Every mind is different — and with the right support, every student can thrive.

Our Learning Support Program features a dedicated, fully integrated team of specialists who collaborate with classroom teachers to ensure every student has what they need to flourish. Whether a student needs extra scaffolding, a different approach, or simply someone in their corner, our Learning Support team is embedded in the school's life.

This isn’t a pull-out program or an afterthought — it is a philosophy that understands how you learn is as important as what you learn, and that with the right support, delivered with skill, unlocks potential in every student.

Who is best served within our Learning Support Program?
Who does Tier IV (Wolf Academy) Best Serve?

Who is best served within our Learning Support Program?

Students who participate in our Learning Support Program may have one or more of the following diagnoses:

Language-based learning differences including dyslexia
Receptive and/or expressive language deficits
Executive Functioning Disorder or deficits
Auditory processing disorder
Concurrent conditions such as ADD or ADHD that exacerbate a student’s learning challenge
Non-verbal learning disorder
Specific Learning Disorders in Reading (Dyslexia), Math (Dyscalculia) and Written Expression (Dysgraphia)
Social cognition challenges
Processing issues that impact learning (e.g., memory, retrieval, graphomotor speed and production

St. Andrew’s School is not the right fit for every student. We are not a therapeutic school and our programs are not designed to meet the needs of children with primary behavioral or emotional difficulties.

Who does Tier IV (Wolf Academy) Best Serve?

The Immersion Model© utilizes a team of professionals—special education teacher, speech language pathologist, and occupational therapist—to blend students’ individual speech, language, learning, social, and occupational goals into a robust, personalized academic program. In addition, Wolf Academy students also access the dynamic curricular and extracurricular offerings, enrichments, and social opportunities of the St. Andrew’s School community.

The PEERS© program curriculum is used in our Communication Lab. The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®), created by UCLA, is a renowned, evidence-based social skills program.

Key Components of the Wolf Academy program are:

Ongoing collaboration among all faculty which drives instructional design
International Baccalaureate content classes — offers multiple IB pathways with a balance of challenge and support
Integrated services including speech and language, occupational therapy, executive functioning, and academic
Fluid class offerings depending on student strengths and needs
Family partnerships
Advising with a learning support specialist
Participation in extracurricular activities, athletics and arts programming

St. Andrew's offers four tiers of support for students with diagnosed learning differences. Services for each student will be comprehensively discussed with families and the Learning Support Team to best meet students' individual needs.

Support Services	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Tier IV (Wolf Academy)
Academic Workshop	Included	Included	Included	Included
Co-Taught Classes (Math and Language & Literature)	Included	Included	Included	Included
Literacy Lab / Math Lab	—	Included	—	—
1:1 Academic Tutorial	—	—	Included	—
Orton-Gillingham Tutoring	—	—	Included	—
Communication Lab	—	—	—	Included
Residential Life Learning Support (residential students only)	Fee-Based	Fee-Based	Fee-Based	Fee-Based

Co-Taught Classes

Academic Workshop

Orton-Gillingham tutoring

Academic Tutorial

Literacy Lab or Math Lab

Small group classes taught by the learning support specialist focusing on furthering literacy skills such as essay writing, reading comprehension, and metacognitive reading skills. Both Literacy Lab and Math Lab are appropriate support classes for students who have the capability to access our International Baccalaureate Language & Literature classes and Math classes but need extra review and practice.

Self-Awareness & Self-Reflection

We support students in understanding themselves as learners—building insight into their strengths, challenges, preferences and learning profiles. We recognize self-awareness as the foundation for meaningful learning. Through guided reflection, students develop a deeper understanding of how they learn best, allowing them to engage with academic tasks more purposefully and adaptively.

Self-Advocacy

In alignment with our belief in student voice and agency, we help students develop the confidence and skills to advocate for themselves with clarity and purpose. By learning to communicate their needs, students take an active role in shaping their educational experience.

Student Ownership of Learning

We believe that students flourish when they are the drivers of their own learning. Ownership begins when students are active participants in their educational journey. We support students in setting goals, monitoring progress, and making informed choices about their learning. This sense of agency cultivates motivation, accountability, and long-term academic and personal success.

We envision a learning community where every student feels seen, heard, and capable — where learning differences are met with curiosity and compassion, and where differentiated instruction is a bridge to autonomy rather than dependency.