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School Tours for Wednesday, May 18
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Buses will load at 8:30am
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Buses will depart hotel at 9:00am
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Buses will return to hotel by 3:30pm
Tour #1 FULL
Sidener Academy for High Ability Students (Grades 2-7)
Rousseau McClellan Montessori Elementary Magnet School (Grades K-8)
Sidener Academy for High Ability Students opened its doors in the fall of 2008 for students who are in need of a more challenging curriculum. The program provides an atmosphere for stimulating the high ability students by engaging them in a curriculum that emphasizes higher level thinking skills and problem solving. Teachers are accredited in the area of gifted education and are prepared to deliver the types of learning experiences that will allow these students to develop to their full potential.
Rousseau McClellan Montessori is one of three Montessori programs in the IPS district. The Montessori program is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child and observation on the part of the teacher. Rousseau McClellan Montessori is hands-on, encourages children to develop observation skills through a variety of activities which include the five senses, kinetic movement, spatial refinement, and small/large motor skills. The school incorporates Problem-Based Learning (PBL) with Montessori instruction. The PBL strategies incorporate research techniques, projects, cooperative learning strategies, and multi-media presentations, at the Kindergarten through 8th grade level. Students complete work on their daily, weekly, biweekly or monthly work plan using Montessori materials, graphic organizers, 6 Plus 1 Traits of Writing, 5-5-3-3 District Wide Strategies (Comprehension, Vocabulary, Test Taking and Writing Strategies) and technology as tools for learning.
Tour #2 FULL
Center for Inquiry @School #2 International Baccalaureate Magnet School (Grades K-8)
Theodore Potter Spanish Immersion Elementary Magnet School (Grades K-6)
Center for Inquiry at School #2 (IB PYP & MYP) is an award-winning K-8 Magnet Option School and is home of the first authorized International Baccalaureate Primary and Middle Years Programmes in Indiana. The focus of the magnet is inquiry based learning. Our multi-age classrooms employ Socratic seminar during daily community meetings, inquiry strategies that facilitate content as a means of personal discovery, and explore lengthy lists of student “wonderings”. Learning is experiential and often includes field trips, guest speakers, and service learning opportunities. Interpersonal interactions are valued. Students are engaged in interconnected and authentic assessments with their teachers and peers. A workshop approach is utilized within our classrooms during Writer’s Workshop, literature discussions during Reading Workshop, and math investigations during math. Project Seed experts work with students in grades 4-6 to develop algebraic thinking. Our transdisciplinary IB units are taught using the best practices and tools of inquiry based instruction. Students study Spanish and/or Mandarin Chinese foreign languages. The Center for Inquiry teaching staff is composed of talented, award-winning professionals. Members of the staff have distinguished themselves in many ways including: authoring books and magazine articles, winning local, state and national recognition, and presenting at national conferences.
The Theodore Potter Spanish Immersion Magnet is a cultural jewel in the heart of Indianapolis offering kindergarten to sixth grade students the unique opportunity to acquire a second language. Highly qualified English and Spanish teachers utilize proven strategies in delivering an exciting academic experience. Participation in the immersion program comes with the expectation that all students will learn to read, write, solve problems, communicate, and process information naturally in two languages. Native Spanish-speaking teachers provide a challenging nontraditional method of learning mathematics and science using only their native language. English-speaking teachers deliver reading, language arts and social studies instruction in a more traditional setting. Theodore Potter classrooms are equipped with the latest technological tools. Each classroom is equipped with a Promethean ACTIVboard that ensures reaching every style of learning through participation, interaction and attention of the learner. The ACTIVotes, a student learner response device provides the teacher instant feedback with data and the ability to adjust teaching methods and revision of content as needed. The use of Promethean ACTIVboards, podcasting, PowerPoint, distance learning, wireless laptops, and instant Internet access are tools used by teachers to hook and engage even the most reluctant student.
Tour #3 FULL
Cold Spring Environmental Studies Magnet School (Grades K-6)
Center for Inquiry @ School #84 International Baccalaureate Magnet School (Grades K-8)
Cold Spring Environmental Magnetprovides a unique opportunity for students who are interested in environmental education to learn about the human impact on nature and how to preserve what we are dependent on: Our Earth. Environmental studies spirals throughout all curricular areas. Students read, write and solve real world problems while learning about the environment. Throughout the year students spend time outdoors investigating the woods, the creek, the wetlands, the greenhouse and various themed gardens on the 39 acres that make up Cold Spring Environmental Campus. Students coming into the program will be involved in environmental issues and various service learning projects.
The Center for Inquiry at School #84 IB (PYP & MYP) All students are engaged in this inquiry-based, enriching curriculum as we strive to equip them with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and qualities that will take them on future endeavors. The tenants of the PYP and MYP are infused throughout the curriculum and students understand that learning is about asking questions and discovering that answers often generate new and perhaps more complex questions. They also understand that you are never too young to act upon the knowledge and perspective they gain. Teachers guide students through the six themes that make up the PYP transdisciplinary program of inquiry. Students study all of the major disciplines, that are part of the MYP framework including languages, humanities, sciences, mathematics, arts, technology, and physical education, organized around a set of perspectives known as areas of interaction. The IB Learner Profile guides the everyday attitudes and actions. Inquiry based learning is pervasive throughout all curricular areas. The school offers Spanish and Mandarin Chinese foreign languages. Students at CFI/84 are learning together in multi-age classrooms that are also diverse in students of varying academic abilities. High ability students are clustered within the classrooms at each grade level and special needs students are in an inclusive setting. Common practices visible in all classrooms include the daily morning community meeting, writing and reading workshop, math investigations, and our IB units rooted in science and social studies content.
