Curriculum
The art program seeks to enrich student lives by stimulating creativity through a variety of art media. The art curriculum is a hands-on approach to drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking and art history. All students also participate in a general music program.
The focus of the language arts program is the development of the individual student’s growth as a reader, writer, speaker, collaborator and thinker. The program seeks to enhance the student’s comprehension, vocabulary, and higher level reasoning skills. Writing becomes a vehicle for introducing spelling and grammar. Additionally, students are introduced to a second language. Spanish is taught through our Virtual Florida School program. We strive to provide students with opportunities to be in touch with our diverse cultural community through a variety of field trips and guest speakers.
Our math program presents concepts and skills. Problem solving and number relationships are emphasized in addition to memorization. Teachers use concrete manipulatives to help students internalize mathematical concepts. Daily instruction in
math is provided.
Physical Education is offered to all students. The program offers opportunities for students to learn personal fitness skills,
participate in motor activities, to interact with their social world, and to develop lifetime skills, habits and interests.
Our science actively involves exploration, discovery,
and understanding the scientific process. In addition to the best elements of a traditional education, students have at their fingertips the powerful tools of the 21st century computer technology, as they compose, research, and problem solve. Students are taught keyboarding, word processing, and
spreadsheet construction as an integrated part of the regular curriculum.
As children study different types of communities, geography,
government, current events, the United States and North American history, our program is designed to motivate students to become appreciative of the history, geography and democratic
traditions of our country, and also to help children develop an
understanding of themselves as individuals, as members of groups within a society, and as members of the global community.
Dixie County Learning Academy 1357 N.E. 82nd Ave, Post Office Box - 672 Old Town, Florida 32680
Ph (352) 542-3306 Fax (352) 542-7291
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