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Guilford County Schools have implemented other initiatives, such as those listed below. For a complete list of initiatives and details, visit the Guilford County School system Web site:
21st Century Community Learning Centers Program: This program provides access to safe and supervised after-school activities. Schools are opened up for broader use by their communities.
After-school Care Enrichment Services (ACES): This program offers an after-school academic and recreational activities for K-5 students on campus. ACES is offered every day that school is in session for students, beginning as soon as the school day ends until 6 PM.
Accelerated Reader is a computer-based reading incentive program. Students select books from the school media centers and then use computers to answer reading comprehension questions.
Advanced Learner (AL) Program: Advanced Learners score system-wide end-of-grade and/or aptitude tests at the 85th percentile or above. All students with two or more of the required criteria for service are referred to the Team for Advanced Learners (TAL).
The Advanced Placement Diploma Program is a locally developed certification program that recognizes students who excel academically. Guilford County Schools was one of the first public school systems in the country to offer the certification. The program measures and recognizes a student's ability to excel in the rigorous Advanced Placement program of studies.
Athletics: All Guilford County high schools are members of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and operate under these regulations. If interest exists, each high school offers the full complement of the 21 sports in which the NCHSAA sponsors state championships.
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) prepares underachieving GC middle and high school students, who have the potential to succeed, for college eligibility.
Daily classes focus on writing, college, and careers. Two days a week, students participate in study groups, writing groups, and Socratic Seminars. Field trips, speakers, and media center experiences are also provided. Students learn note-taking processes and test-taking skills.
Character Education: Character Education promotes ethical standards to all GC students.
The initiative evolved into the Guilford County Character Education Council. The process began with the New Generations Conference; a joint endeavor led by the Rotary Clubs of Guilford County, Greensboro College, Guilford County Schools and various community agencies.
Comer (School Development Process or SDP): Many Guilford County Schools adopted SDP. The program uses child development and relationship theories and principles to improve the academic achievement and psychological functioning of students in a many schools.
Communities In Schools (CIS) is a private, non-profit agency that connects the public, private and volunteer sectors of the community to public schools and addresses the needs of shelter, good nutrition, eyeglasses and a multitude of personal, family, social and academic problems. Communities In Schools helps students get needed services that are often difficult to access.
Cultural Arts (Arts Education): Arts Education is a collective term that denotes instruction in four subject areas: dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts.
Cultural Awareness: The Teaching American History project partners with 30 high school U.S. history teachers with institutions of higher education, historical organizations, and libraries and museums. The project is funded for three years through a grant from the Department of Education.
Driver Education is contracted by the Guilford County Schools to a driving school agency. Thirty hours of classroom instruction and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel training are required.
The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): ESOL teachers provide instruction in English and work with classroom teachers to adapt the instructional program for limited English proficient (LEP) students. 34 schools provide ESOL services for approximately 2,400 LEP students. Students come from over 85 countries and have about 75 different primary languages.
Greensboro Area Mathematics and Science Education Center: The GAMSEC Pre-College Program is a multi-year commitment for grades 7-12 designed to improve problem solving and analytical skills. The program involves a school-based academic enrichment program, Saturday Academy, and Summer Scholars Program at NC A & T State University.
High Schools That Work (HSTW): In 1999 HSTW was selected as the nation's only initiative to reform high schools that show strong evidence of raising student performance.
In 2000, North Carolina had about 75 HSTW sites out of its 350 public high schools. Guilford County hosts 13 of those 75 sites. The national High Schools That Work initiative has over 1,000 sites in 23 states.
International Baccalaureate (IB): exists in two GS high schools: High Point Central (High Point and Grimsley (Greensboro). IB is designed for students with high motivation and commitment to hard work. The rigorous, two-year course helps high school students earn an internationally recognized diploma and prepare for study in the world's most demanding universities.
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