Mercy Learning Center: Northshore
Building Academic Independence and motivation in the child you love.
Grades K-12

A part of Mercy Family Center

Who would benefit? | Why MLC? | Create a Schedule | 10 Success Sessions | Northshore Staff

Mercy Learning Center: Northshore
1200 West Causeway Approach, Suite 19
Mandeville, LA  70471
(985) 727-1819 phone
(985) 727-3055 fax

 

* Mercy Learning Center can easily coordinate with Mercy Family Center
psychologists and psychiatrists due to our association and location together.

 

* The Clarion Herald:
July 27, 2005 - Mercy Learning Center helps good students with problems - READ MORE HERE (PDF)

* The Clarion Herald:
July 27, 2005 - Metairie, North Shore offices serve expanding clientele. - READ MORE HERE (PDF)

 

Who benefits from Mercy Learning Center?

MLC offers a route to success for students of all educatoinal needs...from those who are simply missing study skills to those in need of help to compensate for learning disorders.

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Why is Mercy Learning Center the Choice?

MLC is a safe supportive learning environment where students:

- Experiment with new strategies
- Discover that learning is worth the effort
- Find hope, encouragement and success

MLC’s Staff is a “ team” to support your child:
Director, Toni Eastham, M.A., experienced Learning Specialist, coordinates programming and services for students.

* Case Managers assess skills, conference with teachers and parents, and write the “Individual Learning Plan.”
* Learning Specialists reach and teach students with basic skill deficits and learning differences.
* Study Skill Coaches, model and practice study skills with students.
* Subject and Specialty Tutors instruct in various subjects and specialized academic areas.
* Homework Helpers set a structured climate for efficient and effective homework completion and studying.

MLC can easily coordinate with Mercy Family Center psychologists and psychiatrists due to our association and location together.

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Create an individual schedule that works for your child and you:

Academic Therapy (AT) helps the learning different student develop basic skills and other learning strategies needed for optimal school performance. A Case Manager works with the parents to write an Individual Learning Plan detailing short and long term objectives.
Individual session: $56 per hour

Study Skills Coaching (SS) provides practice in 12 different skills from listening to test taking, at the appropriate grade level for “On Your Own” and “In The Classroom” applications.
Individual session: $44 per hour

Academic Enhancement (AE) concentrates on a specific area of study during the slower pace of summer. Areas of study include:
Subject Tutoring (“Catch Up” and “Preview”)
Standardize Test Preparation (ACT and others)
College Application Essay Writing
Research Paper Writing
“Be A Star” (shine in an area of strength)
Individual session: $44 per hour

Call or email MLC to discuss your child’s academic situation with a case manager.

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10 Sessions for Success!

Actively Read to Write: (AT) Provides strategies to improve reading comprehension, especially sorting the main idea from details. Helps in the construction of all elements of writing from sentences to essays.
Grades 3 – 9 Materials fee: $15

Algebra I Preview: (AE) Concentrates on the basic concepts of Algebra I—equations and factoring. Gives a solid foundation to build on in the upcoming school year.
Grades 7 – 12 Materials fee: $10

Algebra I Review: (AE) Focuses on functions, factoring and graphing. Bridges the gap to Algebra II.
Grades 7 – 12 Materials fee: $10

Begin to Read and Spell: (AT) Gives the budding reader and writer a solid, felt connection between letters and sounds. Creates confidence and makes reading fun for the youngest students.
Grades PreK – 1 Materials fee: $30

Building Reading and Spelling: (AT) Increases accuracy and rate of reading and spelling of the halting reader or writer.
Grades 1 – 4 Materials fee: $35

Establish Math Early: (AT) Offers a review and provides extra practice in math concepts, processes, and facts needed for the upcoming grade. Provides hands on experience and games, as well as paper and pencil practice.
Grades 1 – 8 Materials fee: $15

Listening to Learn: (AT) Helps with remembering and following oral instructions, a very important skill, since as much as 70% of a student’s school day is spent listening.
Grades 1 – 5 Materials fee: $10

Multisensory Handwriting: (AT) Focuses on forming letters and numbers easily and automatically.
Grades PreK – 3 Materials fee: $15

Reading Comprehension to Summary Writing: (AT) Builds skills necessary for writing essays and research papers. Sort information for better comprehension, exact notes, and concise summaries.
Grades 9 – 12 Materials fee: $15

Study Skills: (SS) Addresses various skills needed for studying “On Your Own” and “In The Classroom”. Taught at the level appropriate for elementary, middle school, or junior high students.
Grades 3 –12 Materials fee: $25

Spanish I Preview: (AE) Jump starts basic vocabulary and concepts. Especially advantageous to a student entering a foreign language course for the first time.
Grades 7 – 12 Materials fee: $10

Spanish I Review: (AE) Reviews the latter concepts of Spanish I. Makes a smooth transition between Spanish I and II when lag time has occurred between the two.
Grades 7 –12 Materials fee: $10

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Mercy Learning Center: Northshore Staff

Toni Eastham Mandeville	· Director
Angela Freeman Mandeville	· Accounts Receivable Manager
Dina L’Hoste Mandeville	· Administrative Assistant

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