Overview

Purpose

The purpose of Title I is to provide local educational agencies with extra resources to help improve student learning and to ensure that all children have the same opportunity to meet challenging State academic standards. Title I funding may be used in two ways: schoolwide programming or targeted-assistance programming (for private schools.

Targeted-Assistance Program

Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary

The Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District is the fiscal agent for a cooperative program serving eligible students at Holy Trinity Elementary. The Director of Federal Programs for the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District is Vikki Wescovich - Phone: 228-467-0444.

Use of funds includes a certified teacher employed by the Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District to provide academic interventions for eligible students at Holy Trinity, computer assisted instruction, and research based professional development.

The students who participate in the program receive the advantages of computer-assisted instruction in the Title I classroom. Each instructional session is 15 minutes every Monday and Tuesday in subject areas for which each student qualifies (Math and/or Language-Reading). The students do not miss extended periods of time from the classroom, recess, or special classes.

Last year the students who participated in the program made significant gains directly related to the time spent in Title One instruction.

We are excited about the program and the extra help that students are afforded through Title One.