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Our School
Our Methods
Our Students
Our Faculty
Our Funding
Our Board of Directors
Our Video
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Our Methods
Programmatic
- We select students who best suit our profile for admission
- We do not admit or keep students who do not wish to be at Edison
- We maintain an average student/teacher ratio of one teacher for every seven or eight students
- We emphasize core-content courses to facilitate academic progress
- We provide elective classes to expose students to a wide variety of topics and enhance community awareness
- We offer individual and group counseling with the focus on skill development
- We utilize weekly reports sent to parents with cumulative grades, homework scores, missing homework and teacher comments
- We hold regular meetings with parents
Academics
- We identify the student's learning style
- We adapt our methods to fit individual diagnoses but do not modify ("water down") our curriculum
- Students receive individual attention when necessary
- We emphasize experiential learning in the classroom
- We focus on providing our students with organizational strategies and study skills
- We teach basic academic skills in all classrooms
- We offer a shorter school day than most mainstream high schools
- We offer computer-aided instruction
- We actively solicit student input on activities and methods
Non-Academic
- We provide a caring, safe atmosphere
- We invest students with responsibility and encourage self advocacy
- We use positive reinforcement as an effective tool
- We teach basic relationship skills and classroom deportment
- We provide students with frequent feedback
- We develop trusting and supportive relationships with students
- We provide physical outlets for our students through elective courses
- We educate the student about his/her learning style
- We regulate medication to be taken at school
- We have established a mentoring/coaching (advocacy) system
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