Accelerated Schools of Overland Park

Summer School Started June 6

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Summer School started on June 6 with approximately 40 students enrolled for the month of June for either Summer School credit classes or private tutoring. Students are studying Spanish, Math, English, Science and Social studies for credit or to reinforce their knowledge base.
Students can sign up for Summer School throughout the summer. They must attend three weeks of school for 1/2 credit. But these weeks do not need to be consecutive. Students who need a full credit, need to attend six weeks of Summer School. Classes are held Monday through Friday from 9 am until 1 pm.
Private tutoring is held from 9 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 6 pm.
Call the school for further information. 913-341-6666

Kansas Rep. Sheryl Spalding will speak at Graduation

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Twelve students will received their high school diplomas from the Accelerated Schools of Overland Park on Thursday, May 19.

“The school is proud to hold commencement exercises in celebration of their accomplishments as these graduates prepare for the future,” said school Director Jane Curran.

Kansas State Representative Sheryl Spalding is this year’s commencement speaker. Representative Spalding has a distinguished career caring about children and working to provide education for all children. She served for eight years as a member of the Blue Valley Board of Education and five years as a member of the Kansas School Board Association, where she also held the position of vice president. She served as a board member of the Blue Valley Education Foundation and volunteered as a CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocate for children involved in the court system.

In her four years as a State Representative for District 29, Rep. Spalding serves on two education-related committees: the Education Policy Committee and an education budget committee.

For 17 years, Rep. Spalding worked as a field research assistant working with teachers in urban, suburban, and rural schools in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area to develop successful learning strategies in inclusive classrooms for the University of Kansas.

The Accelerated Schools of Overland Park focuses on helping the students who do not fit into the box of traditional education. Each student benefits from the school’s individualized instruction, effective motivational system, and low student to teacher ratio. Accredited by AdvancED and the State of Kansas, the Accelerated Schools of Overland Park offers full day school, after school tutoring and a fully accredited summer school program.
Contact the school at 913-341-6666 or visit its website at www.AcceleratedSchoolsOP.org.

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Learning Center At Accelerated Schools of Overland Park

“Many students cannot succeed in schools because they are missing a few key fundamental skills,” said Roxanna J., the Director of the Learning Center.

This after school and Saturday morning program offers students in grades 1 to 12 individualized instruction in all basic skills, including math, reading and writing. Students can focus on reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, phonics and composition while studying basic language skills. Or they might need to focus on computation, math concepts or problem solving (word problems). Higher level math instruction is also available.

Some students, who attend the Learning Center, focus on study skills or speed reading. Typically, students come two or three times a week, spending one to two hours at the Learning Center each time. Students are expected to spend at least 40 hours at the Learning Center for each subject.

The Learning Center students come from a wide range of schools within the metropolitan Kansas City area.

‘Because we have 100 percent parent participation,” Roxanna said, “it enables us to institute a successful program. Given adequate time in the program, 98 percent will achieve their goals.”

Roxanna has been associated with the Learning Center At Accelerated Schools since its beginnings in 1969. She was running the Learning Center when the day school began in 1978. Both operate under the same principles of education.

With a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree from Wichita State University, Roxanna enjoys being at the Learning Center “because of the opportunity to use best methods available to implement a proven program and fine tune precision teaching for the purpose of rapid acceleration.” With the teaching methods available, the Learning Center instructors are able to help the children in providing the skills needed to catch up to their classmates and move forward.

Summer School Program for 2011

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With just two months left in the school year, it is time to start thinking about summer plans. One idea is to attend summer school to either move forward in the high school education or to re-address a problem subject. All courses are accredited by AdvancED and the State of Kansas. The courses are offered on a FLEXIBLE Schedule.
Because each child is works on an individualized basis, the student may start at any time and may attend on a flexible schedule as well. Each 1/2 credit is 60 hours, or three weeks. Weeks do not have to be consecutive. Cost is $325 per week: 9 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday.

We offer High School Credit courses in the following topics:
Social Studies: World Geography, World History, United States History, American Government and Economics
Science: Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Earth/Space Science
Math: Fundamentals of Math; Algebra 1A, 1B, 1, Inter, 2; Geometry
English: 9, 10, 11, 12
Health

Middle School Students can also attend courses on Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Composition, Math, Social Studies, Science, Study Skills are incorporated.

Individualized Tutoring is available for students in grades 1 through 12. Most students focus on vocabulary development, reading comprehension, grammar, composition or math. Study skills are incorporated. Cost is $35 per hour.

Schedule Changes due to Snow Days

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Hope everyone enjoyed Spring Break. Due to the number of snow days this year, Spring Break was shortened by one day. Also, the school year will be increased by two days. Students will have school 9 am to 1 pm, Wednesday through Friday, May 25 to 27, 2011. Final exams will be held on these three days. The original last day of school was Wednesday, May 25, 2011.
However, the Awards Banquet will still be held on May 5 for students in Grades 4 to 12. Graduation for seniors will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2011, as previously scheduled.

Winter Break

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Everyone is excited to have a two-week break from school, even though they love coming here five days a week to learn and experience new thoughts and ideas. Happy holidays to all. See you on January 4, 2011.

May Middles School Activities

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May High School Activities

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April Middle School Activities

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April High School Activities

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March High School Activities

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March Middle School Calendar

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February Middle School Calendar

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High School February Calendar

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SNOW CREEK – CHANGE OF DATE to Tuesday, Jan. 26

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Snow Creek is having a Special Olympics event on Thursday, Jan. 21st. The day of our field trip will be changed to Tuesday, Jan. 26th. All other details of the field trip have stayed the same. Students will need to be picked up at school at 5pm on Thursday, Jan. 26th.
Thank you for your understanding.

No School Friday, January 8.

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School will not be in session on Friday, January 8, 2010 due to inclement weather.

No School - Thursday, January 7

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School will not be in session on Thursday, January 7, 2010 due to inclement weather.

Snow Creek Field Trip

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ALL students will be able to go to Snow Creek on Thursday, Jan. 21 and Feb. 25. We will leave school at 9:15am and return to school at 5:00pm. Students will need to be picked up at school at 5:00 pm on these two days.
For students NOT going to Snow Creek, we will have school as usual. It is not a day off of school for those not attending.

MLKing Day

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In honor of MLK Day there will be No School on Monday, Jan 18th.

Snow Creek Permission Forms

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Snow Creek permission forms are due Friday, Jan. 8. Download the form here: http://skisnowcreek.com/pdfs/rentalform08.pdf.

January 2010 High School Activities

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January 2010 Middle School Activities

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NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6.

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KC Rep. has been rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 10. Students will need to bring money for lunch:)

KC Repertoire Theatre = Wednesday

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ALL STUDENTS are going to the KC Rep. to see "A Christmas Story" on Wednesday.
Student's will need to bring a sack lunch or money for lunch, we will be eating out after the play.

Inclement Weather Policy

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Accelerated Schools makes every effort to safely transport students to and from school each day. In the event of inclement weather, we will decide to have:

No School - classes will not be in session for the day.
An announcement of NO SCHOOL will be reported on the local TV stations.

We might also decide to Dismiss Early
if we feel it is in the best interests of safe travel.

Thanksgiving Break

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No school Wed., Nov 25-Fril, Nov 27. Have a safe Thanksgiving break:)

Middle School field trips this week

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Tuesday (10) - College Basketball experiences. Don't forget to wear tennis shoes. Thur. (12) - Cotorie theatre to see Little House on the Prairie.

High School Field trip

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High School students will be going to the College Basketball experience on Wed., Nov. 11. Don't forget tennis shoes:)

November - Middle School Calendar

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November High School Calendar

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Field Trips this week:

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Middle School: Tuesday (27) - Pumpkin Patch, Thursday (29) - Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery.
High School: Monday (26) - Union Cemetary, Wednesday (28) - Mattie Rhodes Art Gallery.

Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences - Thursday, Oct 29

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Stop by anytime between 5pm-7pm. Pick up 1st quarter report card and visit with all the teachers.

No School Friday, October 23rd.

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High School Field Trips

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High School Students are going to Cave Springs Monday and Jo County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday.

Middle School Field Trips

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Middle School students are going to Cave Spring Tuesday - MUST DRESS FOR WEATHER. NO open toed shoes. Thursday -- all day activity to American Royal. Please bring lunch money or sack lunch.

High School to visit the Toy and Miniature museum

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On Wednesday, October 14 the HS students will be visiting the Toy and Miniature Museum. They will see an amazing collection of miniatures!!

Middle School is stepping back in time!!

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Middle school students will be visiting the National Trails Museum on Tuesday, Oct 13. There they will learn how we live in the heart of where all 3 trails (Sante Fe, Oregon, California) met in Independence, MO.
Thursday, Oct 15 they will be visiting the Shawnee Indian Mission. It was truly a mission where Indians lived and were schooled.

Calendars

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To download or view calendars all you need to do is to point and click on the calendar itself.

October Middle School Activities

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October High School Activities

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Calandar 09-10

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Middle School Field Trip - 9/10/09

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Middle School student's need to bring back their permission forms for rock climbing tomorrow.

Teacher Contacts

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We added a list of teachers for the 2009-2010 school year. Their contact information is listed at the right hand side of this screen. Feel free to contact your student's teacher this year.

School Starts

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School starts on Thursday, August 20. We will be getting out of school at 1:00pm that Thursday and Friday.

High School Reading 1st Quarter

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All high school students are required to read a minimum of 2 biographies / autobiographies during the 1st quarter of the school year.

Welcome to Our Blog!

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We're getting the word out! Welcome to the new school year.