Goal/Purpose:

• This program has four components focusing on: character education, alcohol and drug resistance education, parent education and academic support.

Nature of Students:

• Students in this program may need support in one or more of the following areas:
  • Social skills
  • School engagement/home school connection
  • Making positive life choices
  • Academic support

Number of Students Served:

• This program can serve up to fifteen 6th grade students.

Services Provided:

• Academic support in the regular classroom via team teaching
• Daily homeroom with Horizons teacher
• Frequent home/school communication
• Adaptation of content or delivery when/where appropriate
• Service learning projects
• Involvement of cross-age tutoring and community volunteers
• Thursday After School Club
• Alcohol and drug resistance education
• Bi-monthly family nights
• Developmental asset framework

Goal/Purpose:

• This program provides academic support for selected 7^th and 8^th grade students.
• The purpose is to provide support to foster academic success and build skills for independence.

Nature of Students:

• This program is designed for students needing extra support in the following areas:

• Academic skills
• Study skills
• Motivation
• Work completion
• Organization

Number of Students Served:

• A maximum of 25 7th and 8th graders are chosen for this program.

Services Provided:

• Asset building and resiliency leadership skills
• Service learning
• Social skills development
• Study skills/note-taking skills/test-taking skills
• Transition - Self advocacy skill development
• Collaboration between Horizons and core teachers to foster success
• Daily resource hour with Horizons teacher focusing on work completion and reinforcement of lessons
• Home/school communication
• Team taught 7th grade Communication Arts

Goal/Purpose:

• To assist students with academic and behavioral skills that will lead to positive choices and graduation from high school.

Definition:

• The ALP program has two main components:
  1. ALP class is where students receive credit for active participation in units such as study, test taking, communication, organizational and decision-making skills.
  2. ALP resource is where students have access to teacher support and feedback with academic skills.

Nature of Students:

• Students are typically underachievers who may be credit deficient, in need of academic skill remediation, meet the state requirements for a student "at-risk," or want/need additional help with homework, reading or test taking.

Number of Students:

• 20 to 25 students take the class (mainly freshmen)
• Approximately 45-55 students receive resource services from the program

Services Provided:

• Regular monitoring of student progress in classes
• Staffings regarding student academic and behavioral progress
• Continuous communication with parents/guardians
• Structured resource study halls
• Units focused on succeeding in the high school environment and beyond

For more information contact:

Tim Mommaerts

Waunakee Community Schools
Waunakee, WI  53597
Telephone: (608) 849-2387.