As do all students across the state, L.S.D. students in 4th, 8th, 10th and 11th grades participate in the Louisiana Criterion Referenced Testing which determines promotion to the next grade. Identified students' weaknesses are addressed to specifically improve skills and knowledge that the state evaluates on the LEAP 21 tests.
Students learn at different paces.
Each spring, all students are screened to determine their eligibility, and parents are notified to come for an ESYP I.E.P meeting to plan for their child's extended school year program. Sponsored by the Louisiana School for the Deaf Foundation and the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Youth Leadership Camp attracts outstanding young deaf or hard of hearing students who are recommended by a teacher or administrator in their local district. This year's camp will be held July 16 - 20, 2000. Our Accelerated Reader program helps motivate and monitor students' reading. We are very excited about Accelerated Reader because it has given the students confidence to read in other subject areas.