This report card provides information about Friendship School for the 1996-97 school year. It addresses areas concerning our students and staff, and our continuing efforts to improve the quality of the instructional program. We strive to create a better, more accountable school and to support the national education goals as they relate to the unique learning needs of our students. Instructional Time Minimum Days Student Achievement Students at Friendship School are characterized by the serious nature of their disabilities and the difficulty of providing an appropriate program on a regular school campus. Most are multiply handicapped and many are medically fragile.
Students are dependent in all areas of daily living.
The daily curriculum focuses on all of these areas, with specific goals identified for each student based on his or her unique needs. Attainment of IEP Goals Student achievement is assessed by evaluating success in meeting IEP goals as well as in documenting progress toward goals where mastery was not achieved. There is a continuous effort to expand and specify goals to meet the changing needs of students whose medically fragile natures have intensified. Gross motor, language and communication, and self-help skills are three areas of curricular emphasis. The above chart shows the accomplishments in these areas for the past three school years.