Regina Melonson Learning Resource Center

Program Philosophy

The LRC is committed to providing services that allow students to oversee their own learning, therefore services are provided only to those students that acknowledge the need for support and actively seek it out. The services provided are those that can be implemented within the existing schedule and curriculum of Seattle Prep.

Enrollment Policy

Students with identified learning differences and/or mental/emotional or physical diagnoses that impact learning are eligible to enroll. While enrollment is optional, if a student chooses to enroll, they are required to:

Provide diagnostic documentation that identifies the learning difference or medical diagnosis.
Participate, along with parent/guardian, in the initial intake meeting to formalize Accommodation Plan.
Approve the dissemination of the Accommodation Plan to teachers and counselor.
Approve the notification to teachers of preferential seating requirements (if applicable).
Complete a self-advocacy assignment to ensure that you and your teachers understand your learning needs.

Services Provided to All Enrolled Students

Services Provided Per Diagnostic Report

Continuum of Services

The LRC offers a continuum of services. Some students access the LRC only for testing accommodations, while others utilize the LRC for study halls. In circumstances where more individualized support is needed, our LRC Teacher and Services Coordinator meets with students by either drop-in or by appointment during study halls, lunch time, or after school. When more support beyond what the LRC offers is needed, we refer families to community partners for individualized academic support.

LRC Team

Venicia Allen-Johnson, Sarah Newman '11, Anne Balicki, Jon Humphrie ’09, and Holly Sommer

Mission

As a Catholic, Jesuit, institution, Seattle Preparatory School is deeply committed to creating a supportive, inclusive academic environment. The LRC seeks to ensure that our students have full and equal access to our educational and co-curricular programs. We do so by providing services and accommodations for neurodiverse learners.

The primary goal of the LRC is to collaborate with students at the center of their learning, teaming with faculty and parents or guardians, and ensuring that every student can achieve Seattle Prep's mission of Ignatian ideals.Anne Balicki

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Prep gave me the foundation to advocate for myself and that has made all the difference. Agnes Davila ’21

LRC Director

Anne Balicki has a varied background in both public and private schools, with experience in roles as teacher, department, head, and school administrator. Student intervention has been the cornerstone of her work. Anne majored in Special Education at Gonzaga University, received her Masters of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at University of Washington, including her Principal and Program Administrator certificates through the Danforth program, and has received the Executive Leadership Program certificate from Seattle University.

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Meet the Founder

Regina Melonson, M.Ed., Ed.S., NCSP

Hired at Seattle Prep as a science teacher, Regina founded the Learning Resource Center program in 1994 as a way to provide additional academic support to students with diagnosed learning difficulties. In 2022 Regina retired from Seattle Prep after a 28-year career dedicated to Jesuit education.

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