Our Vision:

Engage, Challenge, and Inspire All Students
to Create Opportunities for Themselves and Others

Our Goal:

To appropriately challenge all learners 
with a Levels of Service Model  

 

Definition of Levels of Service Model
 

• Level I:   Services for ALL students to provide foundational skills and tools, and build personal strengths and talents.
• Level II:  Services for MANY students to further investigate the curriculum and personal interest through choice activities.
• Level III:  Services for SOME students may involve more formalized supports for those who are struggling, need additional help, or need additional challenge in the form of alternative curriculum or placement.
• Level IV:  Services for a FEW students respond to the unique needs of individual students who have outstanding abilities and also may include students who also have documented need for support services.

Various standardized assessments are given to students over several years that provide us with data on each student's strengths.  These include the aFAST, CogAT, MCAs, and others.  

For students scoring in the top few percent, pre-assessment of the next grade's standards as an additional data point may be considered.

Formative and summative assessment data, and teacher input may also be considered. 

Students consistently scoring in the 98th and 99th percentiles across all assessments will be identified and may be considered for alternative placements.    

Communication of a student's eligibility to receive alternative placement or services will be sent to families in the spring of the student's 3rd grade year (or later if the student is evaluated later). 

Students who score high, but not in the 98th percentile will still have their academic needs met through differentiation and enrichment.  Our goal is to appropriately challenge each student at their learning level.

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