Academics

Learning Support (LEAP)

Learning Enrichment and Achievement Program (LEAP)

At GRACE, Students are known, valued, and loved. GRACE created an academic support program called the Learning Enrichment and Achievement Program (LEAP), which offers specialized instruction to a unique group of students. LEAP is aligned with the GRACE mission statement and core values which assert that the school seeks to equip, challenge, and inspire students to love learning, think critically, and apply wisdom while impacting their world for Christ.

Serving Grades 2-12, GRACE maintains optimal ratios between our Learning Specialists and their Students. The LEAP Team is composed of the LEAP Director, one Learning Specialist on each respective campus, and an assistant. LEAP enrollment is reserved for 10% of the GRACE Student population. It is essential that these ratios not be allowed to erode in order to effectively carry out LEAP services.

LEAP is exclusively for students who have been formally evaluated by a licensed psychologist. In order to be considered for enrollment in LEAP, a Psychoeducational Evaluation should reveal a specific learning disability, processing deficit, ADHD, or other condition affecting the ability to achieve academic success at GRACE. Students must be able to participate in the regular classroom setting in all content areas, meet the rigorous academic standards for their grade level using the approved accommodations, and model the GRACE code of conduct. Each case will be carefully assessed and reviewed by the LEAP Team and the campus principal.

For more information, please contact:

TK - 6th Grade LEAP Director, Valerie Fielhauer at vfielhauer@gracechristian.net
7th - 12th Grade LEAP Director, Kathy Barnes at kabarnes@gracechristian.net

Expected LEAP Student Outcomes

LEAP Students are expected to:
  • Acknowledge and Utilize their God-given Talents/Gifts to glorify God
  • Clearly Understand their Learning Style
  • Develop and Implement:
    • Self-Advocacy & Self-Efficacy Skills
    • Coping Skills & Strategies
    • Executive Function Skills

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  • Program Criteria

    • Acceptance of no more than 10% of the total Student body; 10% per grade level
    • The campus principal and LEAP Team will determine enrollment and services
    • Current psychoeducational evaluation from a licensed psychologist must be updated every 3 years

  • LEAP Student Enrollment Requirements

    • Current Psychoeducational Evaluation - must encompass a full battery of tests per the licensed psychologist (including cognitive & academic performance assessment tools)
    • Submission of all previous testing materials/services (IEPs, EOGs, PT, OT, etc.)
    • Intelligence Test (IQ or GAI) Scores (must be within or above average range)
    • Academic performance must be no more than 2-grade levels below
    • Documented interventions provided by the Teacher
    • Current GRACE Students: observations performed and reviewed by the LEAP Team
     
    Note: The Learning Enrichment & Achievement Program (LEAP) is available for students in Grades 2-12.

  • Description of Services & Fees

Lower Campus (TK-6th)

801 Buck Jones Road, Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 747-2020 
Fax: (919) 783-0856

Upper Campus (7th-12th)

1101 Buck Jones Road, Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: (919) 747-2020
Fax: (919) 747-2021
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