All 9 th graders must earn one Physical Education (PE) credit by taking classes in our weight room. While the iSchool doesn't have a traditional gym, we do have a weight room. How do students earn Physical Education credit? All iSchool students must swipe their ID cards as they enter the school building in the morning, and students who swipe in after 8:59 am are marked late and are not allowed to go out to lunch on that day. We do, however, have a list of places where students can get food for less than $5.00 listed in their Family Handbook. The neighborhood where the iSchool is located is safe, but expensive. Yes, iSchool students are able to leave the building for lunch as long as they have parental permission to do so. A student can work on an essay for twenty minutes every night until it's due or s/he can choose to wait until the night before the assignment is due and then have a larger amount of work to get done. Many assignments are not due the next day and so time management plays a large role in how much time students are spending on their homework. What may take one student thirty minutes to complete, may take another student an hour. How much time it takes each student to complete their homework varies by student. Our teachers are very thoughtful about the homework that is assigned and work hard to ensure that every assignment is meaningful and necessary.
We want our students to have lives outside of school to hang out with friends and participate in programs around New York City. The iSchool does not believe that students should be given four to five hours of homework every night. Beck also meets with each senior, again, in the fall of senior year and works to bring admissions representatives from close to thirty colleges in to the iSchool to meet with our students. We host numerous, required, college workshops for our seniors to help them complete the Common Application, write their essay, and pick a diverse group of "best fit" colleges. Beck meets with students in small groups starting in February of their junior year and meets with each individual student and her/his family during the spring of junior year. While weekly advisory time is utilized to support our students through the overwhelming college process, our College Counselor also works closely with students on an individual basis. We have a phenomenal College Counselor, Kate Beck, who works with students starting in their junior year. Our College Office offers a personalized and comprehensive college counseling program that focuses on helping every student apply to a range of "best fit" colleges that match his or her needs. What supports do students receive when applying to college? Our belief is that students need more supports in the 9 th and 10 th grade and then, in the 11 th and 12 th grade we begin to pull away services as our students become better at coping with their disability and advocating for themselves as learners.
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There are three, full time Special Education teachers on staff at the iSchool and we offer ICT and SETSS services. The iSchool believes strongly in an inclusive environment. What special education services does the iSchool provide? Class size is based on student interest and eligibility. We try to keep our math classes at less than twenty-five, but because students are able to pick their classes, there is no average class size. We have had students take AP courses online that we do not offer in school.Ĭlass size ranges from four to twenty-nine. For the 2014-2015 school year we are offering AP Language and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP World History, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC. On Mondays and Fridays students meet with their advisory for 15 minute check-ins and on Wednesdays they meet for a 45 minute lesson.ĪP courses at the iSchool have changed every year based on student interest. Second, and most importantly, our advisory program allows every student in the building to know that they have an advocate here someone who knows them well and is there to support them as they navigate through the high school experience. Their advisor knows what's going on in all of their courses and is their home to school connection. First, it means that every student in the building has a pair of eyes on them who sees them holistically.
Advisory serves two main purposes at the iSchool. While most iSchool classes are mixed-grade, advisory is not and students stay with their advisory for all four years. Each iSchool staff member has an advisory of between ten and fifteen iSchool students. The iSchool believes that the role of advisor is the most important role that every adult in the building plays. How does the advisory program work at the iSchool?
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