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SPICE 1997 Programs
Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education
 
Focus Area:
"Providing for the Diverse Needs of Youth and Their Families"
 
The following successful programs were showcased at the annual SPICE Conversations in Excellence symposium that was held at Boston College in the summer of 1997. They may provide ideas for replication or adaptation in your own sitution. (Contact people in some of these older programs may have changed.)
 
Saint John Bosco Program
Cathedral School
815 South 6th Street
Springfield, IL  62703
T (217) 523-2652
F (217) 523-2750
 
An alternative classroom that provides a loving, secure environment so that children can grow at their own rate, in their own way, and with the support of a teacher who can meet their needs.
 
Learning Support Program
Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools
The Diocese of Charlotte
4225 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte, NC  28215
T (704) 337-6871
F (704) 523-3413
 
A service offered to all students in the elementary, middle, and secondary schools of western North Carolina.
 
Resource Program
Clearwater Central Catholic High School
2750 Haines Bayshore Road
Clearwater, FL  34620
T (813) 531-1449
F (813) 535-7034
 
Necessary support for students with diverse learning needs.
 
Family Builders
Family Counseling, Archdiocese of Louisville
1200 South Shelby Street
Louisville, KY  40203-2600
T (502) 634-1044
F (502) 634-3381
 
Counseling services for students and their families in schools financially unable to hire full-time counselors.
 
Before and After School Summer Camp
Nativity Jesuit Middle School
1115 S. 7th Street
Milwaukee, WI  53204
T (414) 645-1060
F (414) 645-1060
 
A school that attempts to meet the needs of its students by utilizing the following components: a year-round school, including a six-week residential summer camp; emphasis on language arts both in English and Spanish; small classes; required evening study halls Monday-Tuesday, 7:00-8:45 pm; many planned weekend activities for students; ESL classes for parents and older siblings in the evenings; computer education for parents and other adults.
 
An Urban Project of the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth
Seton Center
370 Montgomery Street
Jersey City, NJ  07302
T (201) 985-0885
F (201) 985-0794
 
A multifaceted community center serving immigrant children.
 
Vogelweid Learning Center
St. Peter Interparish School
314 West High Street
Jefferson City, MO  65101
T (573) 636-8922
F (573) 634-6079
 
Support services to students with learning disabilities.
 
Christian Action through Responsible Education (CARE) Program
St. Petersburg Catholic High School
6333 9th Ave. N.
St. Petersburg, FL  33710
F (813) 343-9311
 
Professional counseling services to the school community, students, employees and families, who are in crisis.
 
Inclusion Program Meeting Diverse Learning Styles
St. Pius V School
28 Bowler Street
East Lynn, MA  01904
T (617) 593-8292
F (617) 593-6973
 
An alternative comprehensive reading program that helps students (grades 1-8) to develop an increased sense of well-being because they are able to read according to their learning style.
 
Learning Disabilities Resource Program
St. Thomas Aquinas School
4600 N. Illinois Street
Indianapolis, IN  46208
T (317) 255-6244
 
Identification and support of students with learning disabilities so that they can remain in the regular classroom with modifications made to suit individual needs; namely, testing, pacing, environmental, subject matter, organizational activities, social, motivational adaptations.
 
C.H.E.R.P  Challenging Hands On Enrichment/Reading Programs
St. Vincent DePaul School
1114 South Main Street
Elkhart, IN  46516
T (219) 897-3481
F (219) 296-0149
 
Assistance for students requiring additional or alternative instruction; for example, students who read below grade level, are classified as ESL (English as a Second Language), or gifted and talented.
 
Westside Catholic Educational Ministries
2252 West Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL  60612
T (312) 733-2252
F (312) 733-5703
 
A consortium of six urban elementary and secondary schools in Chicago’s Westside organized to recreate and restructure the schools.
1997 SPICE Sponsors
We are grateful to the following sponsors for making SPICE possible.
 
Chief Administrators of Catholic Education (CACE) Research Center
Father Michael J. McGivney Memorial Fund for New Initiatives in Catholic Education
The Jesuit Community
The Jesuit Institute
Loyola Press
Paulist/Neuman Press
RCL Enterprises, Inc.
Simon & Schuster
William H. Sadlier, Inc.
 
 


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