Bridges
- Bridges prepares students to enter either the Learning Center or
the Day Program at West Auburn High School.
- Bridges is an ideal re-entry program for students who have dropped
out of school and are interested in resuming their education.
- Students may use Bridges to enhance basic academic skills, to build
cumulative credits, or to prepare for a transition to technical school or
community college.
- Bridges provides an educational alternative for students grades 9
to 12 who cannot successfully attend a full day school program, but who can
work independently to complete a portion of their respective educational
plans.
- Students are required to complete a minimum of 7.5 hours in-school work per
week, combined with 17.5 hours of homework per
week for each of the three
courses in which they are enrolled. Students thus contract to do a
minimum of 25 hours of work per week.
- Individual Students Learning Plans will be reviewed monthly. If the
students are not successful, their plans will be modified. If the
students are still not successful, they must be exited from the Bridges
Program for one semester.
- Curriculum for the Bridges Program may include direct instruction,
learning packets, computer assisted instruction, individual research projects,
and courses on the Internet.
- Tutorial assistance is provided by the certified workshop instructor, and
by a para-educator when available. Students will attend three
sessions per week with their respective content area teachers in the computer
lab/library.
- Students may spend no longer than one school year in the Bridges
program.
- Auburn School District bus transportation is not provided. Metro
bus passes are available.
- Bridges is a transition program. It is not designed
for high school completion or diploma.
For more information, contact Jackie McClure at (253)
931-4990 or
West Auburn High School principal, Brad Sprague, at (253) 931-4990.
Day School Program
West Auburn High School offers a flexible schedule within its
extended day program. Although a traditional school has six periods, West
Auburn offers eight periods in its day program. Students are allowed to
begin classes later in the morning and remain into the late afternoon. A
student who wishes to graduate early may take eight periods a day. The day
program offers the following features: advisory-centered emphasis on individual accountability; academic focus with
real world expectations; work world attendance policy; and vocational options.
(Grades 9-12, year-round.)
For more information, contact West Auburn High School principal, Brad
Sprague, at (253) 931-4990.
Green River Community College Auto Body
Auburn School District students have the opportunity to
increase basic academic skills while learning work place skills related to the
auto body industry. The auto body course allows students to master industry
skills. Community college staff at Green River
Community College teaches the course. This competency-based program allows the student to
earn variable credit.
For more information, contact Brad Sprague at (253)
931-4990.
Learning Center
The Learning Center provides a comprehensive,
competency-based curriculum for students requiring individualized instruction.
The program focuses on teaching students basic skills in a job-related
context. The program offers
accurate student assessment and basic skills taught in a workplace context.
The program is non-graded and open entry. (Ages 16-21, year-round,
competency-based.)
For more information, contact West Auburn High
School principal, Brad Sprague, or Kathy Hillig at (253) 931-4990.
STAR
West Auburn High School is offering the Students and
Teachers Achieving Results (STAR) program to students who are 16.5
years of age or older and credit deficient to the point a high school diploma is not their
immediate goal. Students will be
pre-tested for Graduation Equivalency Diploma (GED) competency,
and then an
individualized curriculum will be developed to assist them in preparing to pass
the GED. Students will then be
released to Green River Community College to take their GED test.
Students will attend school on Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday afternoons at West Auburn High School from 4 to
5:45 p.m. Students will
contract with West Auburn High School to complete a minimum of
10 hours of homework per week.
Upon completion of the program, students take the GED test at Green River
Community College.
For more information, contact West Auburn High School principal, Brad
Sprague, or Roger Lee at (253) 931-4990.