Tour #4 FULL
Arsenal Technical High School Magnet Center (Grades 9-12)
Math, Science and Engineering, (STEM) Health Professions, Foreign Language, Early College, New Tech High, and Marketing and Advertising Magnet Programs.
Arsenal Tech High School has been called a high school with a “college campus” feel. Situated on 76 acres Arsenal Tech is a museum in itself. The high school has 16 buildings on its campus. Tech has seven distinct magnet programs which make up its educational opportunities. From the accredited New Tech High with its “project based approach” to education; Career Technology Magnet with a “vocational” school feel, Creative Expressions for the “artistic” students; Early College for students striving for college credit even before going to college; International for Foreign language students; Math, Science and Engineering and Health Professions for heavily “math and science” based students.
Tour #5 - Lawrence Township School District FULL
Amy Beverland School of Communications (Grades 1-6)
Indian Creek School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (Grades 1-6)
Students at Amy Beverland study global forms of communication with the use of related technologies including video conferencing, television production and Skype. In partnership with local mentors and organizations, communications is infused throughout the curriculum and connected across the academic disciplines. Guided by teachers using proven educational practices students construct their own learning that leads to discovery, investigation and engagement in real-world problem solving. Students learn about the world and the impacts of modern communication methods. Amy Beverland will be creating a cutting-edge, unique curriculum with these 21st century skills.
Indian Creek offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that engages students in the connectivity of science, technology, engineering, and math. Students experience hands-on technology and learning, engineering through the use of the Lego’s Robotic Program, consistent and frequent use of the school’s advanced technology labs, the integration of the math pentathlon games, Project Lead the Way instruction for all students, and project-based learning opportunities which allow for student creativity and inquiry. The Indian Creek facility includes science labs, outdoor labs, a wetlands, dual platform computer abs and Smart Boards in all classrooms. Indian Creek has a long history of providing an excellent education to the students in Lawrence Township.
Tour #6 FULL
The Key Learning Community Multiple Intelligences (Grades K-12)
H.L. Harshman Math, Science, Engineering (STEM) & World Languages Magnet School (Grades 7 & 8)
The Key Learning Community is based upon the Theory of Multiple Intelligences developed by Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University. The curriculum is designed to allow students opportunities to explore all eight areas of intelligence. The students in multi-age groups identify and build upon their own individual strengths. Every student independently creates and presents one project each semester that relates to the school-wide theme. Teamwork and collaboration are valued over competitive ideals. Multiple opportunities for leadership development exist throughout the curriculum. Service Learning is also a valued component of the Key Program. Weekly “Community Learning Opportunities” (CLOs) build upon the semester’s focus as students learn about and experience first hand the larger Indianapolis community.
Harshman Math, Science, Engineering and World Languages Magnet School is implementing a newly revised curriculum during the 2010/2011 school year. The math, science, and engineering core curriculum provides students advanced coursework in preparation for high school. The World Languages program offers a Spanish immersion strand for students who will continue the immersion program at the middle school level. Students not enrolled in the immersion program take four semesters of a foreign language choosing from Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish or Arabic. The world languages curriculum focuses on language development, world cultural difference, geographic understanding and increasing communication skills.
Tour #7 FULL
Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School (Grades 6-12)
The IPS Crispus Attucks Museum
The Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School is designed for students who are pursuing a career as a medical professional. Students will experience an academic program that focuses on the development of leadership abilities and a mature attitude towards achieving academic goals. The rigorous program is intended to prepare students for academic success in and beyond college. The Medical Magnet Program features a “classical” and accelerated curriculum. High school classes begin in the middle grades and lead to advanced placement, honors, and college coursework opportunities. Students also have the benefit of a comprehensive support system that features a Student Learning Center. Community partnerships allow students to participate in a variety of medical experiential activities, including internships.
Located on the campus of Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet School, the Crispus Attucks Museum is considered an educational facility and is open to IPS students, faculty, parents and the general public. The museum was conceived in 1989 as a compromise to closing the school and was officially opened in 1997. The museum presents an exciting and provocative history focusing on the African American Experience. The museum honors the Crispus Attucks High School experience and explores major events and activities that contributed to student achievement and the African Diaspora. Additionally it honors the Crispus Attucks basketball teams and players of the 1950’s including a tribute to Oscar Robertson and other noted players.
Tour #8 FULL
Broad Ripple High School for Performing Arts and Humanities (Grades 6-12)
Shortridge Magnet High School for Law and Public Policy (Grades 6-10)
The Broad Ripple High School for the Arts and Humanities is the home of four programs: Humanities, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, and Media Communications. All students at Broad Ripple Magnet High School are enrolled in the Humanities course of study. The Humanitiescurriculum is a college preparatory program based on integrated studies in the arts, literature, history and science. The Humanities program offers accelerated courses for each of the four years of study as well as internship, apprenticeship, and dual-credit opportunities in the senior year.
Shortridge Magnet High School for Law and Public Policy is a college preparatory program for students in grades 6-12 focusing on the principles of democracy, justice, respect and service to others. Students prepare for their role as citizens while exploring legal and social justice careers. Students complete a rigorous Core 40 curriculum that includes world languages such as Latin, Chinese and Spanish. In partnership with Butler University, students can earn early college credit while developing public speaking, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills. Career shadowing, law – themed curriculum, “We the People”, courtroom exposure, speech and debate, arts and cultural experiences, and student-to-students mentoring complete the experience.
