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LEARNING DISABILITY PROGRAM The purpose of the Learning Disability Program is to educate students to the maximum of their potential, increase the students’ opportunities for success, and to prepare for post-secondary education. The classes are unique in that they are taught to the individual needs, goals, and objectives in their educational plans. Because students’ learning rates and styles vary considerably, the need for flexibility is established with individual student expectations. Students are accepted at Padua Franciscan High School primarily on their ability to do satisfactory work in Padua’s curriculum and to function within our guidelines and policies. The following items are evaluated in the admissions process to determine a student’s ability to succeed at Padua: the entire grade school record (with emphasis on 6th, 7th, and 8th grade achievement), conduct, effort, attendance, standardized tests taken on the elementary level, and performance on the Padua placement test. LEARNING SUPPORT SERVICES The Padua Franciscan High School Learning Support Program (LSS) encompasses a variety of services, having the common goal to ensure that all students succeed in Padua’s college preparatory curriculum by meeting the students’ individual needs. The LSS Program includes the following: Learning Disabilities Program, Autism Program, Speech-language services, and SEGO/Accommodation services. Padua Franciscan High School has services that meet the needs of students identified as Specific Learning Disability, Other Health Impairments – Minor, Autism, and Speech/Language Impairment. Behavioral supports and academic modifications are not available to meet the needs for students identified as Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disability, and Emotional Disturbance. LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER Hours 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Friday Borrowing Materials  Books: regular collection - 3 weeks which may be renewed for an additional 3 weeks  Reference Books/Overnight Closed Reserve - overnight from 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. the morning of the next school day. Fines and Lost Materials Students are responsible for all materials they check out. Fines for regular books and all regularly circulating material is five cents (.05) a day for each school day the material is overdue. The fine for reference materials is $3.50 per day for each day they are overdue. The fine starts at 8:00 a.m. Lost books and materials will be charged according to the cost. Student Use of the Library The library is the preferred site for quiet study during a student’s study hall period. In order to use the library during the school day, a student must come to the library before or after school and sign the roster for the period he or she has study hall. Students in the library for their study hall may sign up for the same period study hall for the following day at the beginning of each period. This must be done on a day-to-day basis. The student should report directly to the library for the study hall period that they signed up to attend and check off their name as they enter the library. Students will only be admitted to the library if their name appears on the roster. Students may also use the library before school from 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. and after school from dismissal to 3:30 p.m. on Monday – Thursday and 3:00 p.m. on Fridays. 45