It is designed to integrate specific practices into a total school program. Advanced level work frequently focuses on community needs, with local agencies often providing mentors and assistance with student projects. Grasso students, using satellite dishes and original computer programs, collect global weather data. Their corporation serves clients as diverse as NASA and local airports. Through fostering our students potential for creativity, advanced learning, and problem solving, there can be a marked increase in student achievement.
Partnerships develop between students, teachers, parents, business, and the community.
This leads to greater sensitivity to ethnic, gender, and cultural diversity, and increases in recruitment and retention, reinvigorating pride in our schools. An opportunity to enrich the students learning environment. A transition from teacher directed to student directed learning. Excitement and interest in learning. The development of student designed projects.