Support Services

• School Counseling Comprehensive Program - All students have the ability to self refer, request referral through staff, or see the counselor's during set office hours. Guidance Lessons are taught periodically throughout the year at all grade levels; including Suicide Prevention.
• Second Step Curriculum - LAVA uses Second Step to help all students learn various social and emotional skills including: Empathy and Communication, Bullying Prevention, Emotional Management, Problem Solving, Goal Setting, and Substance Abuse Prevention.
• Capturing Kids Hearts - Is a model our school uses to improve school culture, strengthen trust between teachers and students, assist with classroom management, improves academic performance and assists our staff in being trauma-informed to help with social-emotional wellbeing. 
• Data Gathering through iReady Testing - iReady Assessments are given throughout the year to students at all grade levels. This helps infom staff if additional supports may be needed.
• A2A Attendance System - Letters are sent home after the third, sixith, and nineth absence. Conferences are then scheduled to address any attendance concerns.
• Parent Teacher Conferences - All of our families have the ability to contact staff and teachers and request a Parent Teacher Conference to go over any presenting concerns. Parents may also be asked to make time available to meet with staff for higher tier support meetings such as SST's.

• School Counseling Comprehensive Program - Students who may need additional support academically, social-emotionally, or behaviorally may be included in data-driven counseling small groups with parental or guardian permission.
• CICO - Check-in Check-out Intervention. This Intervention can be offered during: Parent Teacher Conferences, 504 meetings, SST Meetings, Attendance Conferences, or Discipline Meetings. Students take a form to each class to be given to each teacher. Each teacher rates the student and gives feedback on how well they have done following our PBIS Expectations each day in class. Students are awarded for reaching their percentage goal and reflection and guidance are given for improvements. This intervention is scheduled for 6 weeks with the allowance of another 6 weeks extension if proving beneficial to the student's progress. If the intervention is not proving helpful to the student, higher levels of intervention may be considered.
• BRB - Breaks are Better Intervention. This Intervention can be offered during: Parent Teacher Conferences, 504 meetings, SST Meetings, Attendance Conferences, or Discipline Meetings. Students are awarded for reaching their percentage goal and reflection and guidance are given for improvements. This intervention is scheduled for 6 weeks with the allowance of another 6 weeks extension if proving beneficial to the student's progress. If the intervention is not proving helpful to the student, higher levels of intervention may be considered.
• iReady  - iReady is offered three times and year and tests students aptitude in Math and Reading Skills. iReady Assessment is also used to determine if a student needs support classes in these core academic areas. iReady is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student's teacher (s) determine your student's needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year.  iReady allows your teacher(s) to meet your student exactly where they are and provide data to increase your student's learning gains.  iReady consists of two parts: Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction.