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T.H. Rogers
School Motto
“Achieving Excellence Through Teamwork”
T.H. Rogers Mission Statement
The mission of T.H. Rogers School is to provide all
students with the educational opportunity to develop to their fullest potential.
The school will ensure that a supportive learning environment will integrate the
special populations, provide enhanced learning opportunities, and reflect a
continuing commitment to excellence.
Demographic Overview
of School Population
T.H. Rogers is devoted entirely to providing the
best education for special needs and gifted children from across the entire
district. The staff addresses the learning requirements of very diverse student
populations. The school serves K-8 Vanguard magnet students, pre-school thru 8th
grade deaf students, and 3 year to 22-year old multiply impaired students, and
is ethnically balanced. Specialized staff members work as a team to serve the
unique needs of our students. A staff of two hundred paraprofessionals, speech
therapists, social workers, nurses, audiologists, occupational and physical
therapists, teachers, counselors and administrators work with the students.
Background and Overview of
School and Programs
Since one of our goals is to foster an understanding and acceptance of people
different from ourselves, we encourage all students to learn respect for one
another regardless of cultural, ethnic, economic, or physical differences.
Vanguard students are provided the opportunity to learn sign language as a
member of the larger T.H. Rogers family, and
signing is also used in the multiply impaired classes. The ultimate goal at
T.H. Rogers is for each student to become a well
rounded individual, reaching for his or her full potential for the world in
which he/she lives.
T.H. Rogers promotes a unique concept in
educational programming, blending three diverse school populations:
Gifted (Vanguard), multiply impaired, and deaf. The former junior high
school, now completely renovated, provides barrier-free access to its multiply
impaired population, allowing the maximum in independent functioning and
personal freedom. Specialized classroom treatment throughout the school provides
the flexibility necessary for inclusion opportunities with the school’s
population of gifted children.
THE VANGUARD PROGRAM
Kindergarten - 8th Grade
The T.H. Rogers Vanguard Program
keeps the students abreast of constantly evolving developments in technology,
providing three computer labs (including mobile wireless classrooms) and a
state-of-the-art media laboratory. Computers and video technology also enhance
the classroom experience. Students receive instruction at all grade levels from
basic and advanced computer literacy up to the fundamentals of systems analysis,
basic networking theory, and hardware technology. We are proud of our superbly
trained and dedicated teaching staff who so competently serve our students. A
broad variety of activities such as sports, academic competitions, drama,
publications, field trips, and fine arts programs round the school experience
providing for maximum opportunity in both academic and personal growth.
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The T.H. Rogers Vanguard Program is a model
component of the Magnet Schools plan. The full day program provides gifted and
talented students from varied ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds with a
differentiated educational experience. A stimulating, challenging environment
fosters the students’ development in academic skills, creativity, and
leadership. The K-8 curriculum is taught through an interdisciplinary approach
to reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science while emphasizing
research and critical thinking skills. The student-centered learning environment
includes a rich variety of active learning experiences, which provides
opportunities for independent and self-directed learning aimed at developing
creativity, self esteem, and a sense of responsibility.
MULTI IMPAIRED DEAF
AND
MULTI IMPAIRED HEARING UNITS
The multiply impaired program at T.H.
Rogers, which serves students who have more than one disability, is
divided into two units: Multiply Impaired Deaf (MID) and Multiply Impaired
Hearing (MIH). The MID unit currently serves students who need specialized
instruction for the hearing impaired. The MIH program serves students with
unique needs, which cannot be appropriately met in a school closer to the home.
Participation in these programs is determined through an ARD committee decision,
involving parents, teachers, and professional staff, and depends on the
student’s needs and availability of appropriate programs in the home area.
Students’ goals and placement are reviewed annually. The curriculum for students
in both units centers around the functional life skills necessary for each
individual student’s optimal functioning, including the areas of cognitive
functioning, communication, motor skills, self help, socialization and vocation.
Instruction in all areas is enhanced by a highly skilled staff of professionals
and paraprofessionals and specially adapted plant facilities. Support services
of speech and language therapy, occupational and/or physical therapy,
audiological and hearing aid services, and services from teachers of the
visually impaired are available on campus to meet individual student’s needs.
REGIONAL DAY SCHOOL
PROGRAM FOR THE DEAF (RDSPD)
PreK - 8th Grade
All RDSPD students are transported daily to and from home. All units employ
Total Communication methods, which is a combination of components of oral and
manual teaching modes using signs, lip reading, finger spelling, use of residual
hearing, speech and visual phonics. RDSPD students are often mainstreamed with
Vanguard students in physical education, music and art.
VISION PROGRAM
(0-3 years old)
This program component serves children from birth to three years
of age. Teachers of the visually impaired use a wide variety of skills and
techniques to work with these young students and their parents. They work with
infants and their parents in home and school settings. The main focus of this
program is to provide parents with skills in teaching their children in daily
home situations. Each child/parent receives a minimum of one hour of instruction
per week.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Be An Angel Troupe ✯ Caring Critters ✯ Chess Club ✯ Community Based Instruction
✯ Community Based Vocational Training ✯ Dance Club ✯ Fast Plant Science Team ✯
Gardening Club ✯ Geography Bee ✯ Globe Science Team ✯ History Fair ✯ Literary
Magazine ✯ Math Counts ✯ Math League ✯ Math Olympiads ✯ Music Competitions ✯
Name That Book ✯ National Junior Honor Society ✯ Number Sense ✯ Odyssey of the
Mind ✯ Paws For Caring ✯ Recycling Program ✯ Rolling Rams ✯ Science Fair ✯
Science Olympiads ✯ Scouting ✯ Signing Choir ✯ SPA Student Series ✯ Speech/Drama
Festivals ✯ Spelling Bee ✯ Spirit Club ✯ Strake Jesuit Prep Bowl ✯ Student
Council ✯ Student Newspaper ✯ Technology Fair ✯ University of St. Thomas History
Day ✯ Volunteering ✯ Westbury Junior Academic Tournament ✯ Writing Competitions
✯ Yearbook ✯ Special Olympics ✯ Writers in the School ✯ Tournament ✯ U.I.L.
Academic & Orchestra ✯ Mathletes ✯ Middle School Girls Volleyball ✯ Middle
School Girls Cross Country ✯ Middle School Girls Basketball ✯ Middle School
Girls Swimming ✯ Middle School Girls Soccer ✯ Middle School Girls Track/Field ✯
Middle School Girls Intramurals ✯ Middle School Girls Cheerleading ✯ Middle
School Boys Cross Country ✯ Middle School Boys Basketball ✯ Middle School Boys
Swimming ✯ Middle School Boys Soccer ✯ Middle School Boys Track/Field ✯ Middle
School Boys Intramurals.
Special thanks to www.throgers.org for the school information.
08/16/2007