Ron Slack Scholarship Fund

The Ron Slack Scholarship Fund was established in January 2012 to honor the memory of Ron and to help make a difference in the lives of bright and diligent students who are struggling to achieve academic success.

Mission Statement

The Ron Slack Scholarship Fund is committed to assisting highschool students to become successful in their academic endeavors. Funds raised are used to help provide services for bright and diligent students whose learning differences cause them to struggle in their pursuit of academic success. By providing unique and tailored support, our goal is to teach these students tounderstand their challenges, to learn to compensate and adapt, and to becomesuccessful in achieving their educational dreams.

Students We Have Helped This Year!

• One of the students was struggling with testing skills, particularly in her Algebra and Biology classes. Focusing on study skills and basic test preparation tactics seemed to be key factors in helping that student realize better test results! In working closely with this particular student, Mrs. Dabney also identified some basic level knowledge in a few areas that seemed to be missing, so that became a focus of their sessions as well.
• Another student needed assistance in working through the writing process. She was struggling with a major writing project assignment in her English class. Sessions with Mrs. Dabney resulted in a well written paper that showed improvement, and impressed her teacher! This student also received tutoring services to assist with testing skills.
• Finally, a third student was having difficulty with reading comprehension, and in pulling important information from her extensive research to form an outline. Mrs. Dabney also found that this student needed help to keep her thoughts organized when writing. The skills and tactics learned by the student during her weekly tutor sessions were applied to several papers for a few different classes, and a slow but steady improvement was noted with each effort!

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