Stories
LTS Recipients Serve on Dr. King’s Birthday
LTS recipients Abby and Lilly served their community on MLK’s Birthday, and ended up connecting with someone in their community in a special way….
LTS helped our family bridge the gap financially…
We have a large family and couldn’t afford private school. Learning to Serve helped us bridge the gap financially.
My son’s anger issues were solved with smaller classes…
His school has given him a great, diverse experience which has helped him become more confident in himself. His teachers love and support him.
We wanted our adopted kids to have the same great education…
“We weren’t expecting to have two small kids at this time in our life,” she says. “But, the good Lord sent us two foster children that we fell in love with and decided to adopt.”
Helping foster families find school success
We were watching our beautiful girl become a shell of who God made her to be. We knew that we needed more people pouring into her and affirming the person that she was.
“Your son is dyslexic and we don’t have the resources to support him.”
‘This can’t be,’ I thought. ‘Dyslexia? If you don’t have the resources and we don’t have the resources, then where do we go from here?!’ It felt so hopeless.
He read his first sentence….
When my son was in the public school system with an IEP, there was a lot of separation and obvious treatment differences.
“He was going to be just a number in a large public high school.”
My son’s public school placement test results indicated that he would not be placed in gifted or high achieving classes, but he also scored high enough that he wouldn’t qualify for any special assistance or services in the classroom. He would be placed in classrooms with 30+ students, without any extra guidance. For someone who struggles to be in big groups, the distractions would be overwhelming. He needed a different choice.
“I was simply overwhelmed.”
With multiple special needs diagnoses, my son was struggling in public schools that lacked the resources to serve him. Multiple failed IEPs made us feel hopeless. Then, we found the perfect school for my son.
“I didn’t even think I would graduate high school…”
“Before attending a private school, I wasn’t sure I could even finish high school, let alone go to college. Now, I’m looking forward to graduating with good grades and going to college. I am excited to go to school everyday.”
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