The Levittown Public Schools Department of Pupil Services provides a variety of services for the students of the district:
Centralized Registration
Registration for all new students takes place at Levittown Memorial in the Department of Pupil Services. Kindergarten registration takes place in the late winter, early spring of the year prior to enrollment. All other transfer students can be registered by calling 516-520-8300 x 534.
Click here for the district's registration forms:
http://www.levittownschools.com/academics/registration/
Academic Intervention Services
New York State mandates that students who are at risk of not achieving the state standards receive Academic Intervention Services. These services can consist of in-class monitoring, direct instruction by a certified reading teacher, or a variety of other support services.
For additional information on Academic Intervention Services, go to:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/part100/pages/topics.html
For information on the State Learning Standards, go to:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/standards.html
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English as a Second Language
English Language Learners are provided with additional instructional support in our ESL program. ESL is offered at Abbey Lane, Northside, and Summit Lane Elementary Schools, Salk Middle School and MacArthur High School. Students continue to receive services until they test proficient on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test.
Guidance Services
The Levittown School District employs full-time guidance counselors in all four secondary buildings. The role of the counselor includes course planning, career counseling, college selection and applications, programming and scheduling. The counselor serves as a critical member of each building's pupil services team. It is the counselors who assist our students with the critical choices they face as emerging adults. The guidance departments maintain an open communication with parents through individual meetings, workshops, newsletter, as well as the Guidance Portfolio, a important reference tool for all parents of high school students.
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Drug & Alcohol Counselors & Social Workers
Children today face a host of challenges that grow more difficult with each coming year. Social Workers support our children and families by providing individual counseling, group counseling (Banana Splits, Social Skills Groups, etc.), anti-bullying and character building programs. Our Drug and Alcohol Counselors focus their energies on drug education programs and group counseling for a variety of addictions.
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Handwriting without Tears
Identified students are provided with Handwriting Without Tears support services with our handwriting teacher. Students in need of this service are given individualized attention and support to improve their handwriting.
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Universal Prekindergarten
Pupil Services administers the NYS UPK grant on behalf of the district. The grant provides funding for half day pre-kindergarten education for up to 135 resident children. Due to the overwhelming demand for this program, a lottery is held each year in May to determine eligibility. Check the district website starting in January for additional information.
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Project S.A.V.E.
Pupil Services is responsible for ensuring district compliance with S.A.V.E. Legislation. This department coordinates all safety drills, makes sure that all school safety plans are updated annually, and holds district-wide safety meetings twice a year.
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Section 504
Section 504 is a federal law designed to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities in programs and activities that receive Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Section 504 provides: "No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States . . . shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance . . . ."
The Section 504 regulations require a school district to provide a "free appropriate public education" (FAPE) to each qualified student with a disability who is in the school district's jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability. Under Section 504, FAPE consists of the provision of regular or special education and related aids and services designed to meet the student's individual educational needs as adequately as the needs of nondisabled students are met.
At the elementary and secondary school level, determining whether a child is a qualified disabled student under Section 504 begins with the evaluation process. Parents of students who have a disability but do not qualify for special education services under IDEA can request a Section 504 hearing by contacting the Section 504 coordinator in their child's school.
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State Testing & Reporting
The Department of Pupil Services is responsible for coordinating the administration, scoring and reporting of the following state tests:
- Grades 3-8 English Language Arts
- Grades 3-8 Mathematics
- Grades 4 & 8 Science
- Grades 5 & 8 Social Studies
- Grades K-12 NYSESLAT Exam
In addition, the Director of the department is the district Chief Information Officer and is responsible for maintaining the district data in the NYS Data Repository and for verifying the reports used in the creation of the annual school report card.
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