ACADEMIC CENTER

The following programs and services are provided in the Academic Center, which is located on the first floor between the main entrance of the building and the student cafeteria.

Academic Study Hall:

Students may be assigned to the Academic Center for their study hall if they are experiencing failure.  This provides students who are not reaching their potential with a smaller setting with fewer distractions and with an instructional aide to oversee their work, to attend to their individual needs, and to monitor their academic progress.

For freshmen students assigned this service, placement will occur only after classroom interventions have been tried.  Students in other grades are referred to the Academic Center through their counselors.  Study Skills Units may be provided to develop or enhance skills in organization, note taking, study habits, test preparation, or other areas of need.  During their Academic Study Hall time, students will be sent from the Academic Center to the departments to get assistance from teachers in subjects they need academic support in.

Students will be assigned to Academic Study Hall on a select, limited basis and returned to their regular study hall once grades are improved and maintained.

Excel Program:

Freshman Excel Program students who meet their academic benchmarks will be scheduled in Academic Center Study Hall on a flexible basis as they attempt to transition back into a regular study hall.

Sophomore Excel Program students, who previously utilized services through the Freshman Excel Program, may receive continued support in the Academic Center as sophomores.  Sophomore students will be scheduled into the Academic Center Study Hall for two or three mandatory days a week.  These students will attend regular study hall on the remaining days, which they can elect to leave in order to receive tutoring from teachers in the academic departments. 

Educational Services:

Academic Center space is also made available for Educational Services for students requiring Resource support.  Attendance at Academic Resource as scheduled will be mandatory.

Sophomore, Junior, and Senior students will be scheduled for one of two scenarios:

• They will be required to attend Academic Resource on Tuesday and Thursday and to report to regular study hall on the remaining three days.

• They will be required to attend Academic Resource on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and to report to regular study hall on the remaining two days.

Academic Center Contacts

Pam Bylsma--Assistant Principal
pbylsma@hinsdale86.org
570.8215

Fred Ferber--Academic Center Coordinator
fferber@hinsdale86.org
570.8107

Marko Milincic--Academic Center Assistant Coordinator
mmilinci@hinsdale86.org
570.8167