SWAS orientation

1. Gomm: Michelle Behm
Erin Macaluso
Mona Melton
CRES: Jessica Hall
Elane Manor
Shauna Wooldridge

2. To develop a child for the 21st
century world with the ability to
collaborate, critically read and
write, solve real-world
problems, and reason creatively.

3.  Highly rigorous
 High expectations
 Facilitate opportunities for academic
risk-taking
 Work in groups/partners &
independently
 SWAS Events: Spelling Bee,
Science/Invention Fair
 Presentations
•Inquiry Based
•Hands-on
•Higher Level Thinking & Questioning
•Independently
•Collaboratively
•Flexible Groups
•Interactively
•Responsibly
•Reflectively
•Effectively
•Cooperatively
WAYS STUDENTS
ARE EXPECTED TO
LEARN

4. We offer our scholars
accelerated math
content that enables
them to continue
through this
trajectory all the way
to graduation.

5.  Organizational Skills
 Cooperative Learning
 Respect & Responsibility
 Gifted Characteristics
 Work Ethic
 Autonomous learners

6.  Music
 5/6 choose band, strings, or
general music
 P.E.
 Computers
 Library
 All school assemblies
 Fund raisers
 Art incorporated

7.  Chess Club
 Lego Club
 Martial Arts (CRES)
 Drama Club (GOMM)
 Robotics

8.  Correlate to our standards
and curriculum
 Costs vary
 6th - Sierra Nevada Journeys
in Spring

9. Agendas
Newsletter
Emails
Family Projects/Events

10.  Project-Based Learning
 Differentiated Instruction
 Reader and Writer Workshops
 Access to intellectual peers
 Highly qualified teachers
 21st Century Skills
 Flexible Math Groups