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Capital
Campaign News
 We’re getting closer to breaking
ground every day! Thanks to you, we’ve raised
$3,236,442 in just a little more than a year! (Click
hereto see the plans of the new
campus.)
BREAKING NEWS! The M.D.
Matthews Foundation has awarded Monarch a $1,000,000 grant! This is
a “two for one” Challenge Match. This means when we raise
$500,000 more, they will give The Monarch School $1,000,000. Can you
help us meet this challenge? Click
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DIR®
Collaboration
 The Apprentice Program is excited to
announce a new training collaboration. Apprentice faculty will be
working with Ira Glovinsky, Ph.D., of the Interdisciplinary Center
for the Family in West Bloomfield, Michigan. The Monarch School has
had the good fortune to have training in the DIR® model provided by
Sharon Duval, M.A., CCC/SLP. Sharon received notice on November
21st that she is fully certified as a DIR® practitioner
– the first in Texas.
She is delighted with this opportunity to work
collaboratively with Dr. Glovinsky. To read more about this exciting
opportunity, and other Apprentice program news, click
here.
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Monarch Summer
Program  Plans are in full swing for The
Monarch School Summer Program 2008! We offer a variety of
programming for students Pre-K through 12+ grades designed to offer
the same fine program that is offered during the school year. We
remain committed to providing a developmentally appropriate program
focused on ownership of self-awareness and self-regulation, social
development, executive functions and academic competence. Mark your
calendars for registration: Jan 14, 2008 (Current Families).
Feb 11, 2008 (Open/New Registration). Follow this
link to get a sample of previous summer
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Outstanding
Monarch Poets In the last year, several Monarch students have been awarded
Outstanding Achievement in Poetry by the International Library of
Poetry. Congratulations to Carly Wiggins, Griffin Toups, and to
Robert Berno, as well as to Ms. Shaw and Mr. Singer, for spreading
the seed and harvesting the wonderful fruit. To read these inspiring
poems, click
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Mark Your
Calendars!
 On Saturday, March 29, The Monarch
Learning Center welcomes Charla Cunningham, renowned for her
integration of child psychotherapy, drama therapy and DIR®! For more
info, click
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Monarch Diagnostic Clinic Adds ADOS
to
Assessment
Offerings
 Clinic faculty have recently added the
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) to their growing list
of standardized assessment tools. The ADOS, developed by Catherine
Lord, Ph.D. (http://www.umich.edu/~chgdwww/faculty/lord.html), and her colleagues, is
considered one of the “gold standard” tests to determine whether a
child meets criteria for an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
With the
addition of this extraordinary assessment tool, the Clinic has taken
another step toward establishing itself as a leading provider of
childhood, adolescent, and adult diagnostic and treatment planning
services. Learn more by clicking
here.
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 Making
Miracles
More than $240,000 was raised when over 700 friends,
neighbors, parents, and students gathered at The Westin Galleria on
November 8, 2007, to participate in The Monarch School’s sixth
annual Miracle Makers Morning breakfast. Read more about the
breakfast here.
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