Learning Center At Accelerated Schools of Overland Park
“Many students cannot succeed in schools because they are missing a few key fundamental skills,” said Roxanna J., the Director of the Learning Center.
This after school and Saturday morning program offers students in grades 1 to 12 individualized instruction in all basic skills, including math, reading and writing. Students can focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, phonics and composition while studying basic language skills. Or they might need to focus on computation, math concepts or problem solving (word problems). Higher level math instruction is also available.
Some students, who attend the Learning Center, focus on study skills or speed reading. Typically, students come two or three times a week, spending one to two hours at the Learning Center each time. Students are expected to spend at least 40 hours at the Learning Center for each subject.
The Learning Center students come from a wide range of schools within the metropolitan Kansas City area.
‘Because we have 100 percent parent participation,” Roxanna said, “it enables us to institute a successful program. Given adequate time in the program, 98 percent will achieve their goals.”
Roxanna has been associated with the Learning Center At Accelerated Schools since its beginnings in 1969. She was running the Learning Center when the day school began in 1978. Both operate under the same principles of education.
With a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree from Wichita State University, Roxanna enjoys being at the Learning Center “because of the opportunity to use best methods available to implement a proven program and fine tune precision teaching for the purpose of rapid acceleration.” With the teaching methods available, the Learning Center instructors are able to help the children in providing the skills needed to catch up to their classmates and move forward.
