REACH Program

Monte Cassino REACH collaborates with families to meet the needs of students.

REACH is Monte Cassino’s model of integrating enrichment, acceleration, and support to students across campus. This approach is dynamic and includes professionals, tools, strategies, assessments, and interventions. Monte Cassino REACH is an integrated, educational partner and does not offer formal, individualized, education plans.

REACH Extension

Acceleration programming provides instruction for students when curriculum does not fully satisfy a student's curiosity

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Individualized Classes

Classes promote creativity and problem solving through project work with an emphasis on writing development
Pull-out or Push-in Sessions

These sessions focus on individual enrichment units of study, extension, and increased depth of instructional concepts.
Special Group Work

Groups are specialized to address advanced problem solving skills using a thematic approach

REACH Support

Support offers individual coaching and mentoring for both academic needs and executive skill development. Our staff helps coordinate assessments with outside professionals and specialists.

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Executive Function

Academic Coaching supports students in their core subjects. Classwork is initiated, assignments are verified, questions are answered and accommodated tests and quizzes take place
Small Group Support

Smaller group allows teachers to give students more attention, instruction and comfort, making students more comfortable and ensures students are progressing.
Wilson Reading System

As a recognized leader in multisensory, structured language programs, Wilson brings more than a decade of systematic and explicit instruction and helps students across our campus who: have mild gaps in decoding and spelling, who need multisensory language instruction, or more intensive structured literacy instruction due to a language based learning deficiency such as dyslexia or below average decoding and spelling scores.

REACH Service

Across campus, REACH is involved with supporting, extending, and enriching learning experiences.

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Extension
- Specialized groups designed to address advanced problem solving skills using a thematic approach
- Classes that promote creativity and problem solving through project work with an emphasis on writing development
- Additional instruction for areas of interest when the curriculum does not fully satisfy a student’s curiosity
- Pull-out and/or push-in sessions which could include: individual enrichment units of study, extension, and increased depth of instructional concepts
Support
- Individual coaching and mentoring for both academic needs and executive skill development
- Programs and curriculum designed to help students include: Scientific Learning, Learning Ally, Wilson Reading System and Wilson's Just Words Program.
- Assessment coordination with outside professionals and specialists
Who provides the program?
Under the supervision of the administration, the program will be coordinated and delivered by seasoned instructors and counselors working closely with classroom teachers to help students meet expectations and their potential.
- Director: Caitriona Harris
- MS Counseling: Sara Wilson
- ES Counseling: Lucy Lennox
- Instructional Coaches:
  - ECLC - Meagan Brazeal
  - ES - Caryn Arnold, Cassie Ellis, Shannon Scott, Sammie Lackner
  - MS - Ingrid Milliron, Whitney Chillingworth, Heather Hartin
- Reading Specialists:
  - ES - Sarah Erbacher
  - MS - Marisabel Kremeier
Parents, administration, and teachers may submit a request for services.

Ryan & Elizabeth Briggs

We cannot thank you all enough for your contributions to our son's education and personal growth. We know his math aptitude has caused you all to make special arrangements that we are so thankful for. We wish everyone could have the same experiences we have had at Monte Cassino. We love being a part of the Monte community, and we are looking forward to working with you all for years to come!

The REACH Team

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Caitriona Harris

MS-Director of REACH/Leader of Learning Initiatives
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Caryn Arnold

Elementary School Instructional Coach
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Cassie Ellis

Elementary School Instructional Coach
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Sarah Erbacher

MS-Elementary School Reading Specialist
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Sammie Lackner

Elementary School Instructional Coach
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