Genesis serves kindergarten through 8^th grade. School hours are 8:05 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. We offer free transportation, breakfast/lunch, and membership to the Boys and Girls Clubs for before- and after-school care. 

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Genesis School

School:  Beginning as a VISTA program in 1975, Genesis today has served over 2,000 youth needing academic &

social development to be successfully in their educational journey. Certified teachers offer 90 minutes of reading and math, mental health counseling, cultural/performing arts, computer instruction & intervention.  Genesis was created to address the special needs of our students. We help each student become a responsible and a self-sufficient learner.

Counseling Services:  Mental health services are essential to the Genesis students' success. Genesis provides comprehensive mental health/counseling services including: assessment/evaluation, individual/family/group counseling; behavioral intervention/management, & community/resource support referral. Groups focus on teen violence, drug prevention, & positive family/social relationships. The department is unique as a certified mental health provider service.

Mentoring Program: The mentoring project recruits, screens, trains & supports adults to work with high risk middle school students. Year-round mentoring &/or tutoring programs help youth build self-esteem, positive values, expand opportunities & increase their potential.

The Strategic Reading project at Genesis increases students’ reading skills for those who comes to us multiple grade levels behind. The one-on-one instruction with students uses a multi-sensory approach to develop the necessary underlying reading skills.  This allows the students to be able to gain two or more years in reading skills during one school year.  This program also involves training of the classroom teachers in techniques that help the students increase their comprehension & learning processes.  Being able to easily read & understand classroom material allows each student to gain knowledge & succeed in their education.

Tennis & Learning Program: Genesis is a National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) chapter of the United States Tennis Association. During physical education classes, students are taught the fundamentals of tennis and complete educational lessons tied to our curriculum. Students are also able to participate in tennis leagues throughout the community.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires notification to parents/guardians when any of the following situations exist in a district receiving Federal funds:

1. Districts must annually disseminate Federal Programs Complaint Resolution Procedures to parents/guardians of students and appropriate private school officials or representatives. 
2. At the beginning of each school year, a participating school district must notify the parents/guardians of each student attending a building that receives Title I funds that they may request, and the district will provide in a timely manner, information regarding the professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teachers and any paraprofessionals providing services to their child.
3. A building that receives Title I funds must provide all parents/guardians notice that their child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks, by a teacher or a person who is not appropriately certified.
4. When a school is identified for School Improvement, the district must notify the parents/guardians of all children in the identified Title I building of its School Improvement status. Yearly updates are provided to parents with available options until the building is no longer identified for improvement.
5. Within thirty days (30) after the beginning of the school year, a district must inform parents/guardians that their limited English proficient (LEP) child has been identified for participation in a language instruction educational program.
6. Parents/guardians of students enrolled in a persistently dangerous school, or students who are victims of violent criminal offense while on school property, must be notified of their option to transfer their student to a school that is not designated persistently dangerous.

 (From the Missouri Consolidated Federal Programs Administrative Manual, January 2005)

Missouri Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC)
The following website is to inform parents and parent organizations of the existence and purpose of the Missouri Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC)
http://www.missouri-pirc.org.

Professional Qualifications of Student’s Teachers (also under No Child Left Behind Act Of 2001)

For any student attending a school receiving Title I funds, Genesis Promise Academy will provide information regarding the professional qualifications of a student's teacher consistent with applicable legal requirements. Upon your request, the Academy is required to provide to you in a timely manner the following information:

• When the teacher has met state qualifications and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instructions;
• Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived;
• Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications; and
• What baccalaureate degree major the teacher has and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher and the field of discipline of the certification.

In addition to the information that parents/guardians request, the Academy must provide each individual parent/guardian the
following information:

• Information on the achievement level of the parent’s/guardian’s child in each of the state academic assessments, as required under this part; and
• Timely notice that the parent’s/guardian’s child has been assigned to or has been taught for four (4) or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified

School Improvement Letter

Under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, the school Academy must provide notice to the parent(s) of each
student enrolled in a school building if that building does not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) and is identified for school
improvement.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires that specific procedures be followed for filing and resolving complaints against any programs administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

A complaint is a formal allegation that a specific federal or state law or regulation had been violated, misapplied, or misinterpreted by school Academy personnel or by Department of Education personnel.

Any parent or guardian, surrogate parent, teacher, administrator, school board member, or other person directly involved with an activity, program, or project operated under the general supervision of the Department of Education may file a complaint. Such a complaint must be in writing and signed; it must provide specific details of the situation and indicate the law or regulation that is allegedly being violated, misapplied, or misinterpreted.

The written, signed complaint must be filed and the resolution pursued in accordance with local Academy policy. The policy of Genesis Promise Academy is as follows:

Although no member of the school community shall be denied the right to petition the Board for redress of a grievance, the complaints will be referred through the proper administrative channels for resolution before investigation or action by the Board. Exceptions are complaints that concern Board actions or operations only.

The Board advises the school community that the proper channeling of complaints involving instruction, discipline, or learning materials is as follows:

1. Teacher
2. Principal
3. Executive Director(or designee)
4. Board  

Any complaint about school personnel will be investigated by the Administration before consideration and action by the Board.

If the issue cannot be resolved at the local level, the complainant may file a complaint with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. If there is no evidence that the parties have attempted in good faith to resolve the complaint at the local level, the Department may require the parties to do so and may provide technical assistance to facilitate such resolution.

Any persons directly affected by the actions of the Department may file a similarly written complaint if they believe state or federal laws or regulations have been violated, misapplied, or misinterpreted by the Department itself. Anyone wishing more information about this procedure of how complaints are resolved may contact local Academy or Department personnel.

*Please note: Parents of any student attending a school receiving Title I Funds may request information regarding the
professional qualifications of the student’s classroom teachers.

Public Notice

All responsible public agencies are required to locate, evaluate, and identify children with disabilities who are under the jurisdiction of the agency, regardless of the severity of the disability, including children attending private schools, highly mobile children, such as migrant and homeless children, and children who are suspected of having a disability and in need of special education even though they are advancing from grade to grade. Genesis Promise Academy and Virtual Academy assures that it will provide a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) to all eligible children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 under its jurisdiction.

Disabilities include autism, deaf/blindness, emotional disorders, hearing impairment and deafness, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairments, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment/blindness and young child with a developmental delay.

Genesis Promise Academy assures that it will provide information and referral services necessary to assist the State in the implementation of early intervention services for infants and toddlers eligible for the Missouri First Steps program.

Genesis Promise Academy further assures that personally identifiable information collected, used, or maintained by the agency for the purposes of identification, evaluation, placement, or provision of FAPE of children with disabilities may be inspected and/or reviewed by their parents/guardians. Parents/guardians may request amendment to the educational record if the parent/guardian believes the record is inaccurate, misleading, or violates the privacy or other rights of their child. Parents have the right to file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education or the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education concerning alleged failures by the Academy to meet the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Genesis Promise Academy has developed a Local Compliance Plan for the implementation of State Regulations for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This plan contains the agency’s policies and procedures regarding storage, disclosure to
third parties, retention, and destruction of personally identifiable information and the agency’s assurances that services are provided in compliance with the General Education Provision Act (GEPA). This plan may be reviewed in the Superintendent's Office between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. This notice will be provided in native languages as appropriate.

NOTICE PROVISISON OF THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)

Genesis Promise Academy is mandated to inform each parent/guardian or eligible student that “Directory Information” may be released by school officials, including print and electronic publications of the Academy. Such information is also considered a “public record,” which must be released upon demand to any person who requests it under the Missouri Sunshine Law. “Directory Information” is information designated by the Academy which, if disclosed, would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy.

Genesis Promise Academy designates the following items as Directory Information:

Students in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade
Student’s name; parent’s name; date of birth; grade level; bus assignment; enrollment status (e.g., full-time or part-time); participation in school-based activities and sports; dates of attendance; honors and awards received; artwork or coursework displayed by the Academy; most recent previous school attended; and photographs, videotapes, digital images and recorded sound unless such photographs, videotapes, digital images and recorded sound would be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy.

Reporting Child Abuse

State law requires that any school employee who knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect, or observes the child being subjected to conditions which would reasonably result in abuse or neglect, must
immediately report or cause a report to be made to the Missouri Division of Family Services.