Mrs. Michelle Schmidt is pursuing her Certified Academic Language Therapist certification through the Fundamental Learning Center. Mrs. Michelle has proven she is a passionate and dedicated reading teacher. She believes every student has the ability to unlock the code of reading. Potentially qualifying students are screened using the Mississippi College Dyslexia Screener.
Students that qualify will receive intensive services utilizing Alphabetic Phonics. Alphabetic Phonics is an ungraded, multisensory curriculum, based on the Orton-Gillingham approach, that teaches the structure of the English language. This phonetic program teaches reading, handwriting, spelling, verbal and written expression and comprehension by simultaneously engaging the visual, auditory and kinesthetic modalities.