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JAGUAR ACADEMY Inspiring Spaces for Tomorrow’s Leaders

ORGANIZATION  Syllabus based courses modeled after College Board Advanced Placement courses  Humanities Block (2 periods ) 136 minutes of language arts and integrated social studies  STEAM focus Science class (1 period) 68 Minutes  Mathematics – students will take the course recommended by Kyrene District Placement guidelines  Required full year foreign language in place of one elective (currently offering Spanish)  One elective  Space in this course is limited to 60 students

GIFTED SERVICES  Jaguar Academy is not a substitution for gifted services  Gifted services are provided at Kyrene through the cluster model  Gifted Clustering is provided at Kyrene

Math Group B Humanities Group A Science Group B Lunch Inquiry and Intervention Science Group A Humanities Group B Math Group A

MATHEMATICS  Principles of Algebra  Pre-Algebra  Linear Algebra  HS Algebra  Honors Geometry  Algebra 3/4 (at Corona)

SPANISH  6 th grade-begin full year instruction in Spanish I  7 th grade -complete Spanish I curriculum  8 th grade-conversational Spanish/advanced language class

EXPLORATORY  Option 1: One full course - Band, Choir, Orchestra  Option 2: Two semester classes - Theatre, PE*, Art, FACS  Option 3: PE can be taken as a full year course

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HUMANITIES – INSPIRING SPACE The Humanities Inspiring Space is a classroom where learning activities, curricula, tasks, text, and talk engages and challenges students within the discipline of history/social science. Students should expect a dynamic classroom environment that is built around a community of learners, high expectations and classroom routines. Creative Thinking Engaging Technology / Problem Solving Curriculum • Problem/Project- • Socratic Circles • 1:1 Laptops based learning • Junior Great • Learning • Think, Read and Books – Shared Management Write Like a Inquiry System Scientist • Greek/Latin / • Integration with • Argumentative Vocabulary Google Tools Writing Instruction

SCIENCE – INSPIRING SPACE The Science Inspiring Space is a classroom where students learn while doing. Students should expect a dynamic classroom environment built around a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) framework. Creative Thinking Engaging Technology / Problem Solving Curriculum • 21 st Century • Integration of • STEAM Lab Science and Skills • Future City Technology Competition • Learning • Project-Based Management • 20time Projects Learning System • Solutions for • Integration with Society Google Tools

VERIFICATION OF INTEREST FORM Aprende’s front office will be accepting interest forms May 13 – 21. Our front office hours are 7:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. You will receive a receipt of application.