NYC ISCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL FULL

There are eight, full time Special Education teachers on staff at the iSchool and we offer ICT and SETSS services. The iSchool believes strongly in an inclusive environment. What special education services does the iSchool provide? Class size is based on student interest and eligibility. We try to keep our math classes at less than twenty-five, but because students are able to pick their classes, there is no average class size. AP courses are open to 11th and 12th graders and students are able to take, at most, two AP courses each year (if one of them is an AP math class).Ĭlass size ranges from four to twenty-nine. We see the 9th and 10th grade as exploratory years in the iSchool where students, through the classes they choose and the extracurricular activities they take on, are figuring out what their interests are and what they want to learn more about. We also offer a college-credit bearing Environmental Science course through the State University of New York (SUNY). We offer AP Language and Composition, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and we rotate every year between AP World History and AP U.S. Because of these beliefs, the iSchool has made a conscious decision to offer four AP courses each year. We do not believe that AP courses are the only rigorous courses that the iSchool offers and we know that, regardless of whether iSchool students take an AP class, they leave the iSchool with the necessary skills to take on college and the real world. On Mondays and Fridays students meet with their advisory for 15 minute check-ins and on Wednesdays they meet for a 45 minute workshop.Īs a school founded on rethinking high school, we see AP courses as a way to provide our students with more choice (one of our founding beliefs).

Second, and most importantly, our advisory program allows every student in the building to know that they have an advocate here someone who knows them well and is there to support them as they navigate through the high school experience. Their advisor knows what's going on in all of their courses and is their home to school connection. First, it means that every student in the building has a pair of eyes on them who sees them holistically. Advisory serves two main purposes at the iSchool. While most iSchool classes are mixed-grade, advisory is not and students stay with their advisory for all four years. Each iSchool staff member has an advisory of between ten and fifteen iSchool students. The iSchool believes that the role of advisor is the most important role that every adult in the building plays. How does the advisory program work at the iSchool?

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