Grades 4-8 Programming Options:

• EELP students work in small groups for 1-2 hours per week.
• Independent studies available for students in interest areas.
• Mentor/Mentee program with an older student or adult who shares particular interest or talent.
• Possible acceleration of curriculum options.
• Curriculum compacting option to test out of curriculum and advance to higher level.
• Honors Art-Creativity/Artistic ability.

Grades 4-8 Pull Out Program Curriculum Extended Learning 4-8th (Pull-Out)
The Extended Learning curriculum is based on the Autonomous Learner Model, developed by Dr. George T. Betts and Jolene Knapp. This model is a program designed to help learners work towards the goal of independent or autonomous learning. Working with this model helps meet the diverse cognitive, emotional and social needs of students.

Units/Activities may include: 

• Mysteries
• Hands-On Building Robotics (Mindstorm)
• Photography & Story Boards (Claymation) 
• Current Events Studies (Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl)
• Invention and the Inventive Process
• Brainstorming and the Creative Development of Ideas
• Independent Projects
• Career or Higher Education Investigations
• Public Speaking  and Presentations (Visual and Verbal)
• Community Service Projects.