St. Stanislaus (SSC) will implement a dyslexia program for the 2011-2012 school year. Although no separate program will be established at Our Lady Academy, OLA students with a dyslexia diagnosis will be welcomed at SSC. The extra fees for the dyslexia program would be paid directly to St. Stanislaus.

The structured language classes will be based on the Orton-Gillingham approach to the teaching of reading and writing and will be supervised by Billie Hill, M.Ed., fellow of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators. The teacher will be Mrs. Karla Richards, Orton-Gillingham therapist and Director of Oak Hill Educational Center (Hattiesburg, MS).

In its inaugural year, SSC will accept up to 24 student-hours, eight per class, in three structured language classes. A student may use up to two student-hours, depending on his/her diagnosis.

To qualify for Structured Language Class, a student must provide documentation indicating educational dyslexia made within the last three years. Students who do not have such a diagnosis may contract with a professional in the area of psycho-linguistic educational assessments for individual testing. Such testing usually takes approximately 4-5 hours and costs about $625.00. St. Stanislaus recommends Mrs. Billie Hill, M.Ed. because of her knowledge of its particular dyslexia program.

All students must schedule at least one full period of a structured language class for the year. Students may schedule up to two class periods per day, depending on their diagnosis and their parents’ ability to afford the extra tuition.

Mrs. Karla Richards is welcome to contract with individual students and their families to offer language therapy at St. Stanislaus before the regular school day begins. These classes would be arranged with and paid for directly to Mrs. Richards.

SSC (and OLA) will pursue contracting with Mrs. Billie Hill and Mrs. Karla Richards for in-service training for designated teachers before the 2011-2012 school year begins. Teachers would receive a stipend for acquiring such training.

Students apply to St. Stanislaus using the standard admission form found at www.ststan.com / Admissions. The admission form must be accompanied by a copy of a psycho-linguistic assessment indicating a form of dyslexia, with a non-refundable admission fee of $100.00.

The cost of the program will be tuition as listed below plus $3,500.00 for each structured language class scheduled. Some learning materials will have to be purchased by students.

Day student tuition plans
Annual $5,480.00  
Semester 5,560.00
Monthly 5,680.00

Resident student tuition plans
Annual $21,000.00
Semester 21,500.00

Detailed financial data sheets can be found at www.ststan.com / Admissions

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