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Reach Academy for Girls offers a diversified and balanced curriculum that is designed to accelerate academic achievement in grades K-8. Our mission is to prepare a community of learners with the skills necessary for success in the world of higher education and the world of work. Aligned with the Delaware Content Standards, all students will have access to a challenging and rigorous curriculum. A major goal of Reach Academy for Girls will be to reduce disparities in achievement, particularly with regard to race, socio-economic status and specialized instructional areas such as special education, and English Language Learners.

Units of study will incorporate the Delaware Recommended Curriculum (DRC) and Grade Level Expectations for each content area. The curriculum will be sequential and driven by Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions that are aligned to the standards.

Research-proven instructional strategies that focus on questioning, clarifying, and monitoring for understanding, will be used to promote student achievement across all grade levels. Problem-solving techniques and critical thinking skills will be interwoven throughout the curriculum to help students meet or exceed established benchmarks.

Pathways to acceleration will be created by providing academic intervention and enrichment in core curriculum areas. Students needing intervention (RTI) will have available extra periods of daily instruction directed at their area of need, as well as the opportunity to attend Saturday Academies, summer school and extra time programs. Differentiated instruction will be provided throughout the curriculum to promote inclusive learning environments supported by best practices.

Student progress will be determined by formative and summative assessments including DIBELS, MAP and the DSTP. In addition, the STAR portfolio will be used as a self-assessment tool to evaluate student goals and objectives.

Reach Academy for Girls believes that students should be well-rounded; therefore what students learn in their “specials” (elective classes) enhances learning in their “core” subjects. Therefore, students will have the opportunity to study art, music, leadership, life skills, physical education, technology, foreign languages and other enriching subjects during their attendance at the Reach Academy. In addition, Reach Academy students will participate in the following:

· Daily recess and/or physical education activities

· A developmental mentoring program whereby the guidance counselor and older students meet with younger students within a classroom setting.

· A life skills program based on the Reach Academy’s STAR portfolio program
A leadership development program based on The I Am…Way Leadership Development Model

Students will gain knowledge of study, organizational, conflict resolution and mediation skills as well as information on

stress management, substance abuse and life planning.

Reach Academy for Girls
P.O. Box 229
Wilmington, DE 19899
888-302-6535