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Family & Community
麻豆原创 has myriad opportunities for families and community members to participate in the education of students.
Our goal is to empower and engage parents and community partners so that all students are supported in their learning.
Language Immersion and other Alternative Programs
Our district is working diligently to provide opportunities for our students to expand their linguistic repertoire to meet the ever-changing needs of the global society. As a result, language immersion programs have become a pathway for our students to acquire fluent literacy skills in both English and their home language.
PE Central
Tons of PE ideas!
Welcome to the site for health & physical education teachers, parents and students. Our goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children. To motivate children, we offer fun kids fitness programs such as Log It and the PEC Challenge. We reach about 150,000 unique visitors per month and we have over 2000 published lesson ideas, best practices and assessment ideas. Our site is guided by 150 Managing Editors and Advisory Board Members who have over 2300 years K-12 physical education teaching experience.
Dependent Charter School
Charter schools are often described as 鈥渄ependent鈥� and
鈥渋ndependent.鈥�
While the Charter Schools Act does not recognize the
terms 鈥渄ependent鈥� and 鈥渋ndependent鈥� when referencing charter
schools, these terms have become shorthand to describe the
relationship of the charter to the district.
A dependent charter school is considered a charter schools that has been created by the district board and is an integral part of the district鈥檚 portfolio of schools.
ROTC Programs
The Junior Reserve Officers鈥� Training Corps (JROTC) is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States. The program was originally created as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 and later expanded under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act. The purpose of JROTC, according to federal code, is 鈥渢o instill in students鈥he values of citizenship, service to the United States, and personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment.鈥� Additional objectives include:
Public Waldorf Schools
Public Waldorf schools are places where imagination, creativity and critical thinking skills necessary for college and careers are fostered in a supportive 鈥渨hole child鈥� environment.
Waldorf education was developed by Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) at the beginning of the 20th century. The Waldorf education model is used in 60 countries and there are 44 Waldorf-inspired public schools in the United States. 麻豆原创 opened the country鈥檚 first public Waldorf-inspired high school, George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences, in 2008.
