How our students benefit:
* Learning strengthened because a smaller number of teachers work more closely together
* Greater personal connections to teachers and administrators
* Younger students get to know teachers before moving to middle school
* Younger students can be tutored by older students, and older students obtain leadership skills and responsibility
* Younger advanced students have opportunities for accelerated study * Students can remain at their neighborhood school with a seamless transition between their primary, intermediate, and middle grade programs
* Students are less likely to “fall through the cracks.”
What happens at our K-8 school:
* Administrators know children and families well
* Students at all grade levels taught FVSD grade-level standards and curriculum
* Teacher teams share curriculum expertise and student information from level to level
* High-achieving intermediate grade students have access to advanced courses
* Middle grade students change classes and take electives
* Middle grade students transition toward independence needed for high school in a supportive environment
* Middle grade parents remain involved in their neighborhood school
