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Scholarship

 

  • Daily after school coach/tutoring classes to support student growth and learning 

  • Optional Saturday Academy study hall 

  • More than 75% of students scored proficient or advanced on the MSA 

  • Approximately 85% of students gained entry to selective city-wide or private high schools 

  • Co-taught inclusion and 
    self-contained classes for children with special needs 

  • A school library with over 11,500 books 

  • National Academic League team 

  • Senior and Junior chess clubs 

  • Intervention teachers and community tutors to support struggling learners 


Creativity

 

  • Fine Arts instruction in early elementary through middle school 

  • Ceramics and pottery program 

  • Vocal and Instrumental music program 

  • 60 piece regionally competitive and recognized school band 

  • Traveling all-school choir - The Hamilton Singers 

  • Two annual school musicals

  • Dance/tumbling and cheerleading instruction after school 

  • Athletics as “Movement and Kinesthetic Art” - Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, and Track 

  • Quarterly arts assemblies featuring musical, artistic, spoken word, or dance performances 


Reason

  • Ingenuity Program for advanced math and science students 

  • Science resource and experimentation teacher for grades 3 through 5 

  • Dedicated science teachers and labs for grades 6-8 

  • Annual science fair 

  • School farm/community gardening space ran by community a Master Gardener 

  • Outdoor classroom space 

  • Three computer labs and regular computer instruction 

  • Five “Tech-Smart” math classrooms equipped with Promethean interactive boards

  • Science focused field trips at all grade levels


Character

  • Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) school program 

  • Teacher/student mentoring program 

  • Students Against Destructive Decisions peer education program 

  • Male student self-discipline, martial arts, wrestling, and service learning – Helping Boys Understand 

  • Female student service and women’s issues group – 
    The GEMS 

  • Sports4Kids character developing recess play and peer coaching program 

  • Two social workers and a counselor to develop social skills and address student conflict 

  • Partnership with Community Conferencing Mediation Program

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