Classroom Experience
• An Individualized Learning Plan( ILP) is developed for each student in consultation with parents / guardians and families and is conducted quarterly. This plan includes a list of learning outcomes the student is expected to achieve and a visual indicator of progress and an agenda for personal conferences with the student’ s teachers and parents / guardians. The final level of achievement on each learning outcome will be a part of the student’ s 10-week report card.
• Class sizes do not exceed a 30:1 student-to-teacher ratio.
• At the STEM Academy, students engage in content and engineering challenges offered by leading STEM and partnering organizations.
• Students can explore college majors and career disciplines through personalized academic apprenticeships with ASU faculty and community organizations.
• Students develop leadership skills, public speaking skills and civic responsibility through Capstone project ventures and university experiences.
• After demonstrating readiness, juniors and seniors have the opportunity to take ASU Online courses while supported by ASU Prep faculty.
• Students use technology for completing coursework.
• Each quarter, students work together to create a project / product which showcases the learning achieved during the quarter. At the end of the quarter, students and families gather together in the evening for a display of the work accomplished. These events, called Summatives, are times for celebration of work completed and goals mastered.
Family Involvement
• Family involvement is key to our success. Our families contribute a minimum of 30 hours per year to help students succeed.
15 %
of last year’ s graduating class earned at least 3 college credits and a GPA of 3.3
72 %
of our ASU bound students earned Merit based scholarships
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