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Student Support & Services
Offering a Strong Student Support System
Ensuring a space to meet the academic, social,
emotional and physical needs of our students
emotional and physical needs of our students
At Swain, we believe that every child is unique and amazing. In the classroom, this belief requires us to support students in a variety of ways to ensure their success and progress. Our Student Support Services Team provides additional support in and outside of the classroom to students who need help reaching their goals. Our Reading Specialist provides support to students who need help decoding, reaching grade level fluency, and improving comprehension. Students are helped in the general classroom setting as well as pull out for one on one or small group instruction. Research has shown that early identification and intervention for students with reading challenges is the most important indicator in future success.
Students who are identified as gifted receive support from our Gifted and Enrichment Specialist. Based on students' individual profiles, extension activities as well as content acceleration is offered to ensure students are consistently challenged and excited about learning.
Students who are identified as gifted receive support from our Gifted and Enrichment Specialist. Based on students' individual profiles, extension activities as well as content acceleration is offered to ensure students are consistently challenged and excited about learning.
Resources for our Families
Our Learning Specialist helps students who need additional strategies in organization, study skills, and executive functioning. While younger students are helped in the general classroom setting or before/after school, older students typically meet during study hall periods to get the support they need. Our specialist works with classroom teachers and advisors to ensure that communication between school and home is consistent and clear.
Social, emotional, and mental health support is provided by our School Counselor. Weekly classroom lessons as well as small group and individualized support are offered to students who need short-term help dealing with emotional regulation, social skills, stress management, anxiety, friendship issues, conflict resolution, or changes in family status like divorce, illness, or the passing of a loved one. For issues needing more intensive support, the School Counselor provides outside referrals for evaluations or ongoing therapies. The goal of school counseling services is to help young people feel heard and understood and to cultivate the skills and strategies students need to solve problems.
Downtown Campus
Preschool-Grade 8
7 E. Market Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
7 E. Market Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Swain School
Preschool - Grade 8
1100 S 24th St, Allentown, PA 18103
1100 S 24th St, Allentown, PA 18103
Merle-Smith Campus
Grades 9-12
4313 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, PA 18020
4313 Green Pond Road, Bethlehem, PA 18020
