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General Information

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.

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 students 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.

The Option – The Option is a full-day, self-paced program for Freshman, Juniors and Seniors in the 2021-
2022 school year. Students in the Option will take all core courses (English, Math, Science, and Social
Studies) as self-paced courses. Each core teacher will deliver the content for these courses through our
online student management system (Schoology). Students will have access to all of the content for each
core course and will decide how to use their time to learn and master the content. Each student will have
the ability to personalize his or her education. Every Senior will complete a capstone course and every
Junior will complete a service learning course, and every freshman will complete a transition & wellness
course which will allow the student to apply their knowledge and skills through project based learning.
These projects will be authentic learning experiences, inspired by student interest or passion. Visit the
Mayfield High School website to learn more about The Option.

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