Educational Options Leading to a High School Diploma
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Alternative Programs
Alternative Programs provides programs, services and resources to students and families throughout PUSD including appropriate instructional strategies, sound curriculum, personal development activities, a strong partnership between home and school, and a systemic approach to prevention and early intervention. Examples of programs:
New Directions Independent Study
Home School Education
The Poway Home Education / Independent Study Program is designed to assist parents who wish to home school their children who are in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.
The program provides each parent with the appropriate curriculum and materials necessary to aid in the instructional process. The parent and student are required to meet with the teacher to review assigned work.
We offer:
- Curriculum (State Adopted/PUSD)
- Guidance from credentialed teachers
- Student Library
- Parent network for field studies/events
- Connection with school site for designated services (i.e., 5th Grade Band)
- Progress Reports
- Testing
Parents are invited to call the K-8 office at (858) 748-0802, Ext. 2095 to request additional information or to schedule a visit to our classroom for an orientation and curriculum preview. READ MORE ABOUT THE HOME SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Hospital/Home Instruction
Background
The Home and Hospital Instruction Program provides on-going academic instruction to students who are unable to attend the regular school day for a period of three weeks or longer due to A TEMPORARY illness, surgery, or chronic medical disorders. Home/Hospital serves all students enrolled within the Poway Unified School District. A certified instructor is assigned as a tutor to the student and the work is provided by the classroom teachers.The process takes at least five working days to initiate. Home and/or Hospital Instruction is, by definition, a temporary program and is not provided for extended periods of time or in lieu of school attendance.
READ MORE ABOUT THE HOSPITAL HOME INSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Off Campus Independent Study (OCIS-PE)
Off Campus Independent Study for Physical Education (OCIS-PE) is a program designed to assist athletes with their training schedules by allowing the student in grades 6-12 to take their Physical Education class at their training facility, under the direct supervision of their coach. The coach or trainer working with the athlete MUST be CPR/First-Aid certified in order to be considered. OCIS-PE must be a significantly different program that involves an activity in which the applicant competes at a state, regional, or national level. A major factor in determining acceptance or rejection of this request will be the difference between a recreational and a competitive program. OCIS-PE is not allowed for any team sports.
Please visit www.options4kids.com for more detailed information.
Summer School
Teen Parent Program
The Teen Parent Program is located on the Poway High School campus. It meets the unique needs of pregnant and parenting teens by providing them with the opportunity to continue to work towards a high school diploma. The Center is a fully equipped learning environment designed to assist pregnant teens, teen parents and their babies.
Students meet one-on-one with a credentialed teacher during regularly scheduled weekly appointments. New Directions individualized learning plans are prepared and require independent completion.
READ MORE ABOUT THE TEEN PARENT PROGRAM.
Youth in Transition
A family qualifies for Youth in Transition if a family or student lives in any of the following situations:
- In a shelter
- In a car
- In a hotel/motel-not paid for by any type of insurance
- On the Street
- In an abandoned building, trailer, campsite, or other inadequate accommodations
- Doubled up with friends or relatives because affordable housing cannot be found - and that doubled up situation puts the family or students sleeping in some type of temporary situation/location.
Please visit www.options4kids.com for more detailed information.
New Directions
Independent study is a public education alternative meant to meet students’ needs, interests, and learning styles while ensuring that students can meet their school district’s curriculum and graduation requirements. All fulltime independent study students are required to do the same amount and quality of study and to meet the same curriculum and graduation requirements as other students in their district, but independent study students may do so in a manner and on a schedule better suited to their needs. New Directions is the independent study program in the Poway Unified School District.
READ MORE ABOUT THE NEW DIRECTIONS INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM