Continuum of Extended Services
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Continuum of Services, Instructional Overview
Talent Development Opportunities, Grades K-12: Available at all schools and open to all students (no identification)
- Differentiation embedded within the instruction
- Flexible grouping
- Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
- Chinese Immersion Program
- Dual Language Program
- STEM (Grade K-4)
- Fresh Inc. (Grade 5)
- Colt Time (Grade 6-8)
- Incubator Program (Grade 11)
- Teacher and specialist consultation
- Contests and competitions
- Field trips
- After/Before school clubs and activities
- Summer school opportunities
Accelerated Placement, All Grades:
- Whole grade-level acceleration
- Subject-level acceleration
- Early Entrance, Kindergarten: Placement at home elementary school (formal screening in April/May)
- Early Entrance, Grade 1: Placement at home elementary school (formal screening in April/May)
See website details: Kindergarten & First Grade Early Entrance Screening
Extended Self-Contained Services, Grades 3-5: Placement at Hough Street Elementary School
- District program located at Hough Street School
- Multi-grade level classroom taught by two teachers
- Full day instruction
- All subject areas enriched and accelerated: English Language Arts, Social Global Studies, Science
- Math is grade-accelerated by one year
Extended Resource Services, Grades 3-5: Placement at home elementary school
- Reading, Grade 3 (100 min./week pullout services, in addition to core curriculum, enrichment and acceleration within the grade level)
- Reading, Grades 4-5 (50 min./daily pullout, replacement services, enrichment and acceleration within the grade level)
- Math, Grades 3-5 (50 min./daily pullout, replacement services, grade-accelerated by one year)
Extended Services (Classes), Grades 6-8: Placement at home middle school
- English Language Arts (ELA), Grades 6-8 (daily class period, enrichment and acceleration within the grade level)
- Math, Grades 6-9 (daily class period, grade-accelerated two years at the end of grade 9)
- Visual Art, Grades 6-8 (in addition to art classes: grade 6 meets 1x/week for 40 min.; grade 7-8 meets 2x/week for 40 min., enrichment and acceleration)
- Science, Grades 6-8 (daily class period, enrichment and acceleration within the grade level)
(General High School Courses, Grades 9-12: Barrington High School)
- English Advanced Honors, Grade 9
- Continuation of Extended Math through Grade 9 (Extended)
- Honors Chemistry, Grade 9
- AP Course Offerings in English, Math, Science, Social Studies, World Language, and the Arts