Special Programs

Highlights and Specialized Programs:

• Focus on literacy and high academic achievement
• Two-Way Language Immersion Program
• Full day Kindergarten classes with no more than 20 students
• School wide technology enrichment
• Read 180 (5th grade)
• Music instruction at every grade level
• Internet access from all classrooms
• Mandatory school uniforms
• State-of-the-art computer lab
• A variety of intervention programs
• Highly trained teachers
• Character Counts! program
• Scholarly Attributes

Especially for Students:

• Before and after-school enrichment and tutoring classes
• Peer Assistance Leadership program
• Student Council
• Junior Master Gardeners
• Meet the Masters art program
• English Language Learner intervention program
• State-funded preschool program
• YMCA child care on site
• Ocean Institute field trip opportunities and collaborative program
• Annual Read-A-Thon

Especially for Parents:

• PTA leadership opportunities
• School Site Council
• Monthly family nights
• Student presentation nights
• Parent university classes on site
• Parent volunteer center
• Health/nutrition programs
• Parent involvement workshops

Center for Student Success

• Access to culturally sensitive, bilingual mental health counseling
• Referrals to various community agencies
• Yearly on-site dental clinic
• Bilingual community liaison
• Holistic support of children and families with case-managed approach and “One-Stop” service delivery system