Students must choose to enroll in this program, and choice remains a theme throughout their night school experience. The students themselves elect how fast they will move toward high school completion. Regular attendance helps them press ahead, but they aren't punished if work or family demands keep them away from class for a few days. There's no assigned homework, although students can choose to do extra independent work to earn credits faster. Forget about the old A-F scale.
Nobody fails classes here.
Report cards read like bank statements, with an accounting of credits earned and bar graphs showing the percentage of tasks completed. But that doesn't mean credit is given easily. Students must demonstrate their competency in order to earn course credits. Curriculum includes high school standbys such as math, history, and writing, but the content is skewed to grab attention. Writing labs offer students a chance to examine the difficult issues in their own young lives.