FY 2022 Educational Facilities Master Plan

entering grades 9 – 12 and include: Honors Algebra II, Honors Geometry and Honors Chemistry. Additional programs offered during Secondary Summer School include: secondary ELL program, and middle school enrichment camps. The location for Secondary Summer School may vary from year to year depending on county needs. WICOMICO COUNTY EVENING HIGH SCHOOL Wicomico County Evening High School is designed to increase opportunities for area residents to pursue and earn a Maryland High School Diploma. With approval from the home school guidance department, current high school students can enroll in classes offered by Evening High School. Students who have previously withdrawn from high school can also enroll, as long as they are able to graduate by age 21. Class offerings are available in English, mathematics, social studies, technology education, art and science. Wicomico Evening High School offers classes Monday - Friday from September until May. Wicomico Evening High School offers both online learning and more traditional classes. MAGNET PROGRAM Wicomico County’s Magnet Program has been developed to meet the needs of those elementary students identified as high performing learners. This group of students is exposed to strategies that focus on the highest levels of cognitive learning processes found in Bloom’s taxonomy in order to enhance students’ critical thinking skills and challenge them to perform at a level appropriate with their innate ability. Fundamental to the program is project based learning. Prior mastery of basic skills is essential to higher level learning processes. Students are guided in reading, math, and all content areas to explore beyond the literal acceptance of new information and concepts. Teachers act as facilitators helping students expand their knowledge in an atmosphere which fosters and encourages original thoughts, concepts, and individualized approaches to learning. The Magnet Program adheres to the Maryland’s College and Career Ready Standards and the policies adopted by the Wicomico Board of Education. The Magnet Program is housed at North Salisbury Elementary School and serves students meeting the criteria for entry in grades three through five from all county elementary schools. Transportation is provided utilizing a county mid-point and transfer routine on secondary school buses. The length of the student day is shortened to accommodate the transportation requirements from the entire county to the centralized location. Students can arrive as early as 7:45 AM, however the school day begins at 8:15 AM. Students are dismissed at 2:15 PM. During the 2020-2021 school year the magnet program consists of three 3rd grade, three 4th grade, and three 5th grade classrooms. Currently, there are 59 students in 3rd grade, 58 students in 4th grade, and 65 students in 5th grade. This number may fluctuate from year to year due to criteria changes and the level of student acceptances into the program. THINKING AND DOING (TAD) The TAD program is a differentiated instructional program for academically gifted students in third through eighth grade throughout the county. T.A.D. is a project- based learning program for qualifying students. T.A.D. units of instruction challenge students to apply innovative thinking to investigative tasks. Students are problem

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