Summit School elementary program offers a 300-minute instructional day in highly structured and nurturing classrooms. Each student works individually on skills identified through his/her Individual Education Plan (IEP). Students receive 100 minutes of Reading and Language Arts instruction daily. They also receive 50 minutes daily of Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, and Physical Education. Art instruction is incorporated into the Social Studies and Science periods on a weekly basis.
Students are grouped by age and ability level for instruction. Organizational and time management skills are consistently reinforced throughout the day. Social skills are taught and supported through weekly counseling and the social lunch program. The students participate in the EAGLE Program which is a positive behavior motivation system
based on the Character Counts Curriculum and the State of Illinois
Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS).
Speech Language services and Occupational Therapy are provided as
the student's IEP calls for them.
