Tahoma Junior High is opening a new program that
will assist students that have not been successful in the regular
curriculum .
November:
Check out the new discussion item posted for this time of
year. Whether your a student, parent, or teacher, you should be
aware of this time of year. Last week two students had a very
difficult time, demonstrating how often this issue arises. While we
are operating well at school, it is too often that events that take
place outside of school railroad our progress.
Now that the program is filled, we are beginning to modify
admissions to Alternative Education and have students sign a
responsibility contract when the enter the program. For students
entering the program the procedures will be changed a bit. There
will be a series of steps that each student will need to take in
order to become a part of this program. Students will be subject to
rules outlined by Alternative Education which are different from
general education students. If you have further questions please
contact me for further developments in this process. Input is alway
welcome and as this program develops, there will be changes made
that meet the best practices for the students in this program.
The Alternative Education
Classroom is now a reality. We are located in room
114.
For the 2008/2009 school year, students that have
not been successful will be directed to the new Alternative
Education Program at Tahoma Junior High. This will mean some
immediate changes in some student's program. These students
will be participating in Academic Choices as a means to develop an
individual plans that will guide their progress for the coming
year. There are currently three class for Academic Options, one for
returning 9th graders, students that are entering the 9th grade
this year and new 8th graders. During the first two weeks of the
program we will be developing individual and group skills that lay
the groundwork for how our classroom will operate.
I have recently added the program projects to this site. The
Independent Projects are now available. The purpose of these
Independent Projects is to demonstrate your individual talents and
efforts for improvement. They will both require on-going work
in order to be successful. When students have time in class they
will be working on these semester long projects. Each student
will be using electronic notebooks to house this work, we will be
setting up "WIKI" pages during the first month of school. Our class
WIKI can be accessed by invited members at; http://tjhalted.pbwiki.com/FrontPage .
Every two weeks students must print out and demonstrate their
academic success in other classes along with evidence that they
have shared their growth with parent(s).
If your interested in knowing my background I will be posting a
short biography in the documents section and will have my new
Instructional Assistent Joe Brazier post his as well.
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