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NOTRE
DAME SCHOOL
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Notre
Dame School serves mentally
handicapped students ages 6 through 21. All classes have a
teacher and an assistant. The academic curriculum emphasizes
mathematics, reading, spelling and writing. Music, PE, and
religion classes are offered to all students. Independent
living skills, job skills and career exploration are important
elements in the upper school. Christian values and attitudes are
taught in all classes. Catholic students are involved in
sacramental preparation.
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All classrooms
have computer access and employ a variety of teaching software
programs. These programs allow students to work according to
their own level of understanding; their repetitive nature
encourages lesson retention. Older students learn keyboarding
skills and their application.
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Notre Dame School is very
fortunate to have volunteers from the community, and more
specifically the youth from area Catholic schools, who come on a
regular basis to work and interact with the students in their
classrooms. Planned activities with non-handicapped peers are
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Discipline
using "Project Career" is an effective reward system
that encourages appropriate behavior as well as teaching basic
budget skills. The students are paid daily for appropriate
behavior; they are fined for unacceptable behavior. After paying
their "bills", students may use any remaining money to
purchase "admission" to special events or items in the
school store - items can even be put on layaway!
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Notre
Dame is a loving and caring campus. You may encounter
older students helping younger ones in the classroom or
PE. Everyone has something to contribute and is
encouraged to do so.
Upper
School
(ages 15-21)
Lower
School
(ages 6-14) |
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