competencies

Writing competencies

Communication competencies

Language competencies

Mathematical competencies

Learning skills and strategies

Social and personal strategies

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for the Padre Pio Program includes, but is not limited to, these points:

	Grade/age criteria determined on need
	Review of social, psychological, medical and achievement data
	Evidence of academic achievement, which is significantly below the student's level of functioning documented by a psychologist's evaluation. (discrepancy between IQ and academic achievement)
	Documented evidence which indicates ineffective interventions
	Documented evidence of a processing disorder in one or more of the following areas: reading, language, writing, and arithmetic
	Documented psychological examination performed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist
	Documented evidence that learning problems are not due to other disabling conditions

Credentials

St. Agatha Catholic School was fully accredited by the Florida Catholic Conference June 5, 1995

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

REGISTRATION FEE

$275.00 per child (non-refundable) Includes $25.00 Cafeteria Start-up Account

TUITION RATES FOR 2010-2011

$800.00 per month ----- $8,000.00 a year

These rates are for parents that contribute a minimum of $10.00 per week to their catholic parish or if they are registered parishioners at St. Agatha.

To facilitate your St. Agatha donation, we will collect $52.00 per month with your tuition payment which will satisfy your minimum donation requirement.

FAMILY RATES

Do not apply for students in
the Padre Pio Program

BOOK FEE

$300.00 This fee will be paid in August.

Mother Teresa Mission Statement

The Mother Teresa program strives to educate children in a Catholic environment, who are classified as educable mentally handicapped and/or developmentally delayed, but have no emotional and/or severe physical handicaps.

Philosophy and Objectives

The Mother Teresa Program is designed to focus on students who are in need of intermittent / limited support in an educational setting. Our program focuses on students who are classified as Educable Mentally Handicapped or developmentally delayed, and are in need of behavioral support, adaptive technology and a multi-sensory approach to learning in order to succeed in a classroom environment. Students in the Mother Teresa program experience below-average intelligence and deficits in adaptive behavior, which occur during their developmental period of childhood, causing a deficiency in their ability to learn. Placement in the Mother Teresa Program will allow our students to receive an appropriate education in which they will be capable of achieving success based on their functional level.

The purpose of the Mother Teresa program at St. Agatha Catholic School is to go beyond what is expected in serving exceptional students in a Catholic environment. We provide our students with a curriculum that addresses their learning needs, and renders instruction in a spiritual environment. Functional Math, Language Arts skills, computer skills, social skills, daily independent living skills and vocational skills are the focus of our program. The goal of the Mother Teresa program is to prepare our students according to their intellectual level to be a fully functioning. Catholic member of society.

Plan of Study

The Mother Teresa program is based on the Sunshine State Standard Performance Objectives for Elementary Students receiving a special diploma. The content of our curriculum will include, but will not be limited to the following:

Religious Formation

Functional Mathematics

Functional Language Arts (Receptive/Expressive Language)

Functional Computer Skills

Vocational Skills

Daily Independent Living Skills

Social Skills

Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for the Mother Teresa program includes but is not limited to the following:

A psycho-educational evaluation by a licensed psychologist.

A chronological age of eight or higher.

An intelligence quotient of 60 or higher.

Toilet trained.