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If you would like to share your success story, please email your letter, including your name, address and phone number to terry@mercyeducation.org or call Mercy Education Resource Director, Terry Anderson at 916.737.6026. |
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| March 9, 2005 | Back to Top |
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To Whom it May Concern: Thank you for this opportunity to tell you a little about the wonderful work that the Mercy Education Resource Center Education does for those with learning difficulties in the Sacramento community. I first contacted Mercy Education Resource Center after I discovered that my daughter was having some difficulties in school, getting mostly low C’s and some D’s. Our daughter, in 6th grade last year, has always been a polite, well-mannered, and happy child but she was struggling in class and she was beginning to feel very bad about herself. I had her tested and it was found that her scores for reading comprehension, language, and math were all over the board. I then had her tested again at Mercy Education Resource Center and it was found that she did, indeed, have some visual and auditory processing difficulties, although she was not labeled “leaning disabled.” Fortunately, the staff at Mercy Education Resource Center primarily Mona Moretto and Anne Roche, were able to work with her and helped her to complete both the PACE program and the Master the Code program. She went though these programs during the summer of 2004, and when she began 7th grade last fall, she has a lot of self confidence and her grades improved tremendously. We are forever grateful to Mercy Education Resource Center for discounting the price of the two programs (PACE and Master the Code). Without the discount I received, I would not have been able to afford sending her through the programs. Now, toward the end of 7th grade, she is doing very well in her classes and she is earning A’s and B’s. She’s very pleased with her grades and school performance and she now realizes that, by applying the skills she leaned in PACE and Master the Code, she can do well in her classes.
Very Truly Yours,
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| March 5, 2005 | Back to Top |
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To Whom it May Concern: Our son is a great kid. He is creative and enthusiastic about certain things, but he struggles in school. Through the years, we have had him tested in both private practices and through the public school system. He attends a private Catholic school, and in the public school tests, it scored that he needed help, they offered us no help, other than suggesting that we get some computer games, and that he would “grow out of it.” As for the private testing, pills and more pills were recommended. This was not an acceptable solution for our son. On a desperate note we called Mercy Education Resource Center and Mona Moretto happened to be the one to answer the phone. Immediately, we sensed a total change in the way our son was treated. He was treated with a caring manner that we did not find anywhere else. He responded to the teaching and improved his ability to learn. He was finding his focus. Our son was one of the first students to be put through the PACE program at Mercy Education Resource Center. We could see a difference in some of the areas where he had been struggling. With PACE, you could definitely see where his strengths lie, as well as his weaknesses. This enabled the instructor to target these areas. He is now at a college preparatory high school. He works twice as hard as other students to make the grade, and he still has some problems with his focus. The tools that he learned at Mercy Education Resource Center, have helped him on the road to adulthood. We are still in contact with Mercy Education Resource Center staff, and we feel comfortable that there will always be an open line on communication.
Best Regards,
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| March 9, 2005 | Back to Top |
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Dear Mercy Education Resource Center Staff: I can never thank all of you enough for your guidance and commitment to teaching my son to read. Your patience and your phonetic methodology works so exceptionally well for him. He could not sound out works or identify the alphabet or age appropriate sight words when he started his tutoring sessions with Mercy Education Resource Center in June, 2003; now I watch him read street signs, billboards and magazine covers with ease. The public school system, private tutoring and the Waldorf school system all failed to engage him and stimulate his interest in reading the way that you all did. He has a measure of trust and respect for Mercy Education Resource Center staff that I have only witnessed him extend to one other human being, his Occupational Therapist. Leaning is made fun for our son and their praise intoxicated him so, that he strives to earn more and more praise. Our son’s leaning disabilities and myriad health challenges cause him to questions his self-worth and diminishes his self-esteem; Mercy Education Resource Center staff manages these complications and helps him to work through his issues without alienating him. I cannot tell you what that means to our family; I truly believe that without your guidance and patience he would still not engage reading. I am forever grateful, and share my experience with other parents whenever I can; I would recommend your services above the others I tried by far. Thank you for all of your patience and hard work.
In Gratitude,
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| March 2006 | Back to Top |
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Dear Mercy Education Resource Center Staff: We are pleased to relate to you our family’s experience with Mercy Education Resource Center over the past ten years. We first visited a counselor at Mercy Education Resource Center to assist us with our son’s acting out behavior at his then new pre-school. Within two meetings of one hour each, and implementing techniques learned during those visits, our son’s behavior returned to normal. A few years later we returned for counseling related to our son’s inconsistent school performance. Over the next three years, your counselor Rebecca met with our son twice a month. While our son may never be a math major, he does enjoy writing and acting in theatre productions. He is now a well-adjusted teenager and your counselor was very helpful in realizing that outcome. We have found the counseling services a Mercy Education Resource Center to be highly professional and extremely affordable. We would be happy to recommend your services to relatives, neighbors and friends. John and Kim
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