Indiana Code (IC) 20-35.5 requires schools to administer a universal screener to all kindergarten, first, and second grade students annually to identify students who may be “at some risk” or “at risk” of not reaching reading proficiency. This early identification of students who are not on track to be proficient readers allows early implementation of targeted support.

The screening of students shall include, as developmentally appropriate, the following:

(1) Phonological and phonemic awareness.
(2) Sound symbol recognition.
(3) Alphabet knowledge.
(4) Decoding skills.
(5) Rapid naming skills.
(6) Encoding skills.

If a student is determined to be at risk, or at some risk, of not reaching reading proficiency following the universal screener, a Level I diagnostic will be administered to gather specific information about the student’s needs and programming support. Parents may also elect to request an educational evaluation by the school. If the school determines that students should receive interventions that target learning characteristics of dyslexia specifically, the school must provide students with programming that meets all of the following requirements:

● Is systematic, sequential, and cumulative and does not assume prior skills or knowledge;
● Is evidence-based; and
● Includes the components of science of reading:

○ Phonemic awareness;
○ Graphophonemic knowledge;
○ Structure of the English language;
○ Linguistic instruction directed towards proficiency and fluency; and
○ Strategies for decoding, encoding, word recognition, fluency, and comprehension.

Learn more:

Indiana Department of Education’s website.

Dyslexia Parent Resources Guide

SCH Reading & Writing Curricula

• SCH August 2018 Water Report
• Information about SCH Water Testing
• Información sobre las pruebas de agua de SCH
• Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Water Testing (Final 4/17/2019)
• SCH Water Lead Testing and Management Plan (April 2019)
• SCH Water Lead Test Result (1/1/2019 - 2/28/2019)

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In the Fall of 2017, the School City of Hammond contracted with Schmidt Associates to conduct a comprehensive Facilities Assessment. This data informed the capacity and utilization component of the assessment as well as helped to focus Schmidt Associates’ team during their facilities conditional assessment inspections. The activities included:

• Meetings conducted at each building to gather utilization data as well as staff comments.
• In-depth inspections of the facilities to the equipment level.

The resultant Facilities Assessment is a large collection of data presented to the School City of Hammond in a dynamic set of spreadsheets and was used as a planning tool to:

• Help to guide decisions on maintenance
• Inform the development of a District-wide Strategic Plan for capital improvements, curriculum and financial resource needs.

Schmidt Associates provided a summary of the Facilities Assessment during a Public Work Session on April 28, 2018. The summary of the entire Facilities Assessment, including Capacity and Utilization data, is available here. 

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