Johnson Academic Center

Sometimes students need extra academic support and guidance.

That’s where the Johnson Academic Center comes in.

Helping students achieve their individual potential remains the primary objective of the Johnson Academic Center. This goal is met by providing educational support services during the school day to help students succeed academically.

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By serving students in Lower, Middle, and Upper School, the Johnson Academic Center offers the opportunity for students to have continuity in their services or to receive support, should the need arise, at any point during their educational journey at FCDS. Our quality programs offer remediation of essential skills as well as programs that enrich the academic lives of our students. Parents and students alike appreciate the extra help and support, our experienced and caring teachers, and the individual attention designed to meet the needs of each student and provide skills and strategies to help students through school and beyond.

By serving students in Lower, Middle, and Upper School, the Johnson Academic Center offers the opportunity for students to have continuity in their services or to receive support, should the need arise, at any point during their educational journey at FCDS.

Our quality programs offer remediation of essential skills as well as programs that enrich the academic lives of our students.

Parents and students alike appreciate the extra help and support, our experienced and caring teachers, and the individual attention designed to meet the needs of each student and provide skills and strategies to help students through school and beyond.

Programs

Academic Coaching
Academic Coaching is designed for students at Forsyth Country Day School who benefit from individual meetings to develop time management and organizational skills in order to be able to complete projects and homework and plan for assignments more independently. Yearly Fees for Middle & Upper School Academic Coaching (scheduled per week): Daily: $9,800 Two times per rotation (every other day): $5,650

Academic Coaching

Academic Coaching is designed for students at Forsyth Country Day School who benefit from individual meetings to develop time management and organizational skills in order to be able to complete projects and homework and plan for assignments more independently.

Yearly Fees for Middle & Upper School Academic Coaching (scheduled per week):

Daily: $9,800
Two times per rotation (every other day): $5,650

Language Development
The Language Development program provides an individualized, multidisciplinary, diagnostic-prescriptive program designed to meet the specific needs of each student who has received psychoeducational testing from a licensed educational psychologist that warrants a need for intervention. Through a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic approach to language, the student's strongest channels of learning are stimulated. The Language Development program centers on the remediation of language skill deficits in order to help the student progress in the classroom. The focus of the Language Development sessions is on the remediation of the student's particular weaknesses not on the completion of daily homework assignments. Classroom accommodations that do not fundamentally alter the school's mission will be implemented for each student. Accommodations are also made for a student who is not part of the Language Development program but requires assistance. To assist in future program planning for each student, formal assessments are completed at the end of each school year. Yearly Fees for Lower School Language Development: Daily: $14,090 Three times per rotation: $12,400 Yearly Fees for Middle & Upper School Language Development (scheduled per week): Daily: $14,400 Two times per rotation (every other day): $9,500

Language Development

The Language Development program provides an individualized, multidisciplinary, diagnostic-prescriptive program designed to meet the specific needs of each student who has received psychoeducational testing from a licensed educational psychologist that warrants a need for intervention.

Through a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic approach to language, the student's strongest channels of learning are stimulated. The Language Development program centers on the remediation of language skill deficits in order to help the student progress in the classroom.

The focus of the Language Development sessions is on the remediation of the student's particular weaknesses not on the completion of daily homework assignments.

Classroom accommodations that do not fundamentally alter the school's mission will be implemented for each student. Accommodations are also made for a student who is not part of the Language Development program but requires assistance. To assist in future program planning for each student, formal assessments are completed at the end of each school year.

Yearly Fees for Lower School Language Development:

Daily: $14,090
Three times per rotation: $12,400

Yearly Fees for Middle & Upper School Language Development (scheduled per week):

Daily: $14,400
Two times per rotation (every other day): $9,500

Speech & Language
Speech and language intervention is offered at FCDS by CommuniKids, a private practice. They are licensed speech-language pathologists who play an important role in the prevention of literacy problems with the goal of promoting opportunities for success in spoken and written language for children with and without communication disorders.

Subject Tutoring
The Johnson Academic Center provides individual subject tutoring to FCDS students and students in the community in grades 2-12 in order to enhance instruction in a specific subject. The program is designed to help students remain on top of curriculum materials and projects so they succeed in areas that may be particularly difficult without this additional support. $81 per 45-minute session

Subject Tutoring

The Johnson Academic Center provides individual subject tutoring to FCDS students and students in the community in grades 2-12 in order to enhance instruction in a specific subject. The program is designed to help students remain on top of curriculum materials and projects so they succeed in areas that may be particularly difficult without this additional support.

$81 per 45-minute session

SAT/ACT Test Prep
This course aims to help students improve their scores in all subject areas through a combination of test taking strategies and content review. Sessions will be tailored to meet the needs of each student.

Summer Learning
Each summer, the Johnson Academic Center at Forsyth Country Day School features one of the most exciting academic development summer programs in the Winston-Salem area. This summer plan is designed to teach, develop, and enhance each participant's learning style. Click here to learn more.

Peer Tutoring
Peer tutoring is offered via recommendation and by trained peer (student) tutors. It is intended as a first and temporary step in supporting students who need additional help. (Students needing ongoing support will be referred to adult subject tutors in the Johnson Academic Center.)

What Our Parents Say

“I can’t express how thankful and blessed we are to have our son have such an incredible Johnson Academic Center team. His confidence continues to grow daily. Thank you for providing the best education possible for our sweet boy and for ALWAYS believing in him. What an incredible impact you are making in his life and ours.” - FCDS parent

“Thank you for always giving my children a voice when they don’t feel the power to do so themselves. Thank you for lifting up my children when they feel overwhelmed and incapable. Thank you for always being there to be an ear for their concerns and worries in ways that I cannot be for them.” - FCDS parent

“Perish the thought of where we’d all be without our Johnson Academic Center educators. Their commitment to our child, passion for their work, and profound expertise are second to none. THANK YOU. Honestly, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you. You’ve changed our worlds.” - FCDS parent

History of the Johnson Academic Center

The Language Development program began in 1970, the first year that the school was opened. Beginning in 1999, our center grew into The Johnson Academic Center and began offering additional services.

Mrs. Edith Spinks headed the Language Development Department at FCDS, where she taught for 19 years prior to her retirement in 1992. Mrs. Spinks studied under Dr. June Orton in Winston-Salem and taught at the Orton Reading Center at Salem College. She was the past president of the Winston-Salem Learning Disabilities Association and also the founding member of the North Carolina Branch of the Orton Dyslexia Society.

MEET OUR TEAM
Megan Newbauer Director Johnson Academic Center 336-946-3151 ext. 462 MeganNewbauer@fcds.org	Tatum Fishel Assistant Director Johnson Academic Center 336-945-3151 ext. 497 TatumFishel@fcds.org

MEET OUR TEAM

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