Accelerated Elementary and Secondary School

Accelerated Learning Laboratory (ALL) will demonstrate that all children can exceed gifted level performancewhen a comprehensive curriculum is coupled with effective educational practices. ALL’s instructional model will confirmthat schools and instructional practices are the predominant factors influencing student performance, not ethnicity, socialstatus, economic privilege, gender, or a child’s neighborhood. ALL will demonstrate a 21st Century instructional model offormal education in which student performance will exceed all historical attempts to produce advanced learning. The ALLcommunity will embrace the belief that all children will exhibit genius, in abundance, when allowed to cultivate innate talentsin a challenging, supportive, and civil environment.ALL provides educational choice to families interested in advanced academic instruction, pre-school through 12thgrade. Our K-12 school is publicly funded and chartered through the State Board for Charter Schools. There is notuition charge to attend K-12. Our private pre-school is fee based and accepts children ages 3, 4, and 5. ALL’steaching practices are rooted in current research on human learning and motivation. The school ambiance isenthusiastically cerebral. Students gain cognitive skills suggestive of prodigies, nevertheless, they are physicallyactive, fun loving children, with remarkable social skills.Accelerated Learning Laboratory (ALL) includes an elementary, junior high, and high school. Utilizing researchbased pedagogy, gifted level instruction is provided to all students. ALL offers a full curriculum. Curricularoffering exceed all state mandates. All classes are taught by “Highly Qualified Teachers”. Turkish, Chinese, andSpanish languages are taught by native speakers. Extended activities including instruction in special interestsubjects, performing and visual arts workshops, and “homework helper” supervision are offered from 2:30 p.m. to6:00 p.m. (Please see the activities and program section in this manual.) From 7:00 to 8:00a.m., pre-school andelementary students may choose to attend “early birds homework and review” activities. Extracurricular activitiesinclude various competitive sports and clubs. Additional sporadically scheduled activities may include tai chi,after dark star gazing parties, “school camp-ins”, ballroom dancing, Lake Powell Houseboat Excursion, GrandCanyon Excursion, Rock Hound Excursion, San Diego Zoo and Science Museum Excursion, and Zion CanyonExcursion. A parent-student summer “Excursion to Turkey” is presently being planned. Exchange students areexpected to arrive from mainland China in the coming school year. They will attend classes and live with hostfamilies.