Frequently Asked Questions

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Activities & Holiday Calendar
  (Revised Oct. 2009)
2009-2010 School Calendar includes holidays,
non-school days, and school activities
(board approved 4/27/09, revised 10/16/09)
Daily Schedule

Daily Schedule   (board approved 5/19/08)
Click the link above to view the daily schedule
showing class times, breaks, lunch and service
learning time.
Our Motto is:  Dream...Learn...Achieve

Dream about your future
Learn about the world around you
Achieve your greatest potential
Innovative 7th and 8th Grade Program

  • All students offered accelerated program
  • "Re-do" techniques applied to projects and tests
  • Community service and applied learning projects connect
    classroom learning to "real life"
  • Three electives per quarter include:  Art, Drama, Guitar,
    Spanish, Technology, Violin, Videography, and more
  • Skills for success:  research, critical thinking,
    organization, note-taking, leadership, and teambuilding
  • Quarterly literature reading requirement
  • Program enhancing field trips, including science camp
    and living history
  • Independent Home Study Program students blend with
    traditional students for on-campus electives
Students will learn to:

  • Be Proactive
  • Begin with the End in Mind
  • Put First things First
  • Think Win-Win
  • Seek first to Understand, then be Understood
  • Synergize
  • Sharpen the Saw

...and will then achieve the "Habits of Highly Effective Teens"
(Excerpts from Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean
Covey
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