Counseling and Guidance: Our school counselor works closely with parents, faculty and administration towards promoting the social, emotional and academic success of each child. Beginning with admissions screening and placement counseling, the counselor monitors every phase of a new child’s transition to Melawati. Through individual and small group counseling, classroom lessons and programs like PALs (children welcoming children) and Red Hats (grade five leadership team), the counselor promotes a positive and caring community.

English as a Second Language: The English as a Second Language program is committed to preparing students who are non-native English speakers to function successfully in the regular classroom setting. ESL specialists support language learning through a parallel language arts curriculum that focuses on vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading and writing. To provide an optimal learning environment for all students, the number of English language learners is limited in each grade level.

Learning Resource: Learning Resource specialists offer help to students with mild to moderate learning differences. Specialists work closely with grade level teachers to design classroom interventions that support the range of learning needs within the classroom. Small group instruction, team teaching and individualized learning plans are some common strategies we use to differentiate instruction according to each child’s learning needs.

Speech and Language: The speech and language teacher screens, evaluates and provides a continuum of services for students with communication difficulties that may include speech, voice, fluency and/or language needs.

Health Services: We are dedicated to health and safety of our students. Our full-time nurse provides care for students who become ill, are injured or need treatment and/or medications during the day. The nurse is active in community education and conducts vision and hearing screening on an as needed basis. Our nurse also serves as a resource for health related issues for students, families and the classroom.

My heart is singing for joy this morning. A miracle has happened. The light of understanding has shown upon my little pupil’s mind, and behold, all things are changed! …Annie Sullivan – Teacher of the deaf