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Curriculum
Overview
Mission Statement: Fenster School strives to provide each student with a supportive, structured learning environment and to prepare students for success on national norm-referenced college entrance exams and in post-secondary education.
Because of our small size, a remarkable degree of personal attention is possible in the classroom. Classes are almost never larger than seven. Our curriculum and standards are those of a rigorous boarding school with term papers and research projects being featured for all students.
Our high school curriculum is designed to equip all students for the type of material they will encounter in a college or university. Our teaching staff brings years of experience to the boarding school, and over half of them have either their masters or a Ph.D. Their commitment to the students combined with their own advanced educational background challenge students at levels not found in most high schools. At Fenster, you can trust that your teen will receive a thorough, well-rounded education that will prepare him or her for a successful career in both college and the job world.
Target Area: Mathematics
Target Goal: All students will improve their skills in basic numeric, cross-curricular problem solving, and mathematical comprehension for preparation for national college entrance exams
Target Area: Writing
Target Goal: All students will demonstrate the ability to write in an effective, organized manner, using correct grammar, mechanics, paragraphing and appropriate style in preparation for national college entrance exams.
Target Area: Reading
Target Goal: All students will demonstrate improved comprehension, synthesis and application of written materials across the curriculum in preparation for national college entrance exams. Fenster School is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission of Accreditation and School Improvement.
Philosophy & Objectives
The Fenster School seeks college bound students who will make a commitment to learning, who intend to prepare for college and who have the ability and the desire to participate in our boarding high school programs. The programs and experiences at the Fenster School seek to achieve these objectives:
- To encourage and guide the academic and social development of our students, thus assisting them to discover and strive toward fulfilling their potential.
- To provide students with the academic skills necessary for success in higher education.
- To foster self-confidence, self-esteem, self-discipline and a sense of responsibility in each of our students.
- To encourage our students to become sensitive toward diversity in people, value systems and lifestyles.
At the Fenster School, we endeavor to meet these objectives by:
- Creating an environment that encourages cooperative and supportive interactions and relationships among the members of the school community.
- Providing a faculty and staff who are firmly committed to our students’ success.
- Setting challenging, yet reasonable standards, of academic achievement, personal performance and social behavior.
- Offering learning experiences designed to develop and refine essential skills, academic knowledge and competencies; specifically, communication skills, mathematical skills, learning and study skills, reference and research skills, and critical thinking, reasoning, and problem solving skills.
- Offering small teaching sections, which enhance our ability to monitor and to encourage each student’s academic progress.
- Offering activities and experiences to complement classroom instruction and to increase students’ awareness and knowledge of their own athletic, creative, artistic and leadership abilities.
- Encouraging and assisting our students in finding areas of school life in which they can actively participate.
Academic Handbook
