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Please contact
(479) 736-2221 x1111, Learning Resource Center Director, to receive more information on our service.
The Learning Resource Center has services designed to help students get the most out of their academic experience. The LRC is open Monday thru Thursday from 5:45 – 7:45 p.m. and is located in the conference room of the administration building. The Learning Resource Center offers the following services to all Ozark students:
Tutoring 
The tutoring program provides individualized and group tutoring for students who need academic assistance outside the classroom. There will be a full-time faculty member and a math/science tutor in the evenings to help students and parents who request assistance with class work. Additional tutoring may be provided in the dorms when needed.
Adaptive Technology
Students with special requirements will find a portion of the LRC has been set aside to satisfy their needs. We have the following software available to assist our students:
Kurzweil 3000
The Kurzweil program is the premier reading, writing, and learning software for struggling students. It provides assistance for students who learn best with audio and visual assistance. The Kurzweil program may provide the following assistance:
- Translate text to speech for students.
- Enlarge text for low vision students.
- Writing and Self-Editing Tools - As students type, the software speaks each letter or word, so they can quickly recognize and correct spelling mistakes. The Check Spelling As You Type feature underlines misspelled words in red. The audible spell checker and customizable word prediction further assist students with creating and modifying reports, essays and papers without teacher intervention.
- Independent Test Taking – With Kurzweil 3000, students can independently complete worksheets, classroom tests and standardized tests with greater confidence and fewer mistakes. Kurzweil 3000 not only reads questions and answers aloud, it allows students to type answers directly onto the image of a scanned test, thereby offering more independence for both the student and teacher.
- Scan documents into the computer for editing.
- Create an audio recording of the document.
Write: OutLoud
The Write: OutLoud program is designed for struggling writers. Struggling writers typically do not write enough to effectively communicate their message. After they finish composing, their revisions and edits have little impact on the text quality. Write: OutLoud increases writing quantity and improves writing quality through purposeful supports. Students write more and self-assess their work. Purposeful revision and editing tools help students make changes and improve their writing.
The LRC also has two computers available for general help with writing assignments and accessing Edline. The computers are networked and students are able to retrieve documents that have been saved on the school network.
Reading
We also offer assistance for students who would like to improve their knowledge of:
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension
- Study Skills
- Organization
- Note Taking
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