Home About Programs History Q&A Calendar Contact Us      Programs Full-Time School Saturday Tutorial Program Summer Program   Full-Time School Our full-time school follows Pinellas County Public Schools Calendar.  The school day is from 8:00am – 2:30pm. dePaul  school offers a dedicated, specially–trained faculty, utilizing small group instruction in a highly-organized and calm environment. Intensely structured concentration on reading, writing, spelling and math Faculty of trained teachers Maximum instructional time with frequent sessions and small groups Small classes, 7.5:1 student to teacher ratio Parent involvement required Award-winning art program Music class with Suzuki violin instruction Daily PE class Auditory Skills class Social Values class Research-based, multi-sensory, structured linguistics curriculum   Top of page   .....When you know your child has a learning difference and you can't make others understand in our "traditional school system" it is very frightening.  The dePaul School has been a rich blessing not only in our son's life but to our entire family.  To see a child go from tears when reading a book with Mom to reading on his own with joy is true excitement." - Janet Wilbur, Parent Saturday Tutorial Program The dePaul School provides an alternative educational experience for adults, youth and children with learning disabilities and attention deficits.   This program is held Saturdays, form 8:30 A.M. to 11:30 P.M., beginning in October until May. Individualized instruction for adults and school-aged students. Open to students who attend other schools as well as those who attend dePaul. Classes are highly structured, sequential, teacher directed and paced to maintain the interest and attention of the student.  Instruction is intensive, structured and multi-sensory. All tutors are trained in the use of dePaul materials by qualified personnel. The dePaul School Saturday Tutorial Program focuses on improving basic reading and literacy skills.  Each student receives instruction in dePaul Structured Linguistics (DPSL), Auditory Discrimination and Reading . DPSL taught on an individualized basis. Reading classes held daily. Auditory Discrimination class focuses on developing basic auditory processing skills and remediating deficiencies. As the program is designed for students struggling with reading or experiencing language based difficulties, admissions screening may be required to determine eligibility for new students. Interested individuals should contact The dePaul School at (727)-443-2711. Once eligibility has been determined, a registration form may be completed and returned to The dePaul School along with $50 Registration Fee. Tuition for the Saturday Program is $750.00 for each 10 week session. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is required to process registration.   Top of page Summer Program The dePaul Summer Program began in June 1989 to make available continuing remediation to Full-Time and Saturday Tutorial Program students and to provide an intensive structured, multi-sensory learning experience for dyslexic students from other educational settings. The 1/2 day program consists of two 45 minute periods of D.P.S.L., 2 45 minute periods of Math/Computer, and one 45 minute period of Auditory Discrimination. D.P.S.L. is taught one-to-one.  Math is taught in small groups of 5 or less students.  Computer classes are held daily,  Students learn keyboarding, and practice skills learned in D.P.S.L. and Math.  Auditory Discrimination class focuses on developing basic auditory processing skills and remediating  auditory deficiencies. Classes are highly structured, sequential, teacher directed an paced to maintain the interest and attention of the student.  All tutors are trained in the use of dePaul materials by qualified personnel. Top of page The dePaul School • 2747 Sunset Point Road • Clearwater, FL 33759 Phone: 727-796-7679 • Fax: 727-796-7927 • Email: admin@thedepaulschool.org

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