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St. Timothy Catholic School Serves God By Providing Each Child With An Individualized Approach

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Saint Timothy Catholic School serves God by providing each child with an individualized approach, academic excellence, rich Catholic traditions, a solid foundation in the Catholic faith and opportunities to serve the community. This mission statement guides all academic initiatives designed to meet the needs of our diverse student body. Each year, teachers at St. Timothy School assess student need using a variety of tools that measure student learning styles, as well as reading levels and math proficiency. Using ongoing assessments in this manner provides teachers with immediate feedback on student progress and allows teachers to analyze the effectiveness of instruction, and make modifications where necessary. Teachers then rely on the resources available to either remediate and intervene to prevent student failure; or accelerate and provide additional challenge for students. This remediation and acceleration model is fluid, and allows flexibility in grouping students. It is possible that a student would be accelerated in some areas, need remediation in others, and be on grade-level for still others. The St. Timothy School instructional model provides for the ultimate in individualized instruction. Remediation and intervention takes many forms, depending on student need. In math, classroom teachers use assessment data to identify students who would benefit from remediation. This may take the form of small group instruction with the teacher, in the classroom, while other

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