Broken Bow - Parents Add to Learning Success (PALS): This program is designed to involve parents in the learning process of their children in grades 1-5. The program objectives include the development of rapport between parents and school personnel through a series of parent workshops, a parent training program, a reading incentive program focused on parent-child interaction, provision of computers and other materials to be used in the home, community awareness activities, and a summer educational program.
[405-584-3306.]

Byng - This program for students age 4 years through 5th grade is open for child care and academic assistance from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. all year round. The project targets students with NCE scores below 50 on the ITBS. Students receive assistance with math, reading, and other areas according to academic need.
[405-322-4303]

Canadian Valley Vo-Tech - This program serves students in an alternative classroom at Canadian Valley Vo-Tech (El Reno). Nine area schools refer students to the program that serves approximately 90 students or former dropouts per year (45 at any one time). Students receive three (3) hours of individualized academic instruction, as well as vocational instruction. Students are also required to participate in community service.
[405-422-2275]

Choctaw/Nicoma - (validated for a low-cost intervention program): STARS, a six-week, half-day summer program, is designed to minimize the educational regression experienced by primary-grade students. STARS serves approximately 80-90 students who are prioritized on the basis of low ability and achievement scores. Reading and computer-assisted instruction are main components.
[405-769-2445]

Enid - (School and Family Enrichment): This program realized that the problem, and often the crises, of students at-risk often resulted from situations outside the school setting, and therefore, enlisted the expertise of clinically trained counselors. Working in conjunction with the academic counselors, SAFE offers the resources of staff trained to intervene and draw on the social services of the community. The program design allows for smaller case loads, flexibility within the daily schedule and often places time within the home setting, dealing with not only school issues but family situations. Because of their background with such agencies as DHS and local medical facilities, program personnel have been able to direct students and parents to resources for assistance. While the long range goal is to assist students with school success, they have positioned themselves to work with at-risk students who are struggling with basic dilemmas.
[405-234-2404]

Midwest City-Del City - This program promotes parent involvement for elementary students through an aggressive home visitation program, and is validated for the purpose of general school improvement. Over 40 families of youth identified as at-risk by classroom teachers participate in the program each year. Other program activities include tutoring, home-school enrichment activities, a monthly counselor/parent workshop, and an evening library service.
[405-739-1666]

Moore Alternative School Program - This alternative program features evening school from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. four nights a week and provides instruction in one core subject each night. A second component provides a tutorial program four nights a week at three junior high campuses. Testing and study skills are incorporated and alternative block options for courses are also available, along with counseling.
[405-793-3288]

Muskogee - This program provides basic-skills instruction to students in grades 7-12. Students are referred for academic difficulties, disciplinary problems, or excessive absences. An on-site daycare facility is available and the program serves approximately 150 students per year.
[918-684-3705]

Norman - Alternative Support Education (ASE): This alternative program for adjudicated youth was designed to serve approximately 20-25 juveniles (ages 14-17) under court supervision through the Cleveland County court system. ASE provides individualized educational programs that include self-esteem building, interpersonal counseling, job-orientation skills, parent-support projects, and art therapy activities. Counseling and computer-assisted instruction are important components.
[405-366-5797]

Ponca City - This program serves high-challenge elementary and junior high school students at ten (10) sites. This counseling-based program provides student tutoring, mentoring, self-esteem classes, teacher inservice, and parent involvement.
[405-767-8012]

Sallisaw - This middle school program features a self-contained classroom with an emphasis on counseling and mentoring for students in grades 7 and 8 who need help with the transition to secondary-level education. Referrals are based on low academic performance, truancy, lack of interest in school, and symptoms of low self-esteem and self-confidence. Students have access to elective classes within the traditional schedule, along with an opportunity to "shadow" vocational classes at the area vo-tech. Components include low teacher/student ratio, instruction based on individual learning style, pre-vocational exploration, counseling, parental involvement, and community mentors who serve as tutors and role models for the students.
[918-775-9482.]

Sapulpa - Bartlett Alternative School: A cooperative project between Youth Services and Creek County schools, the program provides alternative education for potential and recovered dropouts. The program focuses on academics and behavior in a nontraditional setting and serves approximately 50 students per year.
[918-224-7958.]