Designed for:
English Language Learners and students working at grade level or above, with a strong interest in international relations and multicultural studies
Criteria for Acceptance:
- Students working at grade level or above, with a love of learning and a passion for culinary arts
- Strong teacher recommendation indicating suitability for the program.
- Grades and achievement test scores indicating student is working at grade level.
Honors Class:
- State Identified Gifted or ability to be identified Gifted according to LAUSD criteria.
Special Features:
- Academic rigor and differentiated instruction combined with innovative, project-based, cross-curriculum assignments.
- Two academy teachers share sixth grade core academic classes.
- Four separate subject academy teachers teach two year sequential curriculum for the 7th and 8th grades.
- Mandatory 3 year sequential enrichment class: environmental stewardship, global issues, application of environmental values into the daily lives of the students, greenhouse and garden-based activities.
- Additional enrichment opportunities may include music, art, technology, and leadership, schedule permitting.
Tomer Kleinman, SLC Coordinator
Debbie Vodhanel, SLC Assistant
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