Mainstreaming in the public schools in Jacksonville is also available. Students in the junior high school rotate to subject area specialists. Students have fully equipped science and computer labs available to them. Students in the junior high school are taught using traditional methods and are given the opportunity to interact with peers who are deaf and hard of hearing. The high school program at the Illinois School for the Deaf includes an eight period day where students are scheduled individually based on their IEP and individual interests and abilities.
Students rotate each period of the day.
All high school students are given an opportunity to take two vocational subjects yearly. Students in the high school are given the opportunity to develop leadership skills in student council and Junior National Association of the Deaf. The STW program is available to all students in the high school. ISD staff host weekly sign language classes for Nestle USA employees at the plant. The Nestle USA-ISD Partnership received an exemplary award from the Illinois State Board of Education in January of 1997.