Accelerated Learners' Program (ALP)

Students in the Accelerated Learners’ Program (ALP) are serviced through subject acceleration. Endeavor Academy works alongside the College of William and Mary to provide curriculum for science, history and some literature.

Student Selection
Sudents are identified for Endeavor’s Accelerated Learners’ Program through referrals and test scores. The following measures are all weighted equally to best determine a child’s placement into the program: teacher referrals, parent referrals, student self-referral, NWEA test scores, grades and MEAP scores.

ALP Schedule
The amount of time that a student spends in the ALP classroom varies throughout the day. Click here to learn more.

Science
The goal of each science unit is to allow students to analyze several real-world problems, understand the concept of systems, and design and conduct scientific experiments. Students explore various scientific topics and identify meaningful scientific problems for investigation. They also experience the work of real science in applying data-handling skills, analyzing information, evaluating results, and learning to communicate their understanding to others.

Literature
The goal of this unit is to develop students' skills in literary analysis and interpretation, persuasive writing, linguistic competency and oral communication. Students explore carefully selected challenging works of literature from various times, cultures, and genres, and they encourage students to reflect on their readings through writing and discussion.

Rotation A:
Classic and Contemporary Literary Analysis
South American Literature
Rotation B:
American Literature (11th grade textbook)
Rotation C:
British Literature (11th grade textbook)
Various Novel Studies

Grammar
6th grade
Mastery of basic grammatical skills
Shurley grammar
Supplemental materials

7th/8th Grade
12th grade grammar textbooks
Shurley Supplemental Materials