Curriculum
6th GRADE:
- Study skills: note taking, speed and short cuts, listening skills, learning styles
- Outdoor classroom, evening and weekend activities and
- Service Learning Week and other summer enrichment programs both on and off campus at WCU
7TH GRADE:
- Decision making and group problem solving skills: cooperation, communication and concentration
- Develop career and college awareness
- Low element challenge course, outdoor classroom
- Service Learning Week and other summer enrichment programs both on and off campus at WCU
8TH GRADE:
- Career exploration
- College awareness and exploration: interest inventories through CFNC and Career Bridges
- Identifying and accepting healthy challenges: activities provide skills that help one develop healthy challenges in their lives through: high element challenge course, outdoor classroom
- Service Learning Week and other summer enrichment programs both on and off campus at WCU
9TH GRADE:
- Development of the Individual Career Plan (ICP)
- Career exploration
- College awareness and exploration: interest inventories through CFNC and Career Bridges
- A Community College visit, and at least 3 classroom career exploration workshops
- Summer enrichment programs are encouraged, “On the Road”, “Girl Power”, “Adventure Treks”
10TH GRADE:
- Career exploration
- College awareness and exploration: interest inventories through CFNC and Career Bridges
- Career Occupational Preference Survey is used to identify each students career interests.
- Summer enrichment programs are encouraged, “On the Road”, “Girl Power”, “Adventure Treks”
11TH GRADE:
- College and Career awareness and exploration: interest inventories through CFNC and Career Bridges
- SAT and ACT registration and preparation workshops
- SAT and ACT fee waivers
- Overnight multi-stop college tour
- Summer enrichment programs are encouraged, “On the Road”, “Girl Power”, “Adventure Treks”
12TH GRADE:
- Senior needs assessment
- Individual guidance is provided to assist each student in choosing a post secondary school that will best suit the him/her
- Assistance with applying for post secondary ed programs
- Assistance applying for Financial Aid
- FAFSA Parent Night workshops
- College and Career awareness and exploration: interest inventories through CFNC and Career Bridges
- SAT and ACT registration and preparation workshops
- SAT and ACT fee waivers