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Types of Classes
GATE, Honors, and Advanced Classes
For identified Gifted and Talented Education Program (GATE)/High Achieving Students CMS offers honors and advance classes that provide appropriate programming for all identified students with the capacity to excel beyond that of their chronological peers. These classes provide students with differentiated activities and opportunities to achieve and develop commensurate with their unique abilities, advanced skills, and emotional needs.
Teachers provide GATE and high achieving students with a qualitatively differentiated curriculum that includes the teaching of basic skills, higher-level thinking, inquiry, and problem-solving skills. Classroom instruction differs in pacing, complexity, and depth of study and takes into consideration individual learning styles and special abilities. Placement into GATE/honors/Advanced classes is based on the student’s identified abilities, academic history, and the student’s desire to excel and commitment to put forth the required effort.
Mainstream Classes
Classes with no special designation are considered main stream or grade level classes. Students in these classes are taught the grade level appropriate California state standards and are held to high standards of performance. Most students are placed into main stream classes.
ELD and EL Classes
The classes designated as EL or ELD are classes intended to meet the linguistic and academic needs of English language learners. The ELD class is for students who come from a home where a language other than English is spoken and have been in the country for less than two years. Classes are designed to increase the English learner’s academic language as well as provide access to the core curriculum. The EL coordinator monitors the progress of each English learner and makes recommendations for placement in the EL/ELD classes.
Standard Classes
Classes in language arts and social studies designated as standards classes are designed for students who have not developed the skills needed to be successful in the main stream classes. The standard classes cover the grade level state standards but do so at a somewhat slower pace and with additional support. Placement in standards classes is based on teacher/Council recommendations after reviewing the student's academic history. Students in standards classes should also plan on attending summer school to continue to improve his/her skills. Students are placed back into main stream classes when they have developed the skills necessary to be successful.
RSP Classes
Classes with designation of RSP are specifically designed to support the learning needs of identified special education students. A student is placed into RSP classes based on the recommendation of the IEP team and is part of the student’s IEP plan. (See section of Special Education.)
SCD Classes
SCD classes are specially designed classes for special education students that must spend more than half their day in a special education environment. A student is placed into SCD classes based on the recommendation of the IEP team and is part of the student’s IEP plan.
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