Video Summary
Recommendation 7—Access
“Access: Making It Happen For Every Student!”
Parts I and II
Determined to Succeed
- AVID students at Richard Henry Dana Middle School learn from caring teachers who use multiple strategies and approaches to help students learn.
- Students are given the opportunity to demonstrate their personal competencies on a regular basis.
After-School Enrichment
- R.H. Dana students express themselves with art. An after-school arts program engages students in creative expression while liking them to the school community.
- Caring teachers know their students and develop after school activities that address students’ interests.
Mentors and Peer Tutors
- Rio Norte Junior High School engages students in meaningful leadership and service-learning activities.
- Through the Peer Tutoring and “Yes I Can” mentoring programs, students recognize they are needed and discover talents they never knew they possessed.
Access means giving all students the opportunity to:
- Learn from and interact with caring teachers and other caring adults.
- Be a contributing part of a community (at school, at home, in the neighborhood, and beyond).
- Learn concepts through multiple strategies and approaches.
- Feel needed.
- Learn to accept self and others.
- Demonstrate their personal competencies and individual talents.
- Understand and celebrate differences.
- Engage in enrichment, multicultural, and exploratory activities.
- Learn and receive support, especially when they are struggling.
- Build positive relationships with peers, caring teachers, and other adults.
- Celebrate, enjoy learning,00 and have fun.
- Succeed.
For more information contact:
- R. H. Dana Middle School
Hawthorne, California
Phone: 310-725-4700
- Rio Norte Junior High School
Santa Clarita, California
Phone: 661-295-3700
Yes I Can!
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Video produced by the
California Department of Education
Middle and High School Improvement Office
Copyright 2006