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General Information

MHS LEARNING OPTIONS

Mayfield High School is committed to provide students with a variety of learning experiences
developed to challenge our students through a rigorous and relevant curriculum. The curriculum
is designed to promote the student’s academic, social, and emotional development through a
customized learning experience focused on each student’s individual needs. Through this learning
experience, our students will be given the opportunities to discover their passion while learning
the skills necessary to be successful in a diverse and global society.

As an institution that values individuality, choice, and the whole-child, it is our responsibility to
meet the needs of ALL students by providing instruction using a customized approach. This form
of customization will allow our students to choose a learning modality that best meets their
academic needs to achieve at their highest level while developing the soft skills necessary to be
successful in a global society. These soft skills include critical thinking, communication,
collaboration, organization, motivation, and time management. Our students will develop these
critical skills through authentic learning experiences which will require students to research,
create, collaborate, and develop a plan to solve real world problems. As a result, these experiences
will allow for deeper understanding of material while students make natural connections to their
learning.

Learning Options

Traditional – Classes meet daily with students present in all class meetings. Instruction is
informed through daily formative assessments, classroom discussion, class work, and summative
assessments.

Self-Paced – Students can move through the course at their own pace. Self-Paced courses will
have scheduled in and out of the classroom times with the teacher being available to the learners
each day. The teacher identifies which days students are required to attend class. There will be
structured guidelines for each week and students have the option to meet with the teacher during
“non-mandated” days. Course content will be managed through an on-line Learning Management
System.

On-line – Courses are created by the MHS teacher. On-line courses mirror the content delivered
in a traditional course. Course content is managed through an on-line Learning Management
System. Teachers provide deadlines for assignments. Teachers have the option to require students
to check-in at the teachers’ discretion.

Cross-Curricular – Courses with interconnected curriculums are combined into one course that
will meet for multiple class periods. Students will earn multiple credits for these project based
courses.

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