Stories of Children’s Lives Changed

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Mar
11
LSEM in Texas

We are sharing short insights from our teachers in Texas this week! Becky shared:    Zion Lutheran School in Georgetown is thrilled to have launched out Gifted and Talented Program! We identified 6 students (grades K-5th) who qualified. We are currently using the Genius Hour and Passion Project Model and have been incorporating more aspects […]

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Mar
04
Anxiety and Learning

Student anxiety is something that we are seeing more of in children, and that anxiety can impact and even impede their learning. Here’s a story of how we helped one girl overcome her anxiety, and how that has improved her learning. We had a student who is new to our LSEM program and began coming […]

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Feb
26
You Don’t Have to Choose

LSEM has been around for a long time. Nearly 150 years. During this time, LSEM has grown, shifted, and evolved in order to serve God’s children. But the one thing that has not changed is that we believe that no child should have to sacrifice a Christian education in order to receive the special education […]

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Feb
19
A Learning Haven

This school year has been an exiting adventure with the new LSEM programs taking place at Trinity and Holy Ghost Lutheran School in Monroe, MI. Both schools have fully embraced the programs. The resource room at Trinity was in full swing by the third week of school! Our teacher, JoAnn Burke, works with students in […]

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Feb
12
Causing a Culture Shift

Starting an LSEM resource room with a new partnership school can have a slow start. Sometimes, it’s a matter of creating awareness with the other teachers in the school, making sure they know how LSEM can help their students with learning needs and their general education classrooms. And sometimes it’s just a result of human […]

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Feb
05
Connecting in a Time of Difficulty

LSEM teachers see not only academic changes and improvements in their students, but also personal ones. This Wow story is about one of those personal changes. Our teacher William Jacobs has an older student, Aiden, who has major avoidance issues. It has been difficult to connect to Aiden. He has been going through some tough […]

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Jan
29
Growth and Goodbyes at St John Rochester

In the last year, our LSEM program at St John Lutheran School in Rochester, MI saw a lot of changes. The LSEM room moved over the summer to free up classroom space for enrollment growth. Our at-capacity program is currently servicing a wide range of needs. With 25 students on the roster and 14 students […]

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Jan
22
Growing Confidence

LSEM welcomed Matilda into our program when she entered kindergarten. At first, she was a shy girl who had difficulty recognizing letters and hearing the beginning sounds in words. Matilda had not attended preschool prior to kindergarten and was performing behind her peers. Linda Schumacher began working with her twice a week to provide support. […]

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Jan
15
A Friendsgiving Story

On Tuesday, November 26th, the Gifted & Talented students partnered with the Resource Room students at Central Lutheran School in New Haven, IN, to celebrate their 2nd Annual Friendsgiving sponsored by a Thrivent Action Team Grant. Led by our LSEM teachers Carmen Cleaveland & Amy Goodwin, the students participated in Thanksgiving activities that focused on […]

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Jan
08
Not Being Defined by a Learning Need

Lexi! Delightful, happy, helpful, friendly, athletic, willing-to-learn, joyful! These are just a few adjectives to describe this student, whom Donna Stole has worked alongside during her elementary and middle-school years. Lexi is also a struggling learner, but she doesn’t let that define her! Though typically reluctant to read in from of her class, let alone […]

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