Search and Teach Recognizes First Graduate

Cornerstone Christian Academy implemented a developmental learning program for five-year-olds this year called “Search and Teach,” and we are pleased to announce that Karissa Bowers, a student in Mrs. Fiello’s first grade class, is our first graduate. Karissa completed the individually-paced program on Friday, January 18, 2008, and celebrated by reading a Magic Treehouse book with her tutor, Mrs. Liz Johnson.

During her semester in Search and Teach, Karissa encountered and progressed in skills such as auditory and visual perception and memory. According to Mrs. Johnson, “Karissa was very attentive, and thoroughly enjoyed all the games and tasks we worked on together. She always tried her best and progressed very quickly through the tasks.”

Karissa’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Bowers, were among the first Cornerstone parents to take advantage of Search and Teach for their child. Mrs. Bowers believes “Search and Teach felt like a gift designed just for our family…The methods of Search and Teach are fun and relational, so the child can enjoy the process. Search and Teach provided my child an opportunity to create superhighways in her brain so she can spend less time managing her brain files, and more time engaging with her world.”

There are three remaining Search and Teach students in this first year of implementation, one studying with Mrs. Johnson, and two with Mrs Kathy LeMay, Cornerstone’s art teacher and reading tutor. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. LeMay were trained in implementing Search and Teach at a summer workshop in California in June, 2007.