Who We Are….

• We are small, diverse learning communities with high academic standards.
• We are seekers of knowledge and passions.
• We are a community promoting healthy and active lifestyles.

What We Do….

• We foster a safe, secure climate with respect, recognition, and trust for all.
• We accept the challenge to think in a highly disciplined yet innovative manner.
• We empower our students to discover, plan and skillfully pursue their lifetime goals.
• We practice equity in all we do.

Instruction

What We Do

Instructional Practices

• Standards based
• Literacy focused
• Individually focused to meet each students’ needs
• Socratic Seminars

Achieved By (Strategies)

C.R.A.V.E. - Inquiry Method
The core team acronym for Habits of the Mind

• Connections (What causes what?)
• Relevance (Who cares?)
• Alternatives (How might things have been different?)
• View point (Whose point of view are you seeing?)
• Evidence (How do you know?)

Rubrics Based Portfolio

Pre AP and AP Classes

Career Education

• Business
• Technology
• Puget Sound Specialties (electricity, electronics, and health services)

Relationships

“You can’t motivate a student you don’t know.”  Ted Sizer, 1994

Smaller Learning Communities With….

• Fewer number of students with fewer teachers
• 90 students per teacher

Advisory - a class where the teacher acts as the primary contact person for a student and their family. The purpose of advisory is to act as a platform for a student's connection to the school, student-led conferences, and 13th year plan.

• Same-Grade Advisory
• Stay with same advisor all years at Beamer

Grade Level Focused Instruction

• 9th & 10th
  • Core Subjects
  • Pre WASL Preparations
• 11th  & 12th
  • Interests
  • Career
  • College Level work

The High School Has

• Principal
• Coordinator of Office Operations
• Financial Secretary
• Athletics / Activities Director
• Full Sports Program
  • Member of South Puget Sound League
• 4A Level Competition
• Career and Technical Education Program
• Security Department

Four Academies

• Humanities and Arts Academy
• Math / Science and Health / Fitness Academy
• Puget Sound Business and Industry Academy
• Northwest College Preparatory Academy <added September 2005>

Each Academy Has

• Maximum of 450 Students
  • (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Grades)
• Support Team
  • Academy Principal
  • Office Manager
  • Career Specialist
  • Special Education / Transition Specialist
  •  Teacher Mentor

• Four periods per day
• Four classes per semester
• Eight classes per year
• Extended learning time - 90 minute periods

Integrated Curriculum

• Kinesthetic
• Auditory
• Visual

• Design Courses
• Monitor, evaluate and adjust courses
• Develop Lesson Plans