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Organizational Chart FLACS I, II, III First Year - Newyorkcharters.org

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Page 3 of 4Key Design Elements include:•Curricula, mirroring what is used at <strong>FLACS</strong>-I and <strong>FLACS</strong>-<strong>II</strong>, that are rigorous and challengeschildren’s innate and acquired intellectual curiosity and is accompanied by clearly articulated anddemanding student achievement standards. The school’s academic program will include:o Journeyso Open Court Phonicso Focus in Matho Harcourt’s Core Knowledge Social Studieso STEM Science standards - Harcourt Science• School Traditions – During the first charter period there will be the initiation of five traditions:o Monthly Attendance and Academic Achievement Awardso Monthly Essay Contestso Community Book Projectso Monthly School Wide Themeso December Month of Service – Projects developed to serve the community• Special Structures at <strong>FLACS</strong> will be implemented. These include:o Daily morning ninety-minute Literacy Blockso Daily sixty-five minute Mathematics Blockso Daily one-hour grade level faculty planning periodso Weekly faculty conferences on Mondays (3:40pm to 5:00pm)o Forty-minute tutoring sessions for all students scoring a high Level 2 or a high Level 3(3:40 pm – 4:15 pm)o Saturday Academy for targeted groups:October through January - literacy test sophistication for 3rd, 4th, and 5th gradersJanuary through March, at-risk intervention skills for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gradersJanuary through June - Regents prep/Saturday Enrichment for students in high level 3 and 4o The Summer School and After School Tutoring programs using a skills-based specializedcurriculumo Twice monthly School Committees meetingo Designation of a grade level lead teachers who meet with Principal twice a month and haveresponsibility for ensuring the adherence to all grade level activitieso Monthly Child Study Team meetingso Monthly Data Analysis grade-level meetingso Weekly Instructional Team meetingsThe academic calendar for all three schools will be the same, including approximately 184 fulldays of instruction with half days on the first Fridays of each month being devoted to professionaldevelopment (total of 8 days). The school day for grades K-5 will be from 8:10 am to 4:10 pm with120 minutes per day allocated for literacy instruction and at least 55 minutes for mathematics eachday. Middle School students (grades 6-8) will also attend from 8:15 am to 4:10 pm, but will have anextended day for tutoring and enrichment opportunities.Affiliated with the Latino Pastoral Action Center, the educational program at <strong>FLACS</strong> schoolsinclude an intentional focus on character education. There is a daily advisory session in the middleschool on various ethical, moral and adolescent growth issues and the identification of school widebooks with ethical/moral themes about which all classes engage in age-appropriate projects.

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