A.C.E
at Oxford
High School
ACADEMICS & CAREER EXPLORATIONS PROGRAM
MISSION STATEMENT: The ACE Center is an
alternative education cooperative, delivering individualized curriculum to
students in grades 8-12 in order to fulfill the Common Core educational standards
and secure college preparedness. It is a
safe learning environment that provides social and emotional support necessary
to foster healthy relationships at work, home, and school. It offers diverse 21st century
vocational training and real world career readiness. Our goal is to cultivate positive student
self-esteem and a strong desire for achievement and success in each student. Program Information:- Classes are small with no more than 8 students in a classroom.
- Students
receive individual counseling at least weekly with an additional one group session per week. The student and his/her family is
encouraged to pursue outside counseling to support the student's emotional growth.
- Classes
will be academically challenging, and teachers in the program will expect
quality academic work.
- The
ACE Center academic requirements parallel the regular education curriculum for a student’s grade
level (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies).
- Grade
8-9 students can be considered for job shadowing that is developed and
implemented by The ACE Center. This is a
career exploration option projected to last 8-12 hours over a 4-6 week period.
Entrance Criteria:
- Appropriate candidates for The ACE Center are
students who:
- Are currently attending grades 8-12, and:
- Have
social/emotional issues that prohibit them from participating in mainstream,
regular education programs, even with additional support from regular or
special education.
- Have
not been successful in their current program of studies for at least two terms
and who have exhausted all other sources of academic support services to no
avail.
- Have
emotional issues/diagnosed disability, diagnosed by the appropriate
professional sufficient to be eligible for special education/504 services as
delineated in the Massachusetts Special Education guidelines.
- Have
been successful in a more restrictive education environment and are ready to
step down into a less restrictive environment but are not ready to re-enter a
traditional comprehensive middle/high school.
- Have
been hospitalized and are ready to step down into a less restrictive
environment but are not ready to re-enter a traditional comprehensive
middle/high school.
- The ACE Center will not accept students who are clinically diagnosed/documented with psychiatric disorders such as active schizophrenia, active psychosis, homicidal, delusional and paranoid thoughts, or personality disorders.
Staff:
Terry Gawronski - ACE Coordinator/District Social Worker Deborah Allen - Special Education/Academic Teacher Paul Gabrenas - Special Education/Academic Teacher
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