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McLaughlin Elementary Student Programs Student Clubs Bilingual Education:The bilingual program seeks to develop student skills in both Spanish and English. When students exit the bilingual program it is our goal that they will be reading, writing, listening, and speaking on level in both languages.Top
Content Mastery:
Content Mastery provides
instructional support to students with a variety of disabilities and who
receive their primary instruction in the general education setting.
This program also provides teachers support by assisting with
modifications, materials and information best to serve these students in
the classroom. Students receive instruction and participate in all
group work and classroom discussions in their regular classroom.
Students come to the center when they need help with completing
independent work, reading or reading subject matter or studying for a
test. The Content Mastery teacher also is available to help in
classrooms as needed by the students. The classroom teacher, Content Mastery teacher and family members
work together as a team to help the student achieve academic goals.
This collaborative effort is important in achieving student success.
TopEnglish as a Second Language (ESL):McLaughlin's English as a Second Language program is a program that meets the needs of limited English speakers and new-comers who speak languages other than English. The program incorporates various ESL strategies that promote confidence in oral language development, reading and writing skills. In addition, emphasis is placed on student's appreciation and continued development of their cultural heritage. Collaboration with supportive regular classroom teachers has helped structure literature and content based lessons that promote learning and acquisition of the English language.TopGifted & Talented Services:McLaughlin Elementary School serves gifted students through the ACE program (Academic Creative Education) from mid-semester of kindergarten through fifth grade. Students can be referred for assessment throughout the school year by teachers or parents. The school counselor provides individual intelligence and achievement assessment for each student referred. Other criteria used for screening includes student performance, personal characteristics, and parent inventories. Students who qualify for the program are cluster grouped for at least 150 minutes weekly to receive differentiated instruction from classroom teachers who receive ongoing training in gifted education strategies. The school counselor provides groups for gifted students to enhance their individual and group skills in communication, thinking and problem solving, and creativity through the use of games, team building activities, puppets, and drama. Gifted students are encouraged to participate in Odyssey of the Mind, math competitions, and science fair.TopHerman Reading:
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The Herman Reading Program is a
multisensory/bihemispheric skill-level approach that coordinates phonetic
decoding and comprehension to meet the diverse needs of intellectually
capable, but severely reading disabled (dyslexic) students. 
McLaughlin's technology has been increased over the
past few years.
Along with each
classroom equipped with student computers with internet access and a
student printer, we also have many other great technology tools that have been installed in
various classrooms for all teachers and students to use. 
Student Clubs
It is hard work to keep the
entire campus as safe as possible, but our patrol does it well and we are
proud of them!