The Zacchaeus Program is a college preparatory program designed for high functioning students with documented learning disabilities.

Recognizing that students with learning disabilities are often excluded from parochial schools, the Zacchaeus Program helps students to understand and address their special learning needs in order to fulfill their academic, physical, artistic, social and emotional potential.  It employs a faculty team approach, small classes, multi-sensory methods that include technological academic accommodations and individual attention.  Coursework within the Zacchaeus Program meets the University of California A-G requirements. Students in the Zacchaeus Program have some sheltered courses where they are in smaller classes only with other Zacchaeus stduents.  Zacchaeus courses are offered for four years in English, three years in Social Science, and two years in Science.  The rest of the day, Zacchaeus students are mainstreamed with the rest of the student body.  Graduating students meet all of the requirements to attend a four-year college or university.              

Qualifying for the Zacchaeus Program

Profile of a Zacchaeus Student 

• Average or above average intelligence
  
• Learning process deficit
  
• Significant aptitude-achievement discrepency  

Professional Evaluation

Applicants to the Zacchaeus Program must submit a psycho-educational report containing a diagnostic statement that identifies a specific learning disability.  The professional who evaluates the student's eligibility and performs the testing must be licensed and/or certified in the field of learning disabilities.

Required tests

Each student's diagnostic report must include at least one aptitude test and one full achievement battery test.

Mandatory Aptitude Test

• Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children IV or
  
• Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery III
  

Mandatory Achievement Test

• Weschler Intelligence Achievement Test (WIAT II) or
• Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery III

Additional Tests (may include)

• Wide-Range Achievement Test III
• Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test
  
• Nelson-Denny Reading Test
• Test of Written Language (TOWL)
• Math Test Level (standardized)

Additional Requirements

• Diagnostic Statement
  
• Release of Information
  

*A psycho-educational report may take as long as six weeks to complete.  If you have not previously obtained a report, we strongly recommend that you begin the process immediately.  The report must follow the requirements above and should be no more than two years old.

Special Zacchaeus Events

• Zacchaeus Retreat
  
• Zacchaeus Parent Night
  
• Zacchaeus Program Luncheon
  
• Zacchaeus Information Night
  

To learn more about our program, attend our Zacchaeus Information Night on Monday, October 24 at 7 pm in the Church.  For more information, contact our Admissions Office for details.