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Wellspring Elementary School
Wellspring Elementary School
“The Foundation”
Wellspring Elementary School provides students with the foundations needed to collaborate constructively, think creatively, reason critically, and communicate effectively in an enjoyable learning environment. Wellspring Elementary School strives to foster a close and enduring relationship between students, teachers, and families.
The elementary program includes a combination of core academic subjects (mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies) taught by a lead teacher and specialty including Arabic, art, Quran, Islamic studies, health, technology, and physical education taught by specialist. Students in kindergarten through second grade receive differentiated reading instruction in our guided reading program.
Small class sizes of no more than 20 students in any grade level allow students to receive consistent support from teachers and maintain collegial support easily. An assistant teacher supports each class to assist with academic and socio-emotional growth.
WellspringMiddle School
Wellspring
Middle School
“Building on the Foundation
and High School Readiness”
Wellspring Middle School builds on the solid foundation from elementary school and prepares each student for a high school experience that leads to post-secondary readiness.
Wellspring Middle School provides a rigorous academic core that aligns with what students must know, understand, and be able to do to succeed in college-preparatory English, mathematics, social studies and science in high school.
The middle grades provide students with exciting learning opportunities. They are increasingly encouraged to think abstractly and envision themselves as part of a world community. They engage in new concepts and activities that will help them apply what they are learning.
Middle school courses include Humanities, which combines the disciplines of history and English language arts, while embracing other disciplines including economics, philosophy, ethics, and art history. In preparation for the rigors of high school, eighth grade students take the Living Environment, U.S. History, and Algebra 1 regents examinations. This allows students to enter with high school from middle school with high school credits and it paves the way for students to take college level and Advanced Placement coursework while in high school. Additionally, students take a high-level technology courses where they learn how to program using the programming language Python.
Middle school is organized to support the smooth transition toward the rigors of our college preparatory high school program. Our students encounter a rich program of core academic, language, visual and performing arts, and fascinating Islamic studies and Quran courses.
Wellspring High School
Wellspring
High School
“College and Career Readiness”
Wellspring High School prepares students to be successful contributors in the interconnected and rapidly changing world. Our rigorous curriculum exposes students to inquiry, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Learning at Wellspring High School extends beyond the traditional classroom, whereby students engage in authentic work-based learning experiences; these experiences enable students to apply their academic, technical, and workplace skills.
High school students pursue a career pathway computer programming and web design. This career pathway leads students to create computer and mobile applications which can be marketed and sold. These exciting and practical fields were selected so that students become competent in technology and business applications as well as marketing and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, this career pathway prepares students to intern at companies, after which they will be eligible to take the Microsoft certification exam in Microsoft Programming in HTML or the Java and/or Python Programming.
Wellspring High School students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement (AP) courses in history, computer science, and the physical and social sciences.
In order to graduate from Wellspring High School, seniors must demonstrate their college and career readiness by completing a capstone project. This includes giving a presentation that highlights their high school learning experiences such as the senior internship, financial literacy, college/AP credits earned, and a resume. Additionally, students will present a capstone project. The capstone project is a senior exhibition which serves as a culminating academic and intellectual experience. It is designed to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, public speaking, research and media literacy, planning, and goal setting.
Our guidance counselor ensures students are prepared for postsecondary opportunities by providing access to career information, exploration, and advisement as well as ongoing career and college counseling. Students also participate in career exploration experiences and activities.
Importance of Career and Technical Education in the 21st Century
Graduates of Wellspring High School can secure employment and/or an apprenticeship as a beginning programmer or computer support specialist. Responsibilities include overseeing the daily performance of computer systems, assisting with resolving problems around computer software or hardware operation, entering commands and observing system functioning to verify correct operations and detect errors.
Graduates of an associate's degree from a community college would have taken courses such as introduction to programming, data structure, web-based programming, object-oriented programming and desktop publishing, and may have obtained programming certifications. With this level of education and certification, a graduate can obtain entry-level employment as a programmer.
Bachelor degree holders can obtain employment as sophisticated programmers that are capable of working on multidisciplinary projects, such as developing and advancing uses of virtual reality, extending human-computer interaction, or designing robots. These programmers are charged with instructing computers how to think by inputting a series of algorithms and other data, and making changes to those formulas when problems arise. They are proficient in the language of programming and be able to resolve problems “on the fly” using logical thinking and sequencing.
Those possessing a master’s degree may be promoted to a managerial position. A programmer with business experience may become a programmer-analyst or systems analyst. Specialized knowledge and experience with a language or operating systems can lead to a computer programmer becoming a computer software engineer.