The District Office has a Parent Resource Center, staffed by a school neighborhood worker and a family assistant. The Resource Center is available to parents for information and assistance in solving problems. Family assistants have been placed in each school in the district and conduct workshops on an ongoing basis. The Project Aviation Program introduces students to pre-vocational skills necessary to finding a job and discovering the types of careers available to them at Kennedy Airport. Job skills taught range from filling out an application, preparing for an interview, creating a resume and understanding finances related to paychecks.
Students learn how airports function and how airplanes fly.
An interdisciplinary approach is used which allows students to learn about aviation while using their math, science, social studies, English, art and computer skills. Project ARTS is based on a co-teacher model, where the Project ARTS teacher works collaboratively with the classroom teacher, enabling the arts to become closely aligned with the academic curriculum. This interdisciplinary approach fosters a sustainable hands-on aesthetic approach to learning. The New Standards for English Language Arts, Mathematics Standards, as well as the New York State Arts Standards are included in lesson planning and in staff development. Project Read Project Read is designed to expand and enhance the capacity of our schools to enable students to meet high standards, with the goal of having all students read grade appropriate material by the end of grade three.