From The Trussville Tribune staff reports

The three elementary schools in the Trussville City School System were chosen to participate in a state-sponsored pilot program to train teachers to use specific materials for supporting struggling readers.

Master teacher Arlene Sonday created the Sonday System Reading Program based upon Orton-Gillingham methodology to teach reading from beginning letter and sound recognition through most phonograms. Selected teachers in grades K-6 will use the Sonday System for Tier II and Tier III intervention during the 2019-20 school year.

The first day of training was facilitated by reading coaches Jenni Peters, Edra Perry and Kelly McGough, and reading specialist Fran Box on June 11. The day-long experience introduced teachers to the Sonday System program and materials, as well as an overview of dyslexia and Alabama law related to dyslexia. Feedback from the teachers was exceptionally positive.

Trussville City School’s looks forward to implementation in the classroom for the 2019-20 school year.