Other skills support classes are offered during the school day for others. Students whose skills are marginal can also find help with their classroom teachers in before or after school tutoring. All teachers at Jefferson complete interim reports for students so parents will know of student scores during the six weeks. The guidance staff also provides counseling and advisement services for students with poor attendance, school performance, and low motivation. Our counselors help students by monitoring student progress, communicating with parents or guardians, arranging for tutoring, and following up with parents if students are absent.
Guidance plays a pivotal role in achieving excellence in our school programs.
As the school continues to improve its curriculum and engage the students in a challenging learning environment, we teachers also continue to look for alternative solutions to student learning difficulties and look for ways to implement solutions to the problems. Through our Unified School Plan we address issues that are most critical and focus on staff development that will help students excel. When students graduate from high school, they enter either the work force or a college setting where they will be judged on their ability to perform certain tasks and skills. By creating a rigorous program of studies and providing extra help and time, we are creating independent learners who will solve complex problems, execute their plans, and most importantly, continue to learn. We want our students to bring to the workplace or college environment the ability to do quality work.