Supplementary Programs and Services

Title I

Title I provides services from federal moneys for identified students.

These services are in addition to the basic program supplied to all students by the Palmdale School District. Title I supplementary services may consist of additional instruction by an instructional aide, participation in a laboratory program, guidance and health services, additional instructional materials and parent education.

EL

EL funded bilingual programs offer instruction to limited English speaking students through the students primary language, and seek to develop fluency in English, reinforce positive self-concepts, provide equal opportunity for academic achievement and promote cross-cultural understanding.

Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)

The GATE program provides services to students who have been identified as gifted and talented, based on a battery of testing and evaluation instruments which are given to the student following a teacher or parent referral. GATE programs are designed to extend, enrich and more fully involve the GATE student in the curriculum at a level that he or she can best understand.

Special Education

Special education services are available to school-age children with identified learning problems. These services are available to students who have been qualified as requiring assistance outside the general education classroom either part or full time. Student eligibility for these services is determined by an Individualized Education Planning (IEP) team in compliance with existing state and federal laws.

Speech

Services for students with language and articulation needs are available during the week. Student eligibility for these services is determined by assessment and an Individualized Education Planning (IEP) team in compliance with existing state and federal laws.

Assemblies

Periodic assemblies are held to broaden students cultural experiences and to receive information important to the smooth operation of the school. Students are asked to conduct themselves in a manner that shows respect to the performers or the person in charge and toward their peers who may be interested in the subject or performance. Students acting in an inappropriate manner will receive punishment equal to their deeds. Students who misbehave and/or disrupt the proceedings will be removed from assemblies.

All students are asked to follow these rules relating to assembly behavior:

• Line up and walk quietly to the assembly.
• Wait to be seated upon arriving at the gym or cafeteria. Sit where directed. Sit quietly, keeping your hands, feet, belongings, and comments to yourself, before, during and after the assembly.
• There will be no whistling, yelling or booing.