St. Jude's is unlike any other school.
St. Jude's is a temporary Special Education alternative
to the Publicly funded school system.
   For over three decades, St. Jude's School has continued, in the Waterloo Region, to be the most recognized and successful special education alternative to the publicly funded school system. Bright students experiencing learning difficulties who are not receiving educational services appropriate to their needs (because they are bright the school system does not consider them to be enough of a priority compared to other students) come to St. Jude's. Over a period of one, two or three years they are taught in classes of six to eight students. Parents cannot believe how much and how quickly their child learns at St. Jude's. When a St. Jude's student has accomplished his/her goals he/she returns to the publicly funded system better able, than ever before, to successfully advance.

St. Jude's is individualized, structured and teacher directed special education day school. St. Jude's emphasizes the development of personal strengths and acquisition of a life-long work ethic. Intelligent students who need and want to be taught how to achieve to their potential and bright students with learning disabilities who need and want to learn how to learn come to St. Jude's because of its long and successful history of helping. Students attend to build, strengthen and consolidate the needed foundation of academic skills in classes of six to eight students. Once the essential skills of reading, writing and arithmetic have been acquired and a strong work ethic established, St. Jude's students return to the system better able to achieve than ever before. Over the last three decades, hundreds of students, as a result of St. Jude’s help, have graduated from college and university.

St. Jude's School is a nondenominational, co-education, private day school that provides an educational advantage to students so their academic future can be bright and full of successes.

St. Jude’s School     888 Trillium Drive, Kitchener, Ontario           888-0807
 

Full-Day Special Education School
                          for bright students with learning disabilities in grades 1 to 10
 

		who are average or above intelligence and finding learning a struggle;   who need a genuine boost in academic self esteem;   who want to learn but are starting to question their intellectual abilities;   who need a class maximum of 6 to 8 students;   who need a full day academic program to accelerate their acquisition of the basic Reading, Comprehension, Writing, and Mathematical skills;   who are not learning to read as quickly or as well as other children;   who need instruction in an environment where the only focus is academics;   who need a comprehensive 3 R's academic program specifically designed to address their individual educational needs;   who could use a boost in academic self esteem;   who are not learning to read as quickly or as well as other children;   who need more academic structure and more specific instruction than is possible in a classroom of thirty or more children;   who will benefit from a class with a maximum of six to eight student;   who would benefit from an comprehensive 3 R's academic program specifically designed to address their individual educational needs;
		The Full-Day School begins each mornings at 8:30 am. Monday to Thursday ends at 3:30 pm. Every Friday dismissal is at 2:30 pm. Holidays match the public funded school boards.

                           

St. Jude's is Waterloo Region's only Private Special Education Day School for Exceptional Students In order to gain an understand of each student's learning needs a full and  comprehensive psycho-educational assessment is extremely beneficial. The development of an I.E.P. (Individual Education Plan) that will focus on the student's specific educational strengths and present learning needs is also very important. The 3 R's - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic as detailed in the Ontario Provincial Curriculum will be the foundation for each student. Each child's educational program can be individual and unique as determined by his/her I.E.P. St. Jude's purpose and mission is to provide the necessary academic instruction to bright, learning disabled students so that they will be able to leave St. Jude's and return to the publicly funded system better able to succeed than before.