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For Immediate Release: October 18, 2010. Contact: Sheila Adams, Marketing Director, (936)632-1720

St. Cyprian’s Hosting Dyslexia Awareness Luncehon

Lufkin - October is Dyslexia Awareness month, and St. Cyprian’s School is hosting a Dyslexia Awareness Luncheon on Wednesday, October 27th at noon at the school. Some children have trouble reading, writing, spelling and even difficulty in math even though they have the ability and opportunities to learn. Dyslexia effects one in five children. It is not a disease but a language disorder and there is help. The luncheon will highlight the facts and myths about dyslexia and will provide an opportunity to introduce the Dyslexia Therapists at St. Cyprian’s School. One of the Dyslexia Therapist in training is Sara Lowery.
    Sara’s son Grady was in Kindergarten when she and her husband noticed that he was falling behind in reading. In first grade he continued to struggle with spelling sight words and would guess at pronunciations. His parents attributed his frustration with laziness until a summer tutor recommended that he be tested for dyslexia. In the meantime, Sara was working in a mother’s-day-out program where she was up for a promotion to director in the fall. She found out about a 3k teacher position at St. Cyprian’s and was torn on what to do. After much prayer and contemplation she chose to take the job at St. Cyprian’s. Since she was going to be a teacher there, her two boys, Sawyer, 5k and Grady, 2nd grade attended there as well. After the first week of school, Sara had Grady tested for dyslexia. After the testing clarified that Grady had dyslexia, he started a program at St. Cyprian’s. As Sara began to learn more about dyslexia, she became interested in becoming a Dyslexia Therapist. She now attends classes at the Neuhaus Education Center in Houston on Tuesdays to become a Dyslexia Therapist and is starting to see her first students this month. Sara sees firsthand through her own son the benefits of early diagnosis and therapy. His confidence is soaring, and his reading has improved.
    Mr. Brinn Williford, Head of School at St. Cyprian’s, said, “St. Cyprian’s prides itself on the highly structured system of teaching that our therapy department offers. We are so blessed to have such talented Dyslexia Therapists that can individualize each student’s learning. The school’s founder Father Caskey was a huge proponent in starting the dyslexia program years ago, and it has continued to develop into what is now the best dyslexia therapy department in our area.”
    For those attending the training and would like to have a sack lunch, please call the school at (936)632-1720 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
    The mission of St. Cyprian’s Episcopal School is to be a community of learners where students are challenged to achieve their highest academic, spiritual and physical potentials in a Christian setting.

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