D C Everest Area School District

It is our goal to provide each D.C. Everest student with relevant, interesting, and challenging educational opportunities designed around their unique learning styles, abilities, interests, and modes of expression. Throughout their academic career, we use universal screen tools to discover who may benefit from more challenging academic options, what assistance/intervention programs best suit an individual’s needs, identify the individual who may benefit from behavioral and mental supports, and provide college- and career-ready IEPs for students with disabilities. We offer flexible learning spaces that give students the freedom to choose where they learn and work best, thereby enabling them to decide how they learn. We have adopted a Standards-Based Grading model that documents a student’s progression toward mastering a series of standards. Instructors develop personalized learning plans for each student that track where students are on the path to learning and help teachers adjust instruction to each child’s learning style. Every student is provided with an essential educational tool — an iPad — that provides them with individualized textbooks, materials, and apps that allow them to progress at their own rate using learning tools that best suit them. The iPad also allows students to showcase what they’ve learned in a format they are most comfortable with. Students in grades 6 – 12 also create customized digital Academic and Career Plans that change from year-to-year based on their changing interests and personal experiences.