Learning Support

Presentation High School provides Personal Learning Plans for classroom and/or testing accommodations as appropriate to meet a student’s diagnosed learning or medical need. Personal Learning Plans include information about student diagnosis and how it impacts their learning at school, accommodations the student qualifies for and student goals and recommendations. Personal Learning Plans are shared with student, parents/guardians, student’s teachers, counselors, and administration.

Personal Learning Plans are not the same as IEPs and a student may not be able to receive all of the recommended accommodations and services that are included in an IEP.

To be eligible for a Personal Learning Plan with accommodations, a student must have one of the following:

• A psychoeducational evaluation within the last five years with documented impact on learning and need for accommodations
• An IEP with determined eligibility for accommodations (please note that Pres does not offer special education services that may be included in an IEP)
• A medical diagnosis with an identified impact on learning or need for school accommodations
   

If student has a suspected learning disability:

1. Contact student’s counselor to review overall academic performance and what current interventions and supports are being utilized or can be put in place.
2. After trying suggested interventions, seek a psychoeducational evaluation. Some resources for this testing can be found here.
3. Send all documentation to Presentation High School. Current students, send to counselor.
4. Student Services will review the documentation.
5. The family will be contacted and if eligible, informed of what accommodations can be put in place as appropriate. A meeting will be held and a Personal Learning Plan will be created.
    

Each student’s needs are unique and accommodations related to their diagnosis will be granted as appropriate and if we are able to support them.

Some examples of accommodations Pres supports are: extra time for tests, use of technology for reading and writing, testing in a small group environment, preferential seating, writing scaffolds, and breaking longer projects into chunks.  
 

Some examples of accommodations we do not support include: alternatives to testing or modifications to coursework. Examples of special education services we cannot provide include specialised instruction and therapy. What we can provide are supports and accommodations for students to be successful in the general education college prep environment.

If your student has an IEP and qualifies for special education or related services, please note that those services are only guaranteed in the school district and not at Pres. If a student qualifies for special education or related services, a condition of acceptance may be that family provides proof that the child is receiving those supports elsewhere. If you have specific questions about the support and accommodations your child could receive at Presentation, please contact our Learning Specialist, Marie Lopez at mlopez@presentationhs.org.

If student has a current (within last 5 years) psychoeducational evaluation, IEP, and/or medical diagnosis:

1. Send all documentation to Presentation High School.
   •     Incoming students send to: Marie Lopez at mlopez@presentationhs.org.
   •     Current students send to student’s counselor. 
2. Student Services will review the documentation.
3. The family will be contacted and if eligible, informed of what accommodations can be put in place as appropriate. A meeting will be held and a Personal Learning Plan will be created.
    

If your student does not have documentation but you have concerns about their learning needs, please reach out to their counselor for more information and guidance on next steps.