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Anonymous:
The former drama teacher is now teaching English classes _Foy Tootle.

Anonymous:
There's a large number of students graduating in August so that number will drop even lower!

TheWho:

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--- Quote from: ""DEE"" ---do 4 teachers handle 5 different grades?  Is this still a school?  
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dunno but when i was there, i took classes with kids in grades above and below me. since different states have different requirements, different kids came in at different levels, even if they were in the same grade. e.g some states make you do geometry, then algebra, some the other way around or they mix the two. so i was a 10th grader, but i was in a geometry class with 9-12 graders. and likewise with english, bio, and spanish. it's a good exuse but unfourtunately it causes alot of very big problems in the classroom. they should have individual teachers for different grades and different classes. but with only four teachers....i bet they got A.C's reading off pre-made lesson plans to classes where they just dont do shit.
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Multiple Aged Classrooms have been proven to be extremely effective.  Many new models are evolving that include the use of teaching science and history in a setting that includes students from many different grade levels.  This gives the students an opportunity to view ( and be exposed to) a wider range of curriculum and interact with other students who are on different levels and also allows kids who want to move ahead and excel in a particular area the space to do so.
The “friends schools” in the northeast has been utilizing this method for over a century and their students move on to the top colleges in the country.  Montessori schools also work to a similar model.  Forcing a structure on children and trying to make them conform to a predefined demarcation of class levels (as our public school system does in the US) is not very effective , especially  for kids who are coming together from different parts of the country and are moving along at different paces (as you pointed out).
Given that these schools are not held to the ancient standards and state requirements that the local schools are they are able to provide a more flexible and effective method for educating the kids.  It may turn out many of our local programs can learn a lesson themselves.  This is something we should keep an eye on.

Anonymous:
:rofl:

:wave: Who.

Anonymous:
in theory it may work but in my experience at hla, the older kids were bored and just sat there while the younger kids were absolutely confused. the teachers ended up dumbing-down the lessons and spending more time with the younger kids than the older. although this is not the case for spanish class with doug T. another problem is that the younger kids would be mentally intimidated by the older and smarter kids. also there was alot of emotional abuse between classmates becouse the 12th graders couldnt stand sitting through 20 minuits of the teacher explaining something they've heard and learned over and over throughout the years. so they'd take out their frustration on the younger kids. HLA is like any other prison, it's extremely easy to get on someone's "hit list", and once you do you can expect a retaliation. it didnt all happen in the classroom though. for example, a youngster would take up a teacher's time while an older kid needs help on a serious problem. that older kid gets frustrated, so later that day he passively-agressively instigates an altrication with the younger one. staff, dont tell me you've never seen this happen.  

sure, it may work with schools like freinds, but freinds is the exact opposite of hidden lake. HLA has a restricted and very stressed environment, very limited resources and [some] very troubled kids. also keep in mind that the freinds are quakers. they have a very different philosophy on life which is essentially the oposite of hidden lake. a freinds school teacher would shudder at the idea of sending a child to hidden lake. and with four teachers.....fuggetaboutit. maybe if they had a teacher and a T.A (like most freinds schools) for every subject and level they'd make it work, but they dont.

yeah sure, i know, hla has no other choice because kids come in at different levels. but that's a different issue, and one that cant be fixed unless the whole hidden lake system is re-designed.

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