This unique program offered only at Mt. Tahoma High School, serves the greater Tacoma areas students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The program provides academic support for mainstreamed classes in the form of parallel teaching, tutorial assistance, resource support, interpreting, and note taking. Also offered are self-contained classes in English, Reading, Social Studies, Health, Math, Driver Education, and Vocational guidance. An advisor-advisee relationship is established between teachers from this program and the hearing impaired students to assist in all areas of high school achievement and post high school transition. Guidance and resource services are also available for students who have a mild hearing loss.
Students retain their rights to all school programs, classes and clubs.
A full range of support services is also available. At Mt. Tahoma the program have two teachers and two interpreters. Mr. Swope is part time teacher at Baker in morning and Mt. Tahoma in afternoon. There are many classes that students can pick the class they want. You can make new friends and deaf friends and learn some signs.