"The mission of A.I. DuPont Middle School is to inspire the academic and social growth of all students through an academically rich and collaborative environment that fosters life long learners."
News/Upcoming Events
Open House:
September 27th
6:00pm
October Parent Night:
October 12th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
School Counselors
Bri Brown (6th Grade)
Schedule an appointment with Ms. Brown
Email: brieanna.brown@redclay.k12.de.us
Phone: 302.651.2690 Ext. 235
Melissa Lepkowski (7th Grade)
Email:
melissam.lepkowski@redclay.k12.de.us
Phone: 302. 651. 2690 Ext. 101
Natalie Hamilton (8th Grade)
natalie.hamilton@redclay.k12.de.us
Phone: 302.651.2690 Ext. 213
Special Education Coordinators
Deborah Wiley: 7th Grade (Last Names N-Z) & 8th Grade
Email: deborah.wiley@redclay.k12.de.us
Phone: 302.651.2690 ext. 505
Tara Gates 6th grade and 7th (Last Names A-M)
Email: tara.gates@redclay.k12.de.us
Phone: 302.651. 2690 Ext. 507
School Psychologist
Benita Taylor 6th - 8th Grade
Email: benita.taylor@redclay.k12.de.us
Phone: 302. 651.2690 ext. 132
School Social Worker
Reese Hawk
Email: reese.hawk@redclay.k12.de.us
Phone: 302.651.2690 ext. 314
Parents Are Key!
https://www.doe.k12.de.us/cms/lib/DE01922744/Centricity/Domain/78/ParentsAreTheKey.pdf
Procedural Safeguards: Parent and Child Rights In Special Education
Intervention Central
Below is a link that will send you to Intervention Central’s progress monitoring and self-monitoring strategies and tools. Intervention Central is a great resource for other academic and behavioral strategies and interventions and is well-worth spending some time to explore their website.
http://www.interventioncentral.org/node/961544
Smart-but-Scattered
This is a resource designed to “help parents, teachers, and therapists to better understand the role executive skills play in healthy development and to identify tools and strategies they can use to assist “smart but scattered” kids become successful problem solvers and self-reliant adults.” The site has a tab for “Books” where you can go to check out the books they have to offer.
http://www.smartbutscatteredkids.com/
Helping Children Learn
Easy to use handouts with practical methods that teachers, parents, professionals, and students themselves can use to help build academic skills and knowledge. Comes with a CD for printing out the handouts.
http://www.amazon.com/Helping-Children-Learn-Intervention-Handouts
Academic Tutoring / Practice Online
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with the aim of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. The organization produces short lectures in the form of YouTube videos. Your child will get a personalized learning dashboard that will guide them through each subject like a personal coach, while using state-of-the-art adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps while suggesting skills to practice.
Additional Resources:
http://www.smartkidswithld.org
https://www.understood.org/en/about
https://www.loveandlogic.com/pages/love-and-logic-parenting