Academic Support

Welcome to the Loepp Family Foundation Pilot Center!

The De La Salle Collegiate staff is committed to the principle that all students can learn at a high level. To help students achieve academic success, De La Salle has put a number of programs and policies in place:

Teacher Tutoring

National Honor Society (NHS) Tutors

Student Academic Intervention for Learning (SAIL)

Our goal is student learning. This begins with each individual teacher who designs specific learning targets for each class and develops excellent lessons to assist students in mastering the essentials of the course. If students need extra support to succeed, they will enter De La Salle’s “Pyramid of Intervention”, a tiered structure of support for struggling students.

Pyramid of Intervention

Tier I

At the base of the Pyramid is Tier I. Tier I includes all the extra steps taken by a classroom teacher when a student demonstrates a need for extra assistance. Tier I would include:

Meeting with / tutoring a student outside of scheduled class time
Working with common class teachers to assist the student
Arranging for a peer tutor
Contacting parents to collaborate on a plan for success
Involving the student’s counselor at every step
Requiring Tutoring with a classroom teacher

Tier II

The support programs that are designed to be implemented in addition to all Tier I intervention are part of the second tier of intervention. De La Salle’s Tier II program is named SAIL.

Students may be referred to SAIL because they need extra support despite implementation of all Tier 1 supports and an honest effort to learn. Once enrolled in SAIL, attendance is mandatory. For students with an open period, SAIL will take place during that period. For students with no open period, SAIL intervention will occur during Advisory.

Tier III

Academic Probation

A student may be placed on academic probation if:

The student failed two or more courses for the marking period,
The student has a current GPA below 2.0 for the marking period, or
The student’s cumulative GPA has fallen below 1.0 as a result of his most recently completed semester.

All students on academic probation are placed in the SAIL program for supplemental academic support for the entire quarter. Progress during and at the end of the quarter will be assessed to determine if support is still necessary. Once placed on academic probation, students who do not improve their academic standing may be dismissed from De La Salle Collegiate.