Next Generation Leadership Academy
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Highlights of the School on F.I.R.E. Model include:
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Early College Initiative - any high school student that reaches ACT benchmarks attends classes two days a
week on a prestigious Kentucky university campus. Students earn between 13 - 24 hours of college credit per
year.
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A completely redesigned master schedule in which the core classes meet on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays while Tuesdays and Thursdays are reserved for immediate intervention for struggling students,
connection courses completely rooted in the common core in a challenge-based environment, or enrichment
opportunities of college courses on the college campus.
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Next generation skills are embedded into all learning at all grade levels. Teachers employ flipped classrooms
K-12 and a 1:1 Laptop program at the high school level.
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Exemplars of Eminence Excellence - a standards-based continuum which identifies three key criteria of World
Class Excellence to serve as a progression for students at each grade level. Students lead panel reviews
as a defense of the learning at grades 5, 8, and 12, providing evidentiary reasons why they are ready to
matriculate.
RECORD OF SUCCESS:
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Standards Based Grading, within a model of mastery, occurs at each grade level.
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Completely personalized lessons with extensive student agency is facilitated through the
E-magineers Program.
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