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Catholic schools on Long Island are getting as basic as you can with a new individualized, adaptive computer educational program, “Fast ForWord” that focuses on the brain.

“This is a program that helps to build the foundation for learning,” said Dr. Steve Cheeseman, asso-ciate superintendent of schools for the Rockville Centre Diocese. “Every muscle in the body needs to be exercised. This program ex-ercise the brain,” he said, specifi-cally areas of memory, attention, auditory and visual processing, and sequencing.

“Th is is a research-based program that has shown tremendous success,” with signifi cant gains made by stu-dents, Cheeseman said. In addition, students enjoy the program. A bro-chure for the program promises:”1-2 years gain in 8-12 weeks.”

Th e program works by sparking brain activity and helping diff erent

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Two students are completing a Fast ForWord activity. Some schools are using the program as early as kindergarten to build a foundation for learning.

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parts of the brain work together more eff ectively, Cheeseman said. “Th e goal is brain-processing and reading enrichment.”

Th rough the program, students engage in a daily, limited-time exer-cise on the computer, which assesses their ability in certain areas and “pre-pares to take them to the next level,” Cheeseman said.

Over the course of the school year, the program provides reports on each student’s progress to allow the teacher to monitor each student and address areas for improvement.

For this year, Catholic elementary schools on Long Island are using the program for their kindergarten class-es as a way to start building learning foundations early, Cheeseman said. In addition, “some schools are using it for students who require academic intervention services” to better gauge and more eff ectively address their needs.

As the year continues, Cheeseman said, “the schools will give us feed-back” to help determine how it is working. At the end of the year, the collective experience of the schools will be reviewed.

“We can make plans for how it will be used next year,” he said.

At this point, the diocese is commit-ted to two years of the program.

In addition to studying the re-search, Cheeseman said, he has had the opportunity to try it out on his daughter, Emily, a second-grader at

Our Lady Queen of Apostles Regional School in Center Moriches.

“She enjoys the program,” Cheeseman said, adding with a

smile that her enthusiasm for using it sometimes exceeds his zeal for setting it up for her. “And I’ve seen growth in her ability.”

Students at St. Dominic’s Elemen-tary School in Oyster Bay working with the Fast ForWord Program.

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Nassau BOCES won a Learning Technology Grant (LTG) through the New York State Education Department, providing $150,000 over the next three years to strengthen English Language Arts (ELA) skills for English Language Learners (ELL) and special education students in two Nassau County school districts. The LTG funds state-of-the-art technology and professional develop-ment to improve student achievement. Through the grant, the districts will receive sound enhancement systems and document cameras to improve classroom learning.

The sound enhancement system — consisting of a wireless microphone for the teacher, a remote receiver and mounted speakers — has been prov-en to eliminate ambient noise and thus improve student engagement. Sound enhancement is not simply cranking up the volume; it is a care-fully engineered audio delivery system that creates a learning atmosphere in which every student hears as though they are right in front of the teacher, so they don’t miss a word of instruction. Research has shown that sound en-hancement has significantly improved ELA achievement rates, increased student collaboration and decreased disciplinary problems.

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to display any document or object on a large screen for the whole class to see, much like a digitally high-tech overhead projector. Research states that document cameras are among the most effective technology tools for im-proving student engagement, resulting in higher achievement rates.

In order to optimize the use of this leading-edge educational technology, Nassau BOCES will provide profession-al development to the two LTG districts. Teams of special education teachers, ELL teachers and library media spe-cialists from each school will learn how best to implement the technology to support student achievement of the ELA common core standards. These teams will be trained by experts in special education, English as a Second Language (ESL) and technology, and be mentored by Model Schools coaches.

“The goal is to raise the ELA perfor-mance of elementary-level special ed-ucation and ELL students, to help them meet the common core standards,” says Supervisor Pat Koehler of the three-year grant project. “The technology is research proven and the professional development is exemplary. In the end, we hope to increase the number of Nassau County students who graduate from school ready to succeed in college and careers.”

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Approximately 50 students from the Nassau BOCES Joseph M. Barry Career and Technical Education Center (Barry Tech), located in Westbury, got the opportunity to give back and prepare for their futures at the same time, offering their services to the world-renowned Habitat for Humanity organization. These Barry Tech humanitarians worked to build a new Habitat home right here in Nassau County.

Carpentry, construction electricity and plumbing students contributed to a variety of fundamental construc-tion work, including roof framing, in-stallation of insulation and windows, and running wiring and piping. This particular Habitat home had to meet the regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which meant the Barry Tech workers got a crash course in ADA compliance. All entrances, both interior and exterior, had to be wheelchair accessible, and certain areas required special con-struction, such as a wheelchair ramp leading up to the entryway, and the creation of a custom bathroom and shower area.

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on-the-job training and were able to apply 21st-century career skills in a real-life situation. Such projects en-able students to put their skills to use, helping them to become college and career ready upon graduation.

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Illness can touch any life, without warning, causing severe upheaval and distress. Now, thanks to a new program at Nassau BOCES, the dis-ruption that comes with extended illness does not need to affect a stu-dent’s education.

The new HomeBound Program is designed for students suffering extended illness that prevents them from regular attendance at school. Students who need to be away from the classroom for as little as 10 days and up to an entire year now have a viable option to continue their edu-cation online. The HomeBound on-line classroom provides four hours of instruction per subject every week, enabling sick students to con-tinue their education, completing all state requirements and avoiding the potentially catastrophic interruption of failing courses and being held back.

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