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Principal |
Steve Fiss email the principal |
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Special features |
after-school care |
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Dress code |
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School Mission
- Through strong family involvement, community learning, and developmentally based teaching, Discovery Charter School will support the whole child and develop lifelong learners prepared to meet the challenges of the future.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
- Physical education is required for the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Academics delivered through development education
- Small group instruction, multi age classrooms, team teaching
- Thematic based enrichments are woven throughout the classroom curriculum/program
- Enrichments include: technology, art, drama, music, cooking, gardening
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball, soccer and track.
- Boys sports: basketball, soccer and track.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Competitive Math & Math Club; Debate; Science Club; Destination Imagination; Arts & Crafts Club and more.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: orchestra, band, theater/drama, chorus and drawing/painting.
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Parent and Community Support
- Parent participation at Discovery Charter School is required. Parent participation is vital to the success of a program based on small group developmental instruction. Such a program's effectiveness is dependent on the commitment of every family to the philosophy of the school and the integrity of the parent participation commitment.
Other news or notes
- Discovery Charter School is based on developmentally appropriate teaching methods that successfully integrate teaching that accommodates the whole child with respect to individual learning styles, developmental readiness, and rates of achievement.
| Technology and Facilities |
- This school has more computers than students.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school offers wireless internet (wi-fi) access to students.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
- Recent or upcoming renovations: Discovery Charter school is located within the Moreland School District boundries.
Plans to locate the school in a permanent facility within the Moreland School
are underway.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Students at this school enroll by choice.
- Few of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: Peer mediation or conflict resolution program;
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- 96-100% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:30am to 3:05pm.
- Principal has been at this school for 2 years.
- Principal has 30 years of experience.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 08/24/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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