• One-on-one consultation with the Learning Specialist to discuss academic skill strategies, organizational skills, time-management skills, etc.
• Academic support when the student scores 69 or lower in his/her progress report or quarter report cards
• Counselor support for emotional and social issues associated with any learning difficulty
• Students may seek extra help from teachers before school and during the day when they are mutually free. Furthermore, conferencing between faculty and students is available on designated days during the Assembly Period. Students who wish to attend an extra-help session after school should notify their teacher (or faculty tutor) and coach at least one day in advance, if possible.
• All students are given the opportunity to schedule a study period. The prudent student uses this time productively for exam review, homework completion or appointments with teachers.
• Fort Worth Country Day provides a wide variety of information resources on the Internet and the campus intranet for the purpose of research and education. Network use must be consistent with the educational objectives of FWCD.

To be considered for accommodations, the division learning specialist must have a copy of the educational evaluation from the diagnostician/psychologist on file. The learning specialist will verify that the documentation meets basic guidelines and will notify teachers that the student qualifies for accommodations. Although FWCD is unable to offer specific accommodations that fundamentally change our mission, programs, policies, or staffing, we do provide “reasonable” accommodative supports when there is a specific diagnosis provided from an updated evaluation.

The most commonly granted accommodation in the Upper School is extended time. If approved for extended time, the student may receive up to 50 percent extra time (time-and-a-half) on a test or quiz. The student should alert the teacher no later than the day before the exam or quiz for which the extra time is requested, and the student must not miss another class to complete the exam or quiz.

Students approved for extended time may use the accommodation during semester exams. If a student chooses to take an exam with extended time, he/she is encouraged to maximize the full benefit of the testing window. For example, each student testing with the 50 percent extra-time accommodation on a regular one and one-half-hour exam requires the student to sit for a minimum of one hour and 55 minutes. All Upper School students do their schoolwork under the guidelines of the FWCD Honor Code.

Semester exams for extended time testing begin at 9:45 a.m. for morning exams and extend until 3:45 p.m. for afternoon exams.

Students approved for any accommodation are responsible for making mutually agreeable arrangements with their teachers. The accommodation must not interfere with the student’s work in other classes.

Receiving accommodation at Fort Worth Country Day in no way assures a student of accommodations on tests administered by The College Board and ACT. Students with a learning or physical disability must apply for accommodations with the appropriate testing agency for extended time and other accommodations on standardized tests (e.g., PSAT, SAT, ACT Plus Writing, AP, etc.).

The College Board consent form to request accommodations (PSAT, SAT, AP) and the application for ACT National Testing are available in the Learning Specialist’s Office. Students and parents should submit these respective forms and all previous educational evaluations to the Upper School learning specialist or the College Counseling Office according to the testing agencies’ deadlines.