Special Programs
Mission: The Special Programs Department provides supplementary instructional services critical to meet the unique needs of students who require additional support to maximize their learning potential. We are here to add value to the general education curriculum through providing specialized services and instructional programs.
Our Programs/Initiatives:
- Bilingual and ESL Programs serving eligible English language learners
- PreKindergarten Program serving 4 year olds who are: English language learners; educationally disadvantaged; homeless; children of parents who are active in the military service or who were injured or killed while serving on active duty; or children who are or ever have been in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services
- Federal Programs providing students with supplementary services through Title 1 and Title III entitlement funds
- Homeless Program providing supplementary services to eligible students who are in homeless situations
- Reading Recovery/Descubriendo la Lectura serving children most at-risk for reading failure in first grade
- Ridgemont Early Childhood Center serving children ages birth through 4 years old and their families in the Ridgemont Community
- Even Start Family Literacy Program serving disadvantaged families and their young children
- Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID): serving primarily least served students in the academic middle within a college readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four year colleges
- Extended Day Program serving primarily elementary students in a before and after school enrichment setting.