On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:00 a.m., the Washington Discovery Academy will start taking applications. Online applications are available on the Plymouth Community School Corporation web site as well as the Washington Elementary School and the Washington Discovery Academy page. If you are not able to apply online, paper and pencil applications are available at the four elementary schools as well as the Plymouth Administration Building.
Take a hand in how your child learns. If Project Based Learning appeals to you, Washington Discovery Academy is the place for your children. This academy is a tuition-free school of choice!
Each grade level team will be keeping you informed about how they are implementing PBL in their classrooms through a Weebly page. The teachers will be trained in Weebly after the holidays, so make sure to check back!!!
Washington Discovery Academy application will go live January 4th. A link will be available on the Plymouth Community School webpage. More information to come!!!
Plymouth Community School Corporation will be holding an open meeting for discussion of redistricting of attendance boundaries on December 12, 2011 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be held at Menominee Elementary School located at 815 Discovery Lane, Plymouth, IN.
Two Washington teachers got the opportunity to attend the Indiana CELL conference. The conference focused mainly on Project Based Learning strategies and implementing the new common core standards. The teachers will share the information they gained from the conference with the rest of the staff during collaboration.
In the last few years the balance of demographic factors has gotten skewed in our four elementary schools. We are coming very close to the same situation we had five years ago when Washington Elementary School did not have Title I services. For this reason, it is imperative that we go through a redistricting process again this year. Dr. Jerome McKibben, a specialist in the process of redistricting, will lead the process. Our first meeting will start at 6:30 on Wednesday, November 16 at the Menominee Elementary cafeteria. Dr. McKibben will present his "rough draft" of the plan for redistricting. He will be available for comments, to answer questions, and explain his process. Parents are welcome to attend. The application process for Washington Discovery Academy will begin after the redistricting is finalized.
As we embark in the journey toward opening Washington Discovery Academy, we found creating an advisory committee to be essential. The committee collaborates monthly to gather information and discuss ideas pertaining to the academy. Thank you to everyone who is helping to make our Academy a success!!
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