List of 7 items.

• Academic Support Services

  Achievement Center (AC) services reflect Christ Church Episcopal School’s commitment to supporting and challenging all students. The AC offers a wide array of services designed to meet the myriad needs of our students, families and faculty. The Achievement Center Director and Learning Specialists collaborate closely with the Directors of the Lower School, Middle School and Upper School divisions to coordinate and deliver student support services.

• AC Learning Specialists at Each Division

  Divisional Learning Specialists provide direct services in each of their divisions through the provision of small-group intervention programming. They also write Student Learning Plans (SLPs) for those students with documented learning differences. The SLPs, based on data obtained from an up-to-date psychoeducational evaluation, are shared with teachers to enhance understanding of a student’s learning profile and create recommendations for classroom differentiation. Achievement Center professionals also work with students to develop the independence and self-advocacy skills needed to be successful at Christ Church Episcopal School and beyond. Additionally, Learning Specialists provide consultation services to families and teachers around prevention, intervention and differentiation strategies.

• AC Classes

  While some students require minimal support and/or accommodations, others may require more substantial services. Using multi-sensory techniques, Achievement Center instruction focuses on bolstering a student’s strengths and remediating or accommodating for a student’s particular area of weakness. In the Lower School, we provide a tiered level of support in regards to small group and individualized intervention. Small class instruction, available for 5th through 8th grade, includes sequential, multi-sensory, intensive instruction in reading, written expression and/or mathematics. This type of instruction is intended to narrow or close the achievement gap between a student’s academic performance and ability.
  
  

  Through the Achievement Center, the Upper School offers a hybrid Spanish program that allows students who, because of a language-based learning difference, may complete a two-year Spanish course in three years. This language program meets all requirements for graduation at CCES.

• Testing Accommodations

  Classroom and testing accommodations, which do not fundamentally alter the school’s mission, are also available for students with identified learning differences. Final determination of which accommodations are deemed appropriate at CCES are made by the Achievement Center Director, not by an outside agency. For more detailed information on Testing Accommodations, please see the Student/Parent Handbook.

• Individual Tutoring

  Individualized tutoring in content areas or academic coaching is available at CCES's Achievement Center. Tutoring is available to support an array of course subject matters. One-to-one academic coaching assists students who struggle with organization, study skills, and/or time management. Coaches and Learning Specialists guide students through the processes of homework, projects, organization of materials and time management. 

• Additional Support for Students

  Our CCES community is committed to helping each student reach his or her potential. Our faculty members are quick to help students problem-solve and are engaged with them in and out of the classroom. If you are interested in exploring opportunities available at CCES, please contact the Admission Office at 864.331.4223. A visit to our campus will highlight the many ways in which the Achievement Center benefits the Cavalier community.

• English to Students of Other Languages (ESOL)

  The primary aim of the secondary ESOL program is to support English language learners in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, providing every student with the necessary skill set to be successful in an English-speaking school environment. Classroom curriculum and exercises are varied depending upon both the developmental and English language proficiency levels of the individual and class groups of students. Through the lenses of role play, literature, poetry, cultural experience, and current events, students develop their competency in vocabulary and grammar. Following an initial assessment that measures competency in vocabulary, reading comprehension, and grammar, each student receives personalized instruction through one of four grammar books. Reading instruction focuses on key elements of fiction and non-fiction texts as well as appropriate strategies for reading challenging text. Writing instruction focuses on sentence and paragraph formation. In addition, and as needed, students receive support in math instruction through math vocabulary development, modeling, and additional explanation.